2000 UCLA Bruins baseball team

2000 UCLA Bruins baseball
UCLA logo written in blue and gold script
Pacific-10 Regular Season Champions
Baton Rouge Super Regional vs. LSU, L, 2-8, 8-14
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
2000 record 3826 (177 Pac-10)
Head coach Gary Adams
Home stadium Jackie Robinson Stadium
2000 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Stanford y 17 7   .708     50 16   .758
Arizona State y 17 7   .708     44 15   .746
UCLA y 17 7   .708     38 26   .594
USC y 16 8   .667     44 20   .688
California 11 13   .458     25 28   .472
Oregon State 9 15   .375     28 27   .509
Arizona 8 16   .333     26 30   .464
Washington 7 17   .292     26 30   .464
Washington State 6 18   .250     20 36   .357
Conference champion
y Invited to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of March 31, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2000 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. The Bruins finished the season with a 3826 overall record.[2] With a 17-7 conference record, UCLA shared the Pacific-10 Conference Championship with Arizona and Stanford.[3] The team qualified for the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, and were seeded #1 in the Oklahoma City Regional. The Bruins beat Delaware and Oklahoma to reach the regional finals. UCLA again played the Oklahoma Sooners in the finals, and beat them 11-3 to advance to the Baton Rouge Super Regionals.[4] The Bruins faced the LSU Tigers, who were the #1 seed from the Baton Rouge Regional. UCLA lost the first game of the series 2-8, and lost the second game 8-14.[5] LSU went on to win the 2000 College World Series, and never lost a game in the entire tournament.

UCLA set the NCAA record for most players drafted from a university in a single season when 12 players were picked in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft.[6]

Schedule

2000 UCLA Bruins Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

UCLA Bruins in the 2000 MLB Draft

The following members of the UCLA Bruins baseball program were drafted in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft.[6]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Chase Utley2B1st15thPhiladelphia Phillies
Rob Henkel 3rd71stFlorida Marlins
Garrett Atkins 5th137thColorado Rockies
Bill Scott 8th231stMilwaukee Brewers
Ryan Carter 8th235thPhiladelphia Phillies
Forrest Johnson 13th378thDetroit Tigers
Charles Merricks 17th497thColorado Rockies
Chad Cislak 19th576thCleveland Indians
Nick Lyon 20th586thTampa Bay Devil Rays
Ryan Hamill 25th743rdSt. Louis Cardinals
Brian Baron 46th1348thMinnesota Twins
Freddie Mitchell 50th1441stChicago White Sox

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