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2010 SEC Baseball Tournament
The 2010 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 26 through 30. LSU won the tournament for the third straight season and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Regular Season results The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament. - Eliminated from SEC Tournament Contention Standings after 5/22 Format The 2010 tournament will once again feature a "flipped bracket". This means that after two days of play the undefeated team from each bracket will move into the other bracket. This reduces the number of rematches teams will have to play in order to win the tournament. Additionally, the tournament will be debuting a "pitch clock," limiting the amount of time that pitchers have to throw the ball to 20 seconds. This rule will not be in effect when runners are on base. Tournament * After two days of play, the undefeated team from each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Elimination Tournament
A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost ''two'' games or matches. It stands in contrast to a single-elimination tournament, in which only ''one'' defeat results in elimination. One method of arranging a double-elimination tournament is to break the competitors into two sets of brackets, the ''winners' bracket'' and ''losers' bracket'' (''W'' and ''L'' brackets for short; also referred to as ''championship bracket'' and ''elimination bracket'', ''upper bracket'' and ''lower bracket'', or ''main bracket'' and ''repechage'') after the first round. The first-round winners proceed into the W bracket and the losers proceed into the L bracket. The W bracket is conducted in the same manner as a single-elimination tournament, except that the losers of each round "drop down" into the L bracket. Another method of double-elimination tournament management i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |