2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

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2010 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament
Season 2010
Teams64
Finals site
Champions South Carolina  (1st title)
Runner-up UCLA (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Ray Tanner  (1st title)
MOP Jackie Bradley Jr. (South Carolina)

The 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, June 4, 2010, as part of the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2010 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. This was the final year at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, the host venue since 1950.

Contents

The South Carolina Gamecocks won two elimination games against archrival Clemson in the College World Series semifinals, then defeated the UCLA Bruins in the second game of the finals on a walk-off single by Whit Merrifield to win the national championship. It was the school's first championship in baseball and second team championship overall.

Bids

Automatic bids

Conference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conf)BerthLast NCAA appearance
Stony Brook America East 29–25 (15–9)Won America East Tourney 2008 (Tempe Regional)
Saint Louis Atlantic 10 33–27 (15–12)Won Atlantic 10 Tourney 2006 (Fullerton Regional)
Florida State ACC 42–17 (18–12)Won ACC Tourney 2009 (Tallahassee Super Regional)
Mercer Atlantic Sun 37–22 (16–11)Won A-Sun Tourney First NCAA Appearance
Texas A&M Big 12 40–19 (14–12)Won Big 12 Tourney 2009 (Fort Worth Regional)
St. John's Big East 40–18 (16–11)Won Big East Tourney 2008 (Houston Regional)
Coastal Carolina Big South 51–7 (25–0)Won Big South Tourney 2009 (Chapel Hill Regional)
Minnesota Big Ten 30–28 (15–9)Won Big Ten Tourney 2009 (Baton Rouge Regional)
Cal State Fullerton Big West 41–15 (21–3)Regular-season champion 2009 (College World Series)
VCU Colonial 34–24–1 (16–7–1)Won CAA Tourney 2007 (Myrtle Beach Regional)
Southern Miss Conference USA 35–22 (14–10)Won Conference USA Tourney 2009 (College World Series)
Milwaukee Horizon 33–24 (17–8)Won Horizon Tourney 2002 (Lincoln Regional)
Dartmouth Ivy 26–17 (13–7)Won Ivy championship series 2009 (Chapel Hill Regional)
Rider MAAC 36–21 (15–9)Won MAAC Tourney 2009 (Fullerton Regional)
Kent State MAC 39–23 (18–9)Won MAC Tourney 2009 (Tempe Regional)
Bethune–Cookman MEAC 35–20 (18–0)Won MEAC Tourney 2009 (Gainesville Regional)
Illinois State Missouri Valley 31–22 (15–6)Won MVC Tourney 1994 (Midwest I Regional)
TCU Mountain West 46–11 (19–5)Won MWC Tourney 2009 (Austin Super Regional)
Central Connecticut Northeast 33–21 (18–14)Won NEC Tourney 2004 (Oklahoma City Regional)
Jacksonville State Ohio Valley 32–24 (15–8)Won OVC Tourney 2006 (Tuscaloosa Regional)
Arizona State Pac-10 47–8 (20–7)Regular-season champion 2009 (College World Series)
Bucknell Patriot 25–33 (8–12)Won Patriot Tourney 2008 (Tallahassee Regional)
LSU SEC 40–20 (14–16)Won SEC Tourney 2009 (NCAA Champions)
The Citadel Southern 42–20 (24–6)Won Southern Tourney 2004 (Columbia, S.C. Regional)
Lamar Southland 35–24 (16–17)Won Southland Tourney 2004 (Houston Regional)
Grambling State SWAC 22–30 (11–14)Won SWAC Tourney 1985 (Central Regional)
Oral Roberts Summit 35–25 (19–9)Won Summit Tourney 2009 (Tallahassee Super Regional)
FIU Sun Belt 36–23 (17–13)Won Sun Belt Tourney 2002 (Gainesville Regional)
San Diego West Coast 36–20 (19–2)Regular-season champion 2008 (Long Beach Regional)
Hawaii WAC 33–26 (12–12)Won WAC Tourney 2006 (Corvallis Regional)

