2010 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2010 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 26th through May 30th. LSU won the tournament for the third straight season and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2010 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination with flipped brackets
Finals site
ChampionsLSU (9th title)
Winning coachPaul Mainieri (3rd title)
MVPAustin Nola, LSU
Attendance126,071

Regular Season results

The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament.

Eastern Division
Team W L T Pct GB Seed
Florida 22 8 .733 - 1
South Carolina 21 9 .700 1 3
Vanderbilt 16 12 .571 4 5
Kentucky 13 17 .433 9 -
Tennessee 12 18 .400 10 -
Georgia 5 23 .179 15 -
Western Division
Team W L T Pct GB Seed
Auburn 20 10 .667 - 2
Arkansas 18 12 .600 2 4
Ole Miss 16 14 .533 4 6
Alabama 15 15 .500 5 7
LSU 14 16 .467 6 8
Mississippi State 6 24 .200 14 -

- Eliminated from SEC Tournament Contention
Standings after 5/22

Format

The 2010 tournament will once again feature a "flipped bracket". This means that after two days of play the undefeated team from each bracket will move into the other bracket. This reduces the amount of rematches teams will have to play in order to win the tournament. Additionally, the tournament will be debuting a "pitch clock," limiting the amount of time that pitchers have to throw the ball to 20 seconds. This rule will not be in effect when runners are on base.

Tournament
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
7 Alabama 7  
2 Auburn 1  
  7 Alabama 6  
  6 Ole Miss 3  
6 Ole Miss 3
3 South Carolina 0  
  6 Ole Miss 0 -  
  8 LSU 8 -  
2 Auburn 3*  
3 South Carolina 1*  
  6 Ole Miss 10*
  2 Auburn 7*  
  8 LSU 4*
  7 Alabama 3*
8 LSU 10  
1 Florida 6  
  8 LSU 7
  5 Vanderbilt 5  
5 Vanderbilt 2
4 Arkansas 0  
  1 Florida 2 -
  7 Alabama 5 -  
4 Arkansas 3  
1 Florida 5  
  1 Florida 5
  5 Vanderbilt 2  
  • After two days of play, the undefeated team from each bracket moved to the other bracket.
  • *Game went to extra innings
  • ^Game ended after 7 innings because of mercy rule
  • All semi-final games were 7 innings due to inclement weather in the Hoover area.

All-Tournament Team
Position Player School
1B Blake Dean LSU
2B Tyler Hanover LSU
3B Jake Smith Alabama
SS Austin Nola LSU
C Brock Bennett Alabama
OF Mikie Mahtook LSU
OF Matt den Dekker Florida
DH Aaron Westlake Vanderbilt
P Ben Alsup LSU
P Jimmy Nelson Alabama
MVP Austin Nola LSU

See also

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