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Written by Thomas Goldkamp   
Wednesday, 17 February 2010 08:01 PM
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Head coach Paul Mainieri and the defending national champion LSU Tigers have been picked by the SEC coaches to win the conference title in 2010. (Getty Images)

The SEC coaches selected their 2010 preseason favorites on Wednesday and named the defending national champion LSU Tigers as the favorite to win the SEC West and the overall SEC title.

The Tigers finished first in the SEC West voting with 63 points, while Florida was picked to repeat as the SEC East winner with 64 points.

In the overall SEC selection, five coaches picked LSU to win the league. Florida received four votes and Arkansas received three votes from the coaches in the overall SEC selections.

Here are the voting totals from the SEC coaches (first place votes in parentheses):

2010 Preseason SEC Baseball Coaches' Picks
SEC East
Team Points 2009 SEC Record Finish
Florida (9) 64 19-11 1st
South Carolina (2) 52 17-13 2nd
Georgia 42 15-15 3rd
Vanderbilt (1) 41 12-17 4th
Kentucky 25 12-18 5th
Tennessee 19 11-19 6th
SEC West
Team Points 2009 SEC Record Finish
LSU (8) 63 20-10 T-1st
Arkansas (4) 59 14-15 4th
Ole Miss 39 20-10 T-1st
Alabama 32 18-11 3rd
Auburn 28 11-19 5th
Mississippi State 25 9-20 6th
 
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shanksta13
Re:SEC coaches tab LSU as 2010 preseason SEC favorite
Feb 18 2010 01:38:01
Heading into the season, this should easily be one of the strongest years the conference has had in recent memory. Arkansas, Florida and LSU are all legitimate contenders for Omaha this year.
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FanninFan
Re:SEC coaches tab LSU as 2010 preseason SEC favorite
Feb 18 2010 03:29:02
LSU and Florida will be tough this year, but I'm leaning towards Florida in that matchup. South Carolina will be much improved with better depth on the mound, as well as MSU. Arkansas will be near the top in the SEC, but I don't think they'll be quite as good as last year... I don't see them going to Omaha. Just one man's opinion, though.
 #74

shanksta13
Re:SEC coaches tab LSU as 2010 preseason SEC favorite
Feb 18 2010 04:11:38
I don't know if I agree about Arkansas. Their starting pitching rotation is pretty wicked.
 #81

FanninFan
Re:SEC coaches tab LSU as 2010 preseason SEC favorite
Feb 18 2010 16:08:27
shanksta13 wrote:
I don't know if I agree about Arkansas. Their starting pitching rotation is pretty wicked.


Their starting pitching will be good, but the bullpen leaves alot to be desired and I don't think they will produce as many runs as they did last year. It really seemed to me like they squeezed the most out of every inning at the plate, and I don't know how they could mangage any more runs than they were able to produce last season.
 #86

ThePoo
Re:SEC coaches tab LSU as 2010 preseason SEC favorite
Feb 19 2010 23:31:16
Looking forward to Ranaudo(LSU) vs Pomeranz(Ole Miss)
 #124

shanksta13
Re:SEC coaches tab LSU as 2010 preseason SEC favorite
Feb 20 2010 01:32:55
So many good teams in the SEC this year. I can't wait to see our freshmen. Our hitting is going to be superb this year. Preston Tucker is incredible at the plate and Josh Adams is pretty solid himself.

Adams has already blasted two homers tonight against USF and we're up 5-2 in the bottom of the 7th.
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