2000 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2000 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 17th through May 21st. LSU defeated Florida in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. LSU would go on to win the national championship at the College World Series in Omaha, NE, their fifth national championship in 10 seasons.

2000 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsLSU (6th title)
Winning coachSkip Bertman (6th title)
MVPWally Pontiff, LSU
Attendance85,653
2000 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 South Carolina  xy 255 .833  538 .869
No. 17 Florida  y 1811 .621  4423 .657
Georgia   1415 .483  3226 .552
Kentucky   1216 .429  3820 .655
Tennessee   1018 .357  4023 .635
Vanderbilt   524 .172  2133 .389
Western
No. 1 LSU  xy 1910 .655  5217 .754
No. 15 Mississippi State  y 1710 .630  3917 .696
No. 25 Auburn  y 1713 .567  4120 .672
No. 27 Alabama  y 1614 .533  4124 .631
Ole Miss   1217 .414  3025 .545
Arkansas   820 .286  2430 .444
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2000[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular Season Results

Eastern Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
South Carolina 25 5 .833
1
Florida 18 11 .621 6.5 4
Georgia 14 15 .483 10.5 7
Kentucky 12 16 .429 12 8
Tennessee 10 18 .357
14
Vanderbilt 5 24 .172 19.5 --
Western Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
LSU 19 10 .655 -- 2
Mississippi State 17 10 .630 1 3
Auburn 17 13 .567 2.5 5
Alabama 16 14 .533 3.5 6
Ole Miss 12 17 .414 7 --
Arkansas 8 20 .286 10.5 --

Tournament

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
5 Auburn 2  
4 Florida 7  
  4 Florida 8  
  8 Kentucky 7  
8 Kentucky 6
1 South Carolina 4  
  4 Florida 12 -  
  1 South Carolina 