# 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.

## Regular Season results

The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament.
Eastern Division :
| 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 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 | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 7 | Alabama | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Auburn | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Auburn | 1 | 7 | Alabama | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Ole Miss | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Ole Miss | 3 | 6 | Ole Miss | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | South Carolina | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | South Carolina | 0 | | | | 6 | Ole Miss | 0 | - | | | |
| | | | | | | 8 | LSU | 8 | - | | | |
| 2 | Auburn | 3* | | | | 8 | LSU | 8 | - | | | |
| 3 | South Carolina | 1* | 6 | Ole Miss | 10* | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Auburn | 7* | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 8 | LSU | 4* |
| 8 | LSU | 10 | | | | | | | | 8 | LSU | 4* |
| 8 | LSU | 10 | | | | | | | | 7 | Alabama | 3* |
| 1 | Florida | 6 | | | | | | | | 7 | Alabama | 3* |
| 1 | Florida | 6 | 8 | LSU | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Vanderbilt | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 5 | Vanderbilt | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Arkansas | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Arkansas | 0 | | | | 1 | Florida | 2 | - | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Alabama | 5 | - | | | |
| 4 | Arkansas | 3 | | | | 7 | Alabama | 5 | - | | | |
| 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 |