2010 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

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]

2010 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site	Campbell's Field Camden, NJ
Champions	Saint Louis (2nd title)
Winning coach	Darin Hendrickson (1st title)
MVP	Bryant Cotton (Saint Louis)
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Seeding

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
Charlotte	20	7	.741	–	1
Xavier	18	9	.667	2	2
Rhode Island	17	10	.630	3	3
Fordham[a]	15	12	.556	5	4
Saint Louis	15	12	.556	5	5
La Salle[b]	14	13	.519	6	6
George Washington	14	13	.519	6	–
Massachusetts	13	14	.481	7	–
Saint Joseph's	13	14	.481	7	–
Dayton	12	15	.444	8	–
Richmond	10	17	.370	10	–
Duquesne	10	17	.370	10	–
Temple	10	17	.370	10	–
St. Bonaventure	8	19	.296	12	–

1. Fordham was given the fourth seed over Saint Louis because of its regular season series win against the Billikens.^[3]
2. La Salle was given the sixth seed over George Washington because of its better record against common conference opponents Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, Massachusetts, St. Bonaventure, and Temple. La Salle went 11–7 against these six teams, while George Washington went 10-8.^[4][5]

Bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					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

All-Tournament Team

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
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