2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
| Season | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Teams | 64 |
| 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.
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.
| School | Conference | Record (Conf) | Berth | Last NCAA Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State | Pac-10 | 47-8 (20-7) | Regular Season Champion | 2009 (College World Series) |
| Bethune–Cookman | MEAC | 35-20 (18-0) | Won MEAC Tourney | 2009 (Gainesville Regional) |
| Bucknell | Patriot | 25-33 (8-12) | Won Championship Series | 2008 (Tallahassee Regional) |
| Cal State Fullerton | Big West | 41-15 (21-3) | Regular Season Champion | 2009 (College World Series) |
| Central Connecticut | Northeast | 33-21 (18-14) | Won Northeast Tourney | 2004 (Oklahoma City Regional) |
| The Citadel | Southern | 42-20 (24-6) | Won Southern Tourney | 2004 (Columbia, S.C. Regional) |
| Coastal Carolina | Big South | 51-7 (25-0) | Won Big South Tourney | 2009 (Chapel Hill Regional) |
| Dartmouth | Ivy | 26-17 (13-7) | Won Championship Series | 2009 (Chapel Hill Regional) |
| FIU | Sun Belt | 36-23 (17-13) | Won Sun Belt Tourney | 2002 (Gainesville Regional) |
| Florida State | ACC | 42-17 (18-12) | Won ACC Tourney | 2009 (Tallahassee Super Regional) |
| Grambling State | SWAC | 22-30 (11-14) | Won SWAC Tourney | 1985 (Central Regional) |
| Hawaii | WAC | 33-26 (12-12) | Won WAC Tourney | 2006 (Corvallis Regional) |
| Illinois State | Missouri Valley | 31-22 (15-6) | Won Missouri Valley Tourney | 1994 (Midwest I Regional) |
| Jacksonville State | Ohio Valley | 32-24 (15-8) | Won Ohio Valley Tourney | 2006 (Tuscaloosa Regional) |
| Kent State | MAC | 39-23 (18-9) | Won MAC Tourney | 2009 (Tempe Regional) |
| Lamar | Southland | 35-24 (16-17) | Won Southland Tourney | 2004 (Houston Regional) |
| LSU | SEC | 40-20 (14-16) | Won SEC Tourney | 2009 (NCAA Champions) |
| Mercer | Atlantic Sun | 37-22 (16-11) | Won Atlantic Sun Tourney | First NCAA Appearance |
| Milwaukee | Horizon | 33-24 (17-8) | Won Horizon Tourney | 2002 (Lincoln Regional) |
| Minnesota | Big Ten | 30-28 (15-9) | Won Big Ten Tourney | 2009 (Baton Rouge Regional) |
| Oral Roberts | Summit | 35-25 (19-9) | Won Summit Tourney | 2009 (Tallahassee Super Regional) |
| Rider | MAAC | 36-21 (15-9) | Won MAAC Tourney | 2009 (Fullerton Regional) |
| Saint Louis | Atlantic 10 | 33-27 (15-12) | Won Atlantic 10 Tourney | 2006 (Fullerton Regional) |
| San Diego | West Coast | 36-20 (19-2) | Regular Season Champion | 2008 (Long Beach Regional) |
| Southern Miss | Conference USA | 35-22 (14-10) | Won Conference USA Tourney | 2009 (College World Series) |
| St. John's | Big East | 40-18 (16-11) | Won Big East Tourney | 2008 (Houston Regional) |
| Stony Brook | America East | 29-25 (15-9) | Won America East Tourney | 2008 (Tempe Regional) |
| TCU | Mountain West | 46-11 (19-5) | Won Mountain West Tourney | 2009 (Austin Super Regional) |
| Texas A&M | Big 12 | 40-19 (14-12) | Won Big 12 Tourney | 2009 (Fort Worth Regional) |
| VCU | Colonial | 34-24-1 (16-7-1) | Won Colonial Tourney | 2007 (Myrtle Beach Regional) |
Bids by conference
| Conference | Total | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Coast | 8 | Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech |
| Atlantic Sun | 1 | Mercer |
| Atlantic 10 | 1 | Saint Louis |
| America East | 1 | Stony Brook |
| Big Ten | 1 | Minnesota |
| Big 12 | 5 | Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M |
| Big East | 3 | Connecticut, Louisville, St. John's |
| Big South | 1 | Coastal Carolina |
| Big West | 2 | UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton |
| Colonial | 1 | VCU |
| Conference USA | 2 | Rice, Southern Miss |
| Horizon | 1 | Milwaukee |
| Ivy | 1 | Dartmouth |
| Metro Atlantic | 1 | Rider |
| Mid-American | 1 | Kent State |
| Mid-Eastern | 1 | Bethune–Cookman |
| Missouri Valley | 1 | Illinois State |
| Mountain West | 2 | New Mexico, TCU |
| Northeast | 1 | Central Connecticut |
| Ohio Valley | 1 | Jacksonville State |
| Pacific-10 | 8 | Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, Washington State |
| Patriot | 1 | Bucknell |
| Southern | 3 | College of Charleston, The Citadel, Elon |
| Southeastern | 8 | Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Vanderbilt |
| Southland | 1 | Lamar |
| Southwestern | 1 | Grambling State |
| Summit | 1 | Oral Roberts |
| Sun Belt | 3 | Florida Atlantic, FIU, Louisiana–Lafayette |
| Western Athletic | 1 | Hawaii |
| WCC | 1 | San Diego |
National seeds
Bold indicates CWS participant.
