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

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Bright House Field Clearwater, FL
Champions	St. John's (6th title)
Winning coach	Ed Blankmeyer (2nd title)
MVP	Kyle Hansen, St. John's

2010 Big East Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		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]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Louisville	21	6	.778	–	1
Connecticut	20	6	.769	.5	2
Pittsburgh	18	8	.692	2.5	3
St. John's	16	11	.593	5	4
South Florida	16	11	.593	5	5
Rutgers	15	12	.556	6	6
Cincinnati	13	14	.481	8	7
West Virginia	10	17	.370	11	8
Notre Dame	10	17	.370	11	–
Villanova	9	18	.333	12	–
Seton Hall	8	19	.296	13	–
Georgetown	5	22	.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]

Pos	Name	Teama
P	Kyle Hansen	St. John's
P	Dan Feehan	Connecticut
C	Corey Brownsten	Pittsburgh
IF	Mike Nemeth	Connecticut
IF	Joe Panik	St. John's
IF	Steve Nyisztor	Rutgers
IF	Ryan Wright	Louisville
OF	George Springer	Connecticut
OF	Stewart Ijames	Louisville
OF	Billy Ferriter	Connecticut
DH	Kevan Smith	Pittsburgh

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.