2010 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2010
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Shortconference:SEC
Division:I
Teams:8
Format:Double elimination with flipped brackets
Ballpark:Regions Park
City:Hoover, Alabama
Champions:LSU
Titlecount:9th
Coach:Paul Mainieri
Coachcount:3rd
Mvp:Austin Nola
Mvpteam:LSU
Attendance:126,071

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

Regular Season results

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

+Eastern Division
TeamWLTPctGBSeed
Florida228.733-1
South Carolina219.70013
Vanderbilt1612.57145
Kentucky1317.4339-
Tennessee1218.40010-
Georgia523.17915-
+Western Division
TeamWLTPctGBSeed
Auburn2010.667-2
Arkansas1812.60024
Ole Miss1614.53346
Alabama1515.50057
LSU1416.46768
Mississippi State624.20014-
- 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 number 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.