- Arizona State
- Texas
- Florida
- Coastal Carolina
- Virginia
- UCLA
- Louisville
- Georgia Tech
Regionals and Super Regionals
Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.
Tempe Super Regional
Clemson Super Regional
Hosted by Clemson at Doug Kingsmore Stadium Template:CWSBracket
Charlottesville Super Regional
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.
Austin Super Regional
Tallahassee Super Regional
Hosted by Florida State at Dick Howser Stadium Template:CWSBracket
Los Angeles Super Regional
Gainesville Super Regional
College World Series
Participants
| School | Conference | Record (Conference) | Head Coach | Previous CWS Appearances | CWS Best Finish | CWS W-L Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State | Pac-10 | 51–8 (20–7) | Tim Esmay | 21 (last: 2009) |
1st (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981) |
61–36 |
| Clemson | ACC | 43–23 (18–12) | Jack Leggett | 11 (last: 2006) |
3rd (1996, 2002) |
10–22 |
| Florida | SEC | 47–15 (22–8) | Kevin O'Sullivan | 5 (last: 2005) |
2nd (2005) |
8–11 |
| Florida State | ACC | 47–18 (18–12) | Mike Martin | 19 (last: 2008) |
2nd (1970, 1986, 1999) |
25–38 |
| Oklahoma | Big 12 | 49–16 (15–10) | Sunny Golloway | 9 (last: 1995) |
1st (1951, 1994) |
14–14 |
| South Carolina | SEC | 48–15 (21–9) | Ray Tanner | 8 (last: 2004) |
2nd (1975, 1977, 2002) |
17–16 |
| TCU | MWC | 51–12 (19–5) | Jim Schlossnagle | 0 (last: none) |
none | 0–0 |
| UCLA | Pac-10 | 48–14 (18–9) | John Savage | 2 (last: 1997) |
7th (1969, 1997) |
0–4 |
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.
- * Denotes extra innings
Championship Series
Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WP: M. Price LP: D. Klein Attendance: 24,390 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All Tournament Team
The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| P | Trevor Bauer | UCLA |
| Matt Purke | TCU | |
| 1B | Christian Walker | South Carolina |
| 2B | Cody Regis | UCLA |
| 3B | John Hinson | Clemson |
| SS | Taylor Featherston | TCU |
| C | Bryan Holaday | TCU |
| OF | Beau Amaral | UCLA |
| Evan Marzilli | South Carolina | |
| DH | Brady Thomas | South Carolina |
| MOP | Jackie Bradley, Jr. | South Carolina |
Final standings
Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only
| Place | School | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | South Carolina | 11-1 |
| 2nd | #6 UCLA | 8-4 |
| 3rd | Clemson | 7-4 |
| TCU | 8-3 | |
| 5th | Florida State | 6-3 |
| Oklahoma | 6-3 | |
| 7th | #1 Arizona State | 5-2 |
| #3 Florida | 5-2 | |
| 9th | Alabama | 5-3 |
| Arkansas | 3-3 | |
| Cal State Fullerton | 5-3 | |
| #4 Coastal Carolina | 4-3 | |
| Miami (FL) | 3-3 | |
| #2 Texas | 4-2 | |
| Vanderbilt | 5-3 | |
| #5 Virginia | 4-3 | |
| 17th | Auburn | 3-2 |
| Baylor | 2-2 | |
| College of Charleston | 2-2 | |
| Florida Atlantic | 2-2 | |
| #8 Georgia Tech | 2-2 | |
| Hawaii | 2-2 | |
| #7 Louisville | 2-2 | |
| Minnesota | 2-2 | |
| North Carolina | 2-2 | |
| Oregon | 2-2 | |
| Rice | 2-2 | |
| St. John's | 3-2 | |
| Texas A&M | 3-2 | |
| UC Irvine | 2-2 | |
| Virginia Tech | 2-2 | |
| Washington State | 3-2 | |
| 33rd | Arizona | 1-2 |
| Connecticut | 1-2 | |
| Dartmouth | 1-2 | |
| Illinois State | 1-2 | |
| Kansas State | 1-2 | |
| Louisiana–Lafayette | 1-2 | |
| LSU | 1-2 | |
| Mercer | 1-2 | |
| New Mexico | 1-2 | |
| Ole Miss | 1-2 | |
| Oral Roberts | 1-2 | |
| Oregon State | 1-2 | |
| San Diego | 1-2 | |
| Southern Miss | 1-2 | |
| Stony Brook | 1-2 | |
| The Citadel | 1-2 | |
| 49th | Bethune–Cookman | 0-2 |
| Bucknell | 0-2 | |
| California | 0-2 | |
| Central Connecticut | 0-2 | |
| Elon | 0-2 | |
| FIU | 0-2 | |
| Grambling State | 0-2 | |
| Jacksonville State | 0-2 | |
| Kent State | 0-2 | |
| Lamar | 0-2 | |
| Milwaukee | 0-2 | |
| NC State | 0-2 | |
| Rider | 0-2 | |
| Saint Louis | 0-2 | |
| Stanford | 0-2 | |
| VCU | 0-2 |
- # denotes national seed
Record by conference
| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | RF | SR | WS | NS | CS | NC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern | 8 | 34–18 | .654 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pac-10 | 8 | 20–18 | .526 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Atlantic Coast | 8 | 26-21 | .553 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| Mountain West | 2 | 9–5 | .643 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Big 12 | 5 | 16–11 | .593 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Big West | 2 | 7–5 | .583 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Big South | 1 | 4–3 | .571 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Big East | 3 | 6–6 | .500 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Southern | 3 | 3–6 | .333 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sun Belt | 3 | 3–6 | .333 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Conference USA | 2 | 3–4 | .429 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other | 19 | 10–38 | .208 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
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
- 15 of 16 No. 1 seeds won their first-round games, with Cal State Fullerton being the only No. 1 seed to lose (3-1 to No. 4 Minnesota).
