2000 NCAA Division I baseball season

2000 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams 281
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions LSU
Runners-up Stanford
MOP Trey Hodges (LSU)
Seasons

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2001 →

The 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 2000. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 2000 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fifty fourth time in 2000, consisted of one team from each of eight super regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. LSU claimed the championship for the fifth time.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 2000 season. The NCAA sponsored regional and super regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the sixteen regionals consisted of four teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to eight best of three Super Regionals. The winners of each Super Regional advanced to Omaha. 29 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 35 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner Conference Tournament Tournament Venue • City Tournament Winner
America East Conference Delaware 2000 America East Conference Baseball Tournament Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE Delaware
Atlantic Coast Conference Georgia Tech 2000 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament Knights Stadium • Fort Mill, SC Georgia Tech
Big 12 Conference Baylor 2000 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament AT&T Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK Nebraska
Big East Conference Rutgers 2000 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament Commerce Bank Ballpark • Bridgewater, NJ Rutgers
Big Ten Conference Minnesota 2000 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament Siebert Field • Minneapolis, MN Illinois
Big West Conference Cal State Fullerton/Nevada No tournament
Conference USA Houston 2000 Conference USA Baseball Tournament Florida Power Park • St. Petersburg, FL Houston
Ivy League Gehrig - Princeton
Rolfe - Dartmouth 		2000 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, NJ Princeton
Mid-American Conference East - Kent State
West - Central Michigan 		2000 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament Gene Michael Field • Kent, OH Miami (OH)
Midwestern Collegiate Conference Milwaukee 2000 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Baseball Tournament Dayton, OH Butler
Mid-Continent Conference Oral Roberts 2000 Mid-Continent Conference Baseball Tournament J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK Oral Roberts
Pacific-10 Conference Arizona State/Stanford/UCLA No tournament
Southeastern Conference Eastern - South Carolina
Western - LSU 		2000 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL LSU
Southern Conference Georgia Southern 2000 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park • Charleston, SC Georgia Southern
Trans America Athletic Conference UCF 2000 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament Alexander Brest Field • Jacksonville, FL Stetson
West Coast Conference West - Pepperdine
Coast - Loyola Marymount 		2000 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series Loyola Marymount

