2000 NCAA Division I baseball season

2000 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams281
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsLSU (5th title)
Runners-upStanford (12th CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachSkip Bertman (5th title)
MOPTrey 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]

Realignment

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 StadiumWilmington, DE Delaware
Atlantic Coast Conference Georgia Tech 2000 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Knights StadiumFort Mill, SC Georgia Tech
Big 12 Conference Baylor 2000 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament AT&T Bricktown BallparkOklahoma City, OK Nebraska
Big East Conference Rutgers 2000 Big East Conference baseball tournament Commerce Bank BallparkBridgewater, NJ Rutgers
Big South Conference Liberty 2000 Big South Conference baseball tournament Charles Watson StadiumConway, SC Liberty
Big Ten Conference Minnesota 2000 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament Siebert FieldMinneapolis, MN Illinois
Big West Conference Cal State Fullerton/Nevada No tournament
Colonial Athletic Association Old Dominion/East Carolina 2000 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament Coy Tillett Sr. Memorial Field • Manteo, NC East Carolina
Conference USA Houston 2000 Conference USA baseball tournament Florida Power ParkSt. Petersburg, FL Houston
Ivy League Gehrig - Princeton
Rolfe - Dartmouth
2000 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series Bill Clarke FieldPrinceton, NJ Princeton
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Iona 2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament Dutchess StadiumWappingers Falls, NY Marist
Mid-American Conference East - Kent State
West - Central Michigan
2000 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Gene Michael FieldKent, 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 StadiumTulsa, OK Oral Roberts
Northeast Conference North - Long Island
South - UMBC
2000 Northeast Conference baseball tournament The SandcastleAtlantic City, NJ Wagner
Pacific-10 Conference Arizona State/Stanford/UCLA No tournament
Patriot League Navy 2000 Patriot League baseball tournament Max Bishop StadiumAnnapolis, MD Army
Southeastern Conference Eastern - South Carolina
Western - LSU
2000 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Hoover Metropolitan StadiumHoover, AL LSU
Southern Conference Georgia Southern 2000 Southern Conference baseball tournament Joseph P. Riley Jr. ParkCharleston, SC Georgia Southern
Southland Conference McNeese State 2000 Southland Conference baseball tournament Warhawk FieldMonroe, LA Southwest Texas State
Trans America Athletic Conference UCF 2000 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Alexander Brest FieldJacksonville, FL Stetson
West Coast Conference West - Pepperdine
Coast - Loyola Marymount
2000 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series George C. Page StadiumLos 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
No. 10 Georgia Tech  ‍y 18 6   .750 50 16   .758
No. 6 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 17 7   .708 51 18   .739
No. 3 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 15 9   .625 53 19   .736
No. 20 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 14 10   .583 41 20   .672
No. 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
No. 18 Baylor  ‍‍‍y 23 7   .767 45 17   .726
No. 11 Nebraska  ‍‍y 21 9   .700 51 17   .750
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 41 23   .641
No. 7 Texas  ‍‍‍y 19 10   .655 46 21   .687
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍y 18 12   .600 36 26   .581
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 14 13   .519 36 22   .621
Missouri ‍‍‍ 13 14   .481 33 24   .579
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 23 35   .397
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 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 South Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Liberty  ‍y 14 5 0   .737 36 23 0   .610
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 14 7 0   .667 31 31 1   .500
Radford  ‍‍‍ 12 7 0   .632 28 24 0   .538
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍ 11 10 0   .524 34 24 0   .586
Elon  ‍‍‍ 11 10 0   .524 33 25 0   .569
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 7 14 0   .333 30 33 0   .476
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 7 14 0   .333 26 32 0   .448
High Point  ‍‍‍ 6 15 0   .286 22 36 1   .381
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[7]
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
No. 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[8][9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍y 14 7 0   .667 33 24 1   .578
No. 29 East Carolina  ‍y 14 7 0   .667 46 18 0   .719
UNC Wilmington  ‍‍‍ 13 8 0   .619 36 23 0   .610
James Madison  ‍‍‍ 12 9 0   .571 37 22 0   .627
VCU  ‍‍‍ 9 12 0   .429 39 22 0   .639
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 8 13 0   .381 25 29 0   .463
George Mason  ‍‍‍ 7 14 0   .333 21 34 1   .384
William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 7 14 0   .333 32 25 0   .561