- Eight No. 3 seeds (half the field) won their first-round games in upsets.
Round 2
- 13 of 16 No. 1 seeds won their first 2 games. The others were: No. 4 Minnesota, No. 2 Clemson and No. 2 College of Charleston
- Two No. 2 seeds were eliminated in two games: No. 2 California and No. 2 Stanford
Regional Finals
- 13 No. 1 seeds and three No. 2 seeds advanced to the Super Regional; no No. 3 or No. 4 seeds advanced.
- Georgia Tech (No. 8) and Louisville (No. 7) were the only national seeds to not advance to the Super Regional.
Super Regionals
- TCU qualified for its first ever College World Series by beating Texas.
- Only 3 of 8 National Seeds qualified for the College World Series.
College World Series
- NCBWA (National College Baseball Writers Association) named TCU Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle the 2010 National Coach of the Year.[1]
- Collegiate Baseball and Baseball America named South Carolina Head Coach Ray Tanner the 2010 National Coach of the Year.[2][3]
- UCLA head coach John Savage was named the national Coach of the Year by College Baseball Insider.[4]
- South Carolina received the Opening Ceremonies award for highest team GPA (3.12) of the eight schools that made it to Omaha.
- Only one team from the 2009 CWS, Arizona State, returned for 2010.
- This was the 18th consecutive year that the SEC has fielded at least one team in the College World Series.
- South Carolina pitcher Matt Price (first team) and first baseman Christian Walker (second team) were named Freshman All-Americans by Baseball America.
- UCLA center fielder Beau Amaral, who led the Bruins with a .354 batting average in 64 games, was named a second-team Freshman All-America selection by Baseball America.
- UCLA pitchers Trevor Bauer and Gerrit Cole were named to the 2010 College All-America Team (second-team and third-team, respectively) by Baseball America.
First and second rounds
- TCU played in its first College World Series in school history.
- Florida was the first team eliminated after its 8-5 loss to in-state rival Florida State.
- Arizona State was eliminated after two games and became the first No. 1 overall seed team to go 0–2 in the CWS under the current 64-team format.
- Florida State had a season-high 5 errors in its second loss to TCU.
- In the first meeting between South Carolina and Oklahoma, the game was scheduled to start at 2:00 pm, but due to multiple weather delays the game did not end until after 11:00 pm.
Semi-finals
- None of the four semi-finalists, UCLA, TCU, South Carolina and Clemson, had won a previous CWS title.
- This CWS was the first since 2005 to feature an in-state rivalry in the final four with the meeting of South Carolina and Clemson.
- Trevor Bauer, with 13 strikeouts on June 26, led the nation with 165 strikeouts; UCLA led all schools with 700 strikeouts.
Finals
- UCLA played for its first-ever national championship in baseball (South Carolina had played in three previous Championship Games, 1975, 1977 and 2002).
- More than 300,000 fans attended the men's CWS for the fourth consecutive year, and the total attendance of 330,922 ranks second all-time.
- South Carolina won its first NCAA team national championship in any men's sport.
- UCLA's runner-up finish was the best in program history.
- Final game was the first championship to be decided in extra innings since 1970, and fifth all-time.
- Whit Merrifield's 11th-inning RBI single was the first walk-off to decide a championship since 2000.
- South Carolina became only the third school to win a CWS title after losing their opening game since the two-bracket format was adopted.
- South Carolina set a CWS record with six straight wins after losing their first game, and became only the third school ever to record six victories in a CWS.
- The CWS ended June 29, the latest ending date for the tournament. That record was broken in 2016.
References
- ^ TCU's Schlossnagle honored nationally, ESPN Dallas, June 19, 2010
- ^ USC's Tanner national coach of the year, The Post and Courier, July 2, 2010
- ^ Ray Tanner Named College Coach Of The Year By Baseball America
- ^ Savage Named CBI Coach of the Year, CollegeBaseballInsider.com, June 28, 2010