Teams | 6 |
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Format | Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds |
Finals site | |
Champions | Saint Louis (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Darin Hendrickson (1st title) |
MVP | Bryant Cotton (Saint Louis) |
The 2010 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 26 through 29 at Campbell's Field in Camden, New Jersey. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Fifth-seeded Saint Louis defeated Charlotte in the title game to win the tournament for the second time, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament.[1][2]
The league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 27-game regular-season schedule, were seeded one through six. The top two seeds, Charlotte and Xavier, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[1]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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Charlotte | 20 | 7 | .741 | – |
1
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Xavier | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2 |
2
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Rhode Island | 17 | 10 | .630 | 3 |
3
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Fordham[a] | 15 | 12 | .556 | 5 |
4
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Saint Louis | 15 | 12 | .556 | 5 |
5
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La Salle[b] | 14 | 13 | .519 | 6 |
6
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George Washington | 14 | 13 | .519 | 6 |
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Massachusetts | 13 | 14 | .481 | 7 |
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Saint Joseph's | 13 | 14 | .481 | 7 |
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Dayton | 12 | 15 | .444 | 8 |
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Richmond | 10 | 17 | .370 | 10 |
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Duquesne | 10 | 17 | .370 | 10 |
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Temple | 10 | 17 | .370 | 10 |
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St. Bonaventure | 8 | 19 | .296 | 12 |
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Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
1 | Charlotte | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Saint Louis | 16 | 5 | Saint Louis | 3 | |||||||||||||
4 | Fordham | 11 | 5 | Saint Louis | 12 | |||||||||||||
2 | Xavier | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Xavier | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | La Salle | 2 | 3 | Rhode Island | 2 | |||||||||||||
3 | Rhode Island | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Saint Louis | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Charlotte | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Fordham | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Xavier | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | La Salle | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Charlotte | 7 | 1 | Charlotte | 18 | |||||||||||||
3 | Rhode Island | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Rhode Island | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | La Salle | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Saint Louis's Bryant Cotton, one of four Billikens selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][6]
Rhode Island's Tom Coulombe and Xavier's Bobby Freking, both chosen in 2009, were second-time selections.
Name | Team |
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Shane Brown | Charlotte |
Ryan Rivers | Charlotte |
Tim Boyce | Rhode Island |
Tom Coulombe | Rhode Island |
Mike LeBel | Rhode Island |
Jason Bell | Saint Louis |
Ben Braaten | Saint Louis |
Bryant Cotton | Saint Louis |
Mike Levine | Saint Louis |
Bobby Freking | Xavier |
Tommy Shirley | Xavier |