2010 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2010 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23 to May 27, 2010 at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida. It was an eight-team double elimination tournament. The winner, St. John's, received a bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2010 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
  • Bright House Field
  • Clearwater, FL
ChampionsSt. John's (6th title)
Winning coachEd Blankmeyer (2nd title)
MVPKyle Hansen, St. John's
2010 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Louisville  ‍†‍‍ 21–6–0 .778  50–14–0 .781
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 20–6–0 .769  48–16–0 .750
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 18–8–0 .692  38–18–0 .679
St. John's  ‍‍‡‍ 16–11–0 .593  43–20–0 .683
South Florida  ‍‍‍ 16–11–0 .593  26–32–0 .448
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 15–12–0 .556  30–26–0 .536
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 13–14–0 .481  29–29–0 .500
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 10–17–0 .370  27–30–0 .474
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 10–17–0 .370  22–32–0 .407
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 9–18–0 .333  29–23–0 .558
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 8–19–0 .296  19–30–1 .390
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 5–22–0 .185  24–31–0 .436
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 8, 2010[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top eight teams in the Big East were seeded one through eight based on their regular season finish, using conference winning percentage only.[2]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Louisville216.778
–
1
Connecticut206.769
.5
2
Pittsburgh188.692
2.5
3
St. John's1611.593
5
4
South Florida1611.593
5
5
Rutgers1512.556
6
6
Cincinnati1314.481
8
7
West Virginia1017.370
11
8
Notre Dame1017.370
11
–
Villanova918.333
12
–
Seton Hall819.296
13
–
Georgetown522.185
16
–

Bracket
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Louisville 1  
8 West Virginia 4  
  1 Louisville 5  
  4 St. John's 6  
4 St. John's 3
5 South Florida 2  
  4 St. John's 5  
  1 Louisville 3  
8 West Virginia 5  
5 South Florida 10  
  1 Louisville 9
  5 South Florida 7  
  4 St. John's 3
  2 Connecticut 0
3 Pittsburgh 5  
6 Rutgers 9  
  6 Rutgers 6
  2 Connecticut 5  
2 Connecticut 9
7 Cincinnati 6  
  6 Rutgers 10 4
  2 Connecticut 11 7  
3 Pittsburgh 13  
7 Cincinnati 4  
  2 Connecticut 7
  3 Pittsburgh 2  

[2]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

PosNameTeama
PKyle HansenSt. John's
PDan FeehanConnecticut
CCorey BrownstenPittsburgh
IFMike NemethConnecticut
IFJoe PanikSt. John's
IFSteve NyisztorRutgers
IFRyan WrightLouisville
OFGeorge SpringerConnecticut
OFStewart IjamesLouisville
OFBilly FerriterConnecticut
DHKevan SmithPittsburgh

Jack Kaiser Award

Kyle Hansen was the winner of the 2010 Jack Kaiser Award. Hansen was a pitcher for St. John's.[2]

References
  1. "Standings and Leaders". Big East Conference. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  2. Baseball Media Guide. bigeast.org. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
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