Bids by conference

ConferenceTotalSchools
Atlantic Coast8Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech
Atlantic Sun1Mercer
Atlantic 101Saint Louis
America East1Stony Brook
Big Ten1Minnesota
Big 125Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M
Big East3Connecticut, Louisville, St. John's
Big South1Coastal Carolina
Big West2UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton
Colonial1VCU
Conference USA2Rice, Southern Miss
Horizon1Milwaukee
Ivy1Dartmouth
Metro Atlantic1Rider
Mid-American1Kent State
Mid-Eastern1Bethune–Cookman
Missouri Valley1Illinois State
Mountain West2New Mexico, TCU
Northeast1Central Connecticut
Ohio Valley1Jacksonville State
Pacific-108Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, Washington State
Patriot1Bucknell
Southern3College of Charleston, The Citadel, Elon
Southeastern8Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, LSU, Mississippi, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
Southland1Lamar
Southwestern1Grambling State
Summit1Oral Roberts
Sun Belt3Florida Atlantic, FIU, Louisiana–Lafayette
Western Athletic1Hawaii
WCC1San Diego

National seeds

Bold indicates CWS participant.

  1. Arizona State
  2. Texas
  3. Florida
  4. Coastal Carolina
  5. Virginia
  6. UCLA
  7. Louisville
  8. Georgia Tech

Regionals and super regionals

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

Tempe Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Arizona State 6
4 Milwaukee 2
1 Arizona State12
3 Hawaii 1
3 Hawaii 4
2 San Diego 3
1 Arizona State8
Tempe Regional – Packard Stadium
3 Hawaii 4
4 Milwaukee 1
2 San Diego22
2 San Diego 9
3 Hawaii12
1 Arizona State712712
Arkansas 6 5
1 Arkansas 19
4 Grambling State 7
1 Arkansas6
2 Washington State 4
3 Kansas State 6
2 Washington State 8
1 Arkansas7 7
Fayetteville Regional – Baum Stadium
2 Washington State 102
4 Grambling State 8
3 Kansas State9
3 Kansas State 6
2 Washington State9

Clemson Super Regional

Hosted by Clemson at Doug Kingsmore Stadium

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Auburn 9
4 Jacksonville State 7
1 Auburn 2
2 Clemson5
3 Southern Miss 1
2 Clemson 10
2 Clemson10 13
Auburn Regional – Plainsman Park
1 Auburn 117
4 Jacksonville State 6
3 Southern Miss19
3 Southern Miss 8
1 Auburn17
Clemson4 198
Alabama 55 6
1 Georgia Tech 10
4 Mercer 0
1 Georgia Tech5
2 Alabama 2
3 Elon 2
2 Alabama 11
1 Georgia Tech 1 8
Atlanta Regional – Russ Chandler Stadium
2 Alabama810
4 Mercer13
3 Elon 7
4 Mercer 3
2 Alabama5

Charlottesville Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Virginia 15
4 VCU 4
1 Virginia13
2 Ole Miss 7
3 St. John's 5
2 Ole Miss 10
1 Virginia5 5
Charlottesville Regional – Davenport Field
3 St. John's 63
4 VCU 6
3 St. John's8
3 St. John's20
2 Ole Miss 16
5 Virginia 37 0
Oklahoma2 1011
1 Oklahoma 710
4 Oral Roberts 6
1 Oklahoma710
3 North Carolina 6
3 North Carolina 12
2 California 3
1 Oklahoma3
Norman Regional – L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park
3 North Carolina 2
4 Oral Roberts9
2 California 8
4 Oral Roberts 4
3 North Carolina12

Myrtle Beach Super Regional

NOTE: Because Vrooman Field at Charles Watson Stadium was inadequate for NCAA postseason play, Coastal Carolina-hosted games were played at BB&T Coastal Field.