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

Template:2000 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
2000 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#18 Baylor †y 23 – 7   .767     45 – 17   .726
#11 Nebraska ‡y 21 – 9   .700     51 – 17   .750
Oklahoma y 20 – 10   .667     41 – 23   .641
#7 Texas y 19 – 10   .655     46 – 21   .687
Texas Tech 18 – 12   .600     36 – 26   .581
Oklahoma State y 14 – 13   .519     36 – 22   .621
Missouri y 13 – 14   .481     33 – 24   .579
Texas A&M 11 – 19   .367     23 – 35   .397
Kansas y 10 – 20   .333     25 – 30   .455
Iowa State 7 – 23   .233     19 – 37   .339
Kansas State 5 – 24   .172     19 – 32   .373
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2000[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Rutgers †‡y 18 – 5   .783     40 – 18   .690
Notre Dame y 18 – 7   .720     46 – 18   .719
Seton Hall y 18 – 7   .720     40 – 18   .690
Connecticut 14 – 9   .609     32 – 17   .653
Boston College 12 – 11   .522     32 – 20   .615
Pittsburgh 11 – 13   .458     31 – 24   .564
West Virginia 10 – 12   .455     25 – 28   .472
St. John's 8 – 15   .348     29 – 22   .569
Villanova 8 – 15   .348     24 – 26   .480
Georgetown 1 – 24   .040     13 – 43   .232
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2000[4][5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Minnesota †y 20 – 8   .714     38 – 22   .633
#19 Penn State y 18 – 9   .667     41 – 17   .707
Purdue 17 – 11   .607     35 – 23   .603
Illinois ‡y 17 – 11   .607     41 – 21   .661
Ohio State 15 – 13   .536     37 – 23   .617
Northwestern 13 – 15   .464     30 – 27   .526
Iowa 11 – 17   .393     19 – 35   .352
Michigan 10 – 18   .357     20 – 32   .385
Michigan State 9 – 18   .333     20 – 36   .357
Indiana 9 – 19   .321     29 – 27   .518
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2000[6][7]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#13 Houston †‡y 21 – 4 – 0   .840     48 – 18 – 0   .727
Tulane y 20 – 6 – 1   .759     38 – 22 – 1   .631
Southern Miss 14 – 9 – 0   .609     32 – 26 – 0   .552
Charlotte 15 – 11 – 0   .577     32 – 25 – 1   .560
South Florida 14 – 13 – 0   .519     29 – 29 – 0   .500
Cincinnati 11 – 16 – 0   .407     35 – 16 – 0   .686
UAB 10 – 15 – 0   .400     28 – 32 – 0   .467
Louisville 10 – 16 – 1   .389     17 – 37 – 1   .318
Memphis 8 – 18 – 0   .308     15 – 37 – 0   .288
Saint Louis 6 – 21 – 0   .222     19 – 34 – 0   .358
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
East
Kent State x 20 – 6 – 0   .769     40 – 18 – 0   .690
Ohio 18 – 10 – 0   .643     31 – 25 – 1   .553
Miami ‡y 16 – 12 – 0   .571     40 – 23 – 0   .635
Bowling Green 14 – 12 – 0   .538     29 – 24 – 1   .546
Akron 12 – 15 – 0   .444     26 – 30 – 0   .464
Marshall 7 – 20 – 0   .259     21 – 33 – 1   .391
West
Central Michigan x 18 – 8 – 0   .692     41 – 17 – 0   .707
Ball State 18 – 8 – 0   .692     34 – 23 – 0   .596
Northern Illinois 11 – 15 – 0   .423     24 – 33 – 0   .421
Western Michigan 10 – 18 – 0   .357     26 – 27 – 0   .491
Toledo 9 – 19 – 0   .321     21 – 33 – 0   .389
Eastern Michigan 9 – 19 – 0   .321     20 – 36 – 0   .357
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2000[8]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern
South Carolina x 25 – 5   .833     53 – 8   .869
Florida 18 – 11   .621     44 – 23   .657
Georgia 14 – 15   .483     32 – 26   .552
Kentucky 12 – 16   .429     38 – 20   .655
Tennessee 10 – 18   .357     40 – 23   .635
Vanderbilt 5 – 24   .172     21 – 33   .389
Western
#1 LSU x‡ 19 – 10   .655     52 – 17   .754
Mississippi State 17 – 10   .630     39 – 17   .696
Auburn 17 – 13   .567     41 – 20   .672
Alabama 16 – 14   .533     41 – 24   .631
Ole Miss 12 – 17   .414     30 – 25   .545
Arkansas 8 – 20   .286     24 – 30   .444
x – Division champion
‡ – 2000 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament champion
As of June 30, 2000[9]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll
 Template:2000 Southern Conference baseball standings

College World Series

The 2000 season marked the fifty fourth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with LSU claiming their fifth championship with a 6–5 win over Stanford in the final.[1]

Bracket

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
 Louisiana–Lafayette 4  
8  Stanford 6  
  8  Stanford 10  
  4  Clemson 4  
4  Clemson 10
 San Jose State 6  
  8  Stanford 19 —  
   Louisiana–Lafayette 9 —  
 Louisiana–Lafayette 6  
 San Jose State 3  
   Louisiana–Lafayette 5
  4  Clemson 4  
  8  Stanford 5
  2  LSU 6
2  LSU 13  
 Texas 5  
  2  LSU 10
   Southern California 4  
 Southern California 6
6  Florida State 4  
  2  LSU 6 —
  6  Florida State 3 —  
 Texas 2  
6  Florida State 6  
  6  Florida State 3
   Southern California 2  

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 W.C. Madden and Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947–2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ 2013 Big 12 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Big 12 Conference. p. 54. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  5. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2000". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  6. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  7. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2000". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  8. ↑ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  9. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2000". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.