2000 NCAA Division I baseball season

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]

2000 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	281
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	LSU (5th title)
Runners-up	Stanford (12th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Skip Bertman (5th title)
MOP	Trey Hodges (LSU)
Seasons

Realignment

• The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference dissolved its divisions.
• Sacred Heart joined the Northeast Conference from NCAA Division II, joining the North Division. Fairleigh Dickinson moved to the South Division to give each division 5 teams.

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 South Conference	Liberty	2000 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament	Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC	Liberty
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
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Iona	2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Dutchess Stadium • Wappingers Falls, NY	Marist
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
Northeast Conference	North - Long Island South - UMBC	2000 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament	The Sandcastle • Atlantic City, NJ	Wagner
Pacific-10 Conference	Arizona State/Stanford/UCLA	No tournament
Patriot League	Navy	2000 Patriot League Baseball Tournament	Max Bishop Stadium • Annapolis, MD	Army
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
Southland Conference	McNeese State	2000 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament	Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA	Southwest Texas State
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 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 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  ^x‍‍‡‍^y 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[10]; 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[11]; 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[12]; 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[13]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2000 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Eastern No. 9 South Carolina  ^x‍†‍‍^y 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  ^x‍‍‡‍^y 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[14]; 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[15]; 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[16]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2000 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Central Florida ‍†‍‍^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[17]; 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
							USC	4
		USC	6
	6	Florida State	4
											2	LSU	6	—
										6	Florida State	3	—
		Texas	2
	6	Florida State	6
						6	Florida State	3
							USC	2

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 2000 College Baseball All-America Team

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