2000 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

2000 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Format Eight-team double-elimination tournament
Site
Champions Houston (2nd title)
Winning coach Rayner Noble (2nd title)
MVP Jarrod Bitter (Houston)
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

The 2000 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2000 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Florida Power Park in St. Petersburg, Florida from May 17–21. Houston defeated Cincinnati in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1]

The tournament's format was changed slightly from the format used from 1996 to 1999. The play-in round that had been used to determine which of the lowest seeds would participate in the eight-team bracket was eliminated. Instead, only the top eight of the conference's ten teams in the regular season qualified for the tournament. The loss of the play-in round shortened the tournament from six to five days.[1]

Regular season results

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Houston 21 4 .840
-
1
Tulane 20 6 .769
1.5
2
Southern Miss 15 10 .600
6
3
Charlotte 15 11 .577
6.5
4
South Florida 14 13 .519
8
5
Cincinnati 11 16 .407
11
6
UAB 10 15 .400
11
7
Louisville 10 16 .385
11.5
8
Memphis 8 18 .308
13.5
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Saint Louis 6 21 .222
16
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Bracket

  First Round Second Round Semifinals Championship Game
                                       
5 South Florida 1  
4 Charlotte 2  
  4 Charlotte 6  
  1 Houston 1  
8 Louisville 3
1 Houston 4  
  4 Charlotte 0 2  
  1 Houston 3 14  
8 Louisville 6  
5 South Florida 10  
  5 South Florida 6
  1 Houston 19  
  6 Cincinnati 4
  1 Houston 7
7 UAB 11  
2 Tulane 4  
  7 UAB 4
  6 Cincinnati 9  
6 Cincinnati 7
3 Southern Miss 2  
  7 UAB 6
  6 Cincinnati 15  
3 Southern Miss 10  
2 Tulane 9  
  7 UAB 10
  3 Southern Miss 6  

All-tournament team

Position Player School
C Jarrod Bitter Houston
IF Sean Allen Houston
IF Daniel Boyd South Florida
IF Eric Shanks Charlotte
IF Craig Tewes Cincinnati
OF Brandon Caraway Houston
OF Matt Singer Cincinnati
OF Will Smith UAB
DH Brad Schutz Cincinnati
SP Shane Nance Houston
RP Curtus Moak Cincinnati
MVP Jarrod Bitter Houston

References

  1. 1 2 "2012 Conference USA Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 75–93. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2000". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
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