2009 Texas Longhorns baseball team

2009 Texas Longhorns baseball
Texas Longhorns logo
College World Series, Finals (1–2)
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CBNo. 2
Record50–16–1 (17–9–1 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumUFCU Disch–Falk Field
Seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Texas  ‍y 17 9   .654 50 16   .758
No. 19 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y 17 10   .630 43 20   .683
Missouri  ‍‍‍y 16 11   .593 35 27   .565
No. 22 Kansas State  ‍‍‍y 14 11   .560 43 18   .705
Kansas  ‍‍‍y 15 12   .556 39 24   .619
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 14 13   .519 37 24   .607
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 12 15   .444 25 32   .439
Baylor  ‍‍‍y 10 16   .385 30 26   .536
No. 27 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y 9 16   .360 34 24   .586
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 8 19   .296 25 28   .472
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2009[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2009 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field. Texas finished the regular season as the #1 team in the Big 12 Conference and the #5 team nationally.[2] The Longhorns won the 2009 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament to earn an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, defeating the Missouri Tigers 12–7 in the final.[3] Texas was selected as the #1 seed in the Austin super regional, and as the #1 National Seed overall. Texas went 5–1 in the Regionals, with their one loss coming to TCU in the super regional. They defeated the Horned Frogs in the regional final to advance to the College World Series,[4] marking their 32nd appearance all-time, and first since 2005.[4]

The Longhorns defeated Southern Miss and Arizona State, beating the Sun Devils twice, to advance to the finals of the College World Series, where they faced the LSU Tigers.[5] The Tigers were 8–0 at that point in the tournament, going 5–0 in the Baton Rouge super regional, and defeating Virginia and Arkansas (twice) to advance to the final. The Tigers became National Champions after defeating the Longhorns 11–4 in a decisive Game 3.[6]

  1. ^ "Baseball standings". big12sports.com. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  2. ^ Baseball America Top 25 - May 25
  3. ^ "Baseball Claims Fourth Big 12 tournament Crown". texassports.com. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Baseball beats TCU 5–2 to earn College World Series berth". texassports.com. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  5. ^ "Omaha's dream match-up". ESPN.com. June 21, 2009. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  6. ^ "Manieri makes the right moves for LSU". ESPN.com. June 25, 2009. Retrieved July 21, 2013.