2000 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

2000 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSan Diego State (1st title)
MVPChad Redfern, San Diego State
2000 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
New Mexico   228 .733  3521 .625
San Diego State   1712 .586  3428 .548
BYU   1515 .500  2929 .500
Utah   1515 .500  2630 .464
UNLV   1416 .467  2433 .421
Air Force   623 .207  2334 .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

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]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
New Mexico228.733
1
San Diego State1712.586
4.5
2
BYU1515.500
7
3
Utah1515.500
7
4
UNLV1416.467
8
5
Air Force623.207
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]

NameClassPOSTeam
Gerremy GoldsberryJr.OFAir Force
Mike ThiessenJr.OFAir Force
Michael TufteJr.RHPAir Force
Matt CarsonFr.OFBYU
Michael DaviesSo.CBYU
Mark OkanoJr.OFNew Mexico
Billy MontgomeryJr.OFSan Diego State
Chad RedfernFr.OFSan Diego State
Ryan OlsonSo.LHPUNLV

Most Valuable Player

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

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References

  1. Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 2. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  2. Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-03. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  3. "San Diego State Captures Inaugural Conference Baseball Tournament Title". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
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