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 South Carolina 9
4 Bucknell 5
1 South Carolina9
3 The Citadel 4
3 The Citadel 7
2 Virginia Tech 2
1 South Carolina10
Columbia Regional – Carolina Stadium
2 Virginia Tech 2
4 Bucknell 7
2 Virginia Tech16
2 Virginia Tech4
3 The Citadel 3
South Carolina410
4 Coastal Carolina 3 9
1 Coastal Carolina 6
4 Stony Brook 0
1 Coastal Carolina 6
2 College of Charleston16
3 NC State 6
2 College of Charleston 9
2 College of Charleston7 10
Myrtle Beach Regional – BB&T Coastal Field
1 Coastal Carolina81110
4 Stony Brook6
3 NC State 2
4 Stony Brook 7
1 Coastal Carolina25

Austin Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Texas 11
4 Rider 0
1 Texas4
3 Louisiana–Lafayette 2
3 Louisiana–Lafayette 1
2 Rice 0
1 Texas4
Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field
2 Rice 1
4 Rider 1
2 Rice19
2 Rice9
3 Louisiana–Lafayette 1
2 Texas 1 141
TCU31 4
1 TCU 16
4 Lamar 3
1 TCU11
3 Arizona 5
3 Arizona 10
2 Baylor 9
1 TCU9
Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium
2 Baylor 0
4 Lamar 4
2 Baylor6
2 Baylor4
3 Arizona 2

Tallahassee Super Regional

Hosted by Florida State at Dick Howser Stadium

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Florida State 11
4 Central Connecticut 3
1 Florida State6
3 Oregon 4
3 Oregon 5
2 Connecticut 3
1 Florida State5
Norwich Regional – Dodd Memorial Stadium
3 Oregon 3
4 Central Connecticut 5
2 Connecticut25
2 Connecticut 3
3 Oregon4
Florida State92 7
Vanderbilt 8 66
1 Louisville 11
4 Saint Louis 2
1 Louisville7
2 Vanderbilt 1
3 Illinois State 7
2 Vanderbilt 813
1 Louisville 0 2
Louisville Regional – Jim Patterson Stadium
2 Vanderbilt7310
4 Saint Louis 3
3 Illinois State8
3 Illinois State 4
2 Vanderbilt10

Los Angeles Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 UCLA 15
4 Kent State 1
1 UCLA6
2 LSU 3
3 UC Irvine 10
2 LSU 1111
1 UCLA6
Los Angeles Regional – Jackie Robinson Stadium
3 UC Irvine 2
4 Kent State 9
3 UC Irvine19
3 UC Irvine4
2 LSU 3
6 UCLA3 11108
Cal State Fullerton 47 1
1 Cal State Fullerton 1
4 Minnesota 3
4 Minnesota610
3 New Mexico 4
3 New Mexico 9
2 Stanford 5
4 Minnesota 2 5
Fullerton Regional – Goodwin Field
1 Cal State Fullerton79
1 Cal State Fullerton6
2 Stanford 5
1 Cal State Fullerton11
3 New Mexico 3

Gainesville Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Miami (FL) 12
4 Dartmouth 8
1 Miami (FL)14
2 Texas A&M 1
3 FIU 3
2 Texas A&M 17
1 Miami (FL)7 10
Coral Gables Regional – Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field
2 Texas A&M 113
4 Dartmouth15
3 FIU 8
4 Dartmouth 3
2 Texas A&M4
Miami 2 3
3 Florida7410
1 Florida 7
4 Bethune–Cookman 3
1 Florida10
3 Oregon State 2
3 Oregon State 6
2 Florida Atlantic 4
1 Florida15
Gainesville Regional – McKethan Stadium
2 Florida Atlantic 0
4 Bethune–Cookman 6
2 Florida Atlantic12
2 Florida Atlantic11
3 Oregon State 7

College World Series

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head coachPrevious CWS appearancesBest CWS finishCWS record
Not including this year
Arizona State Pac-10 518 (207) Tim Esmay 21
(last: 2009)
1st
(1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981)
6136
Clemson ACC 4323 (1812) Jack Leggett 11
(last: 2006)
3rd
(1996, 2002)
1022
Florida SEC 4715 (228) Kevin O'Sullivan 5
(last: 2005)
2nd
(2005)
811
Florida State ACC 4718 (1812) Mike Martin 19
(last: 2008)
2nd
(1970, 1986, 1999)
2538
Oklahoma Big 12 4916 (1510) Sunny Golloway 9
(last: 1995)
1st
(1951, 1994)
1414
South Carolina SEC 4815 (219) Ray Tanner 8
(last: 2004)
2nd
(1975, 1977, 2002)
1716
TCU MWC 5112 (195) Jim Schlossnagle 0
(last: none)
none00
UCLA Pac-10 4814 (189) John Savage 2
(last: 1997)
7th
(1969, 1997)
04

Bracket

The CWS uses two four-team brackets with double elimination format; teams play games until they accumulate two losses and no team may play a team from the other bracket. The winners of the two four-team brackets play a best-of-three series for the championship.