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 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 Ivy League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Lou Gehrig
Princeton  x‍‍y 13 7   .650 24 20   .545
Cornell  ‍‍‍ 11 9   .550 15 24   .385
Penn  ‍‍‍ 9 11   .450 20 21   .488
Columbia  ‍‍‍ 6 14   .300 11 34   .244
Red Rolfe
Dartmouth  x‍‍‍ 17 3   .850 29 14   .674
Brown  ‍‍‍ 11 9   .550 23 24   .489
Harvard  ‍‍‍ 10 10   .500 18 25   .419
Yale  ‍‍‍ 3 17   .150 13 31   .295
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Iona  ‍‍‍ 22 4   .846 31 13   .705
Le Moyne  ‍‍‍ 18 7   .720 32 15   .681
Fairfield  ‍‍‍ 17 8   .680 26 20   .565
Marist  ‍‍y 16 11   .593 32 18   .640
Rider  ‍‍‍ 13 12   .520 22 29   .431
Niagara  ‍‍‍ 13 13   .500 16 25   .390
Siena  ‍‍‍ 12 14   .462 15 32   .319
Manhattan  ‍‍‍ 10 16   .385 20 29   .408
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍ 4 21   .160 8 41   .163
Canisius  ‍‍‍ 4 23   .148 9 33   .214
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[12]
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[13]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Oral Roberts  ‍y 26 1 0   .963 49 15 0   .766
Oakland  ‍‍‍ 17 9 0   .654 28 32 0   .467
Southern Utah  ‍‍‍ 16 11 0   .593 30 26 0   .536
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 13 13 0   .500 24 31 0   .436
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 15 0   .444 17 39 0   .304
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 10 17 0   .370 14 42 1   .254
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 7 18 0   .280 17 30 0   .362
IUPUI  ‍‍‍ 4 21 0   .160 10 40 0   .200
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[14]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Northeast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
North
Long Island  x‍‍‍ 14 8 0   .636 23 21 0   .523
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ 11 11 0   .500 16 21 0   .432
Central Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 9 11 0   .450 17 31 1   .357
St. Francis  ‍‍‍ 7 12 0   .368 11 24 0   .314
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍ 6 16 0   .273 12 38 0   .240
South
UMBC  x‍‍‍ 16 6 0   .727 29 21 1   .578
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 15 7 0   .682 25 27 0   .481
Wagner  ‍‍y 14 8 0   .636 24 30 1   .445
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ 10 11 0   .476 15 23 1   .397
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 5 17 0   .227 17 34 0   .333
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Patriot League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Navy  ‍‍‍ 14 6 0   .700 24 20 1   .544
Bucknell  ‍‍‍ 12 8 0   .600 22 25 0   .468
Army  ‍‍y 10 8 0   .556 24 20 1   .544
Lehigh  ‍‍‍ 8 12 0   .400 21 22 0   .488
Holy Cross  ‍‍‍ 8 12 0   .400 13 27 1   .329
Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 6 12 0   .333 12 27 0   .308
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[15]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 9 South Carolina  x‍‍y 25 5   .833 53 8   .869
No. 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
No. 1 LSU  x‍‍y 19 10   .655 52 17   .754
No. 15 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 17 10   .630 39 17   .696
No. 25 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 17 13   .567 41 20   .672
No. 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
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[16]
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[17]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 20 7   .741 39 20   .661
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 20 7   .741 41 22   .651
Southwest Texas State  ‍‍y 16 11   .593 34 29   .540
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 15 12   .556 27 29   .482
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 14 13   .519 30 26   .536
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 14 13   .519 25 29   .463
Lamar  ‍‍‍ 11 16   .407 27 27   .500
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 10 17   .370 25 28   .472
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 9 18   .333 24 30   .444
Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍ 6 21   .222 17 37   .315
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[18]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UCF ‍‍‍y 22 5   .815 43 19   .694
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍y 20 7   .741 43 19   .694
No. 23 Stetson ‍‍y 20 7   .741 48 16   .750
Jacksonville ‍‍‍ 16 11   .593 34 24   .586
Georgia State ‍‍‍ 14 13   .519 31 28   .525
Campbell ‍‍‍ 12 15   .444 31 25   .554
Troy ‍‍‍ 11 16   .407 22 34   .393
Mercer ‍‍‍ 8 19   .296 16 35   .314
Jacksonville State ‍‍‍ 6 21   .222 23 32   .418
Samford ‍‍‍ 6 21   .222 29 34   .460
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[19]
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 roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
Louisiana–Lafayette4
8Stanford6
8Stanford10
4Clemson4
4Clemson10
San Jose State6
8Stanford19
Louisiana–Lafayette9
Louisiana–Lafayette6
San Jose State3Louisiana–Lafayette5
4Clemson4
8Stanford5
2LSU13
2LSU6
Texas5
2LSU10
USC4
USC6
6Florida State4
2LSU6
6Florida State3
Texas2
6Florida State66Florida State3
USC2

Award winners

All-America team

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