2010 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament
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.
| Teams | 8 |
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| Format | Double elimination with flipped brackets |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | LSU (9th title) |
| Winning coach | Paul Mainieri (3rd title) |
| MVP | Austin Nola (LSU) |
| Attendance | 126,071 |
Regular Season results
The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament.
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- 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.
Tournament
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| 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* | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | LSU | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Alabama | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
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| 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 |