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
               
Florida State 1
TCU 8
TCU 3
6 UCLA6
6 UCLA 11
3 Florida 3
6 UCLA2 10
TCU 63
3 Florida 5
Florida State8
Florida State 7
TCU11
6 UCLA 1 1
South Carolina7211
South Carolina 3
Oklahoma 4
Oklahoma 4
Clemson6
Clemson 6
1 Arizona State 3
Clemson 1 3
South Carolina54
1 Arizona State 4
South Carolina11
South Carolina 312
Oklahoma 2

Championship series

Game 1

Monday, June 28 6:30 pm
Omaha, Nebraska ESPN
Team123456789 R H E
South Carolina2120100107142
UCLA000000001132
WP: B. Cooper   LP: G. Cole
Attendance: 23,181
Notes: South Carolina allowed the fewest hits in a championship series game; Cole gave up career-high 11 hits and 6 runs.

Game 2

Tuesday, June 29 6:30 pm
Omaha, Nebraska ESPN
Team1234567891011 R H E
UCLA00001000000181
South Carolina00000001001291
WP: M. Price   LP: D. Klein
Attendance: 24,390

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.

PositionPlayerSchool
P Trevor Bauer UCLA
Matt Purke TCU
C Bryan Holaday TCU
1B Christian Walker South Carolina
2BCody RegisUCLA
3BJohn HinsonClemson
SS Taylor Featherston TCU
OFBeau AmaralUCLA
Jackie Bradley Jr. (MOP)South Carolina
Evan Marzilli South Carolina
DHBrady ThomasSouth Carolina

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

PlaceSchoolRecord
1stSouth Carolina11–1
2nd#6 UCLA8–4
3rdClemson7–4
TCU8–3
5thFlorida State6–3
Oklahoma6–3
7th#1 Arizona State5–2
#3 Florida5–2
9thAlabama5–3
Arkansas3–3
Cal State Fullerton5–3
#4 Coastal Carolina4–3
Miami (FL)3–3
#2 Texas4–2
Vanderbilt5–3
#5 Virginia4–3
17thAuburn3–2
Baylor2–2
College of Charleston2–2
Florida Atlantic2–2
#8 Georgia Tech2–2
Hawaii2–2
#7 Louisville2–2
Minnesota2–2
North Carolina2–2
Oregon2–2
Rice2–2
St. John's3–2
Texas A&M3–2
UC Irvine2–2
Virginia Tech2–2
Washington State3–2
33rdArizona1–2
Connecticut1–2
Dartmouth1–2
Illinois State1–2
Kansas State1–2
Louisiana–Lafayette1–2
LSU1–2
Mercer1–2
New Mexico1–2
Ole Miss1–2
Oral Roberts1–2
Oregon State1–2
San Diego1–2
Southern Miss1–2
Stony Brook1–2
The Citadel1–2
49thBethune–Cookman0–2
Bucknell0–2
California0–2
Central Connecticut0–2
Elon0–2
FIU0–2
Grambling State0–2
Jacksonville State0–2
Kent State0–2
Lamar0–2
Milwaukee0–2
NC State0–2
Rider0–2
Saint Louis0–2
Stanford0–2
VCU0–2

Record by conference

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %RFSRWSNSCSNC
Southeastern 834–18.654652111
Pac-10 820–18.52642211
Atlantic Coast 826–21.5537421
Mountain West 29–5.6431111
Big 12 516–11.593421
Big West 27–5.58321
Big South 14–3.57111
Big East 36–6.5002
Southern 33–6.3331
Sun Belt 33–6.3331
Conference USA 23–4.4291
Other1910–38.2082

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the regional finals, super regionals, College World Series, national semifinals, championship series, and national champion.

Tournament notes

Round 1

Round 2

Regional finals

Super regionals

College World Series

First and second rounds

Semi-finals

Finals

References