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
← 1999	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	George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	Loyola Marymount

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

2000 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #10 Georgia Tech †‡^y 18 – 6   .750     50 – 16   .758 #6 Clemson ^y 17 – 7   .708     51 – 18   .739 #3 Florida State ^y 15 – 9   .625     53 – 19   .736 #20 Wake Forest ^y 14 – 10   .583     41 – 20   .672 #21 North Carolina ^y 12 – 12   .500     46 – 17   .730 NC State 10 – 14   .417     30 – 28   .517 Virginia 10 – 14   .417     26 – 31   .456 Maryland 5 – 17   .227     24 – 33   .421 Duke 5 – 19   .208     17 – 41   .293 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2000[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	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[4]; 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[5][6]; 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[7][8]; 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[9]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Eastern #9 South Carolina ^x^y 25 – 5   .833     53 – 8   .869 #17 Florida ^y 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‡^y 19 – 10   .655     52 – 17   .754 #15 Mississippi State ^y 17 – 10   .630     39 – 17   .696 #25 Auburn ^y 17 – 13   .567     41 – 20   .672 #27 Alabama ^y 16 – 14   .533     41 – 24   .631 Ole Miss 12 – 17   .414     30 – 25   .545 Arkansas 8 – 20   .286     24 – 30   .444 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2000[10]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2000 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Georgia Southern †‡^y 23 – 7   .767     38 – 22   .633 The Citadel † 23 – 7   .767     39 – 20   .661 UNC Greensboro 20 – 9   .690     34 – 24   .586 Furman 15 – 13   .536     27 – 31   .466 East Tennessee State 15 – 15   .500     21 – 31   .404 College of Charleston 14 – 15   .483     28 – 28   .500 Davidson 14 – 15   .483     26 – 28   .481 Appalachian State 11 – 17   .393     17 – 38   .309 VMI 11 – 19   .367     19 – 30   .388 Western Carolina 8 – 22   .267     15 – 38   .283 Wofford 7 – 22   .241     16 – 38   .296 † – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2000[11]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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

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