2000 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

2000 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2000
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Earl Wilson Stadium
Paradise, NV
Champions San Diego State (1st title)
MVP Chad Redfern (San Diego State)
Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
  2001»
2000 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
New Mexico † 22 – 8   .733     35 – 21   .625
San Diego State ‡ 17 – 12   .586     34 – 28   .548
BYU 15 – 15   .500     29 – 29   .500
Utah 15 – 15   .500     26 – 30   .464
UNLV 14 – 16   .467     24 – 33   .421
Air Force 6 – 23   .207     23 – 34   .404
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 2000[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 17–20. This was the first championship tournament for the conference, which was formed prior to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. Second seeded San Diego State won the inaugural Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–4. As the Mountain West was a new league, they did not possess an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, and no conference team was invited.[2][3]

Seeding

The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. BYU claimed the third seed over Utah by winning the season series.[2]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
New Mexico 22 8 .733
–
1
San Diego State 17 12 .586
4.5
2
BYU 15 15 .500
7
3
Utah 15 15 .500
7
4
UNLV 14 16 .467
8
5
Air Force 6 23 .207
15.5
6

Results

  First round Semifinals Semi- Finals
                                       
  1  New Mexico 17  
  6  Air Force 3     1  New Mexico 4  
    4  Utah 6    
      4  Utah 5  
      6  Air Force 10    
  6  Air Force 13          
  5  UNLV 11        
  3  BYU 9         6  Air Force 4 –
  4  Utah 6           2  San Diego State 9 –
      3  BYU 5        
      2  San Diego State 6          
  2  San Diego State 7           2  San Diego State 11    
  5  UNLV 6         3  BYU 7  
  1  New Mexico 3    
  3  BYU 6  

All-Tournament Team

The following teams were named to the All-Tournament team.[2][3]

Name Class POS Team
Gerremy Goldsberry Jr. OF Air Force
Mike Thiessen Jr. OF Air Force
Michael Tufte Jr. RHP Air Force
Matt Carson Fr. OF BYU
Michael Davies So. C BYU
Mark Okano Jr. OF New Mexico
Billy Montgomery Jr. OF San Diego State
Chad Redfern Fr. OF San Diego State
Ryan Olson So. LHP UNLV

Most Valuable Player

Chad Redfern, an outfielder for the champion San Diego State Aztecs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 2. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 11. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "San Diego State Captures Inaugural Conference Baseball Tournament Title". themwc.com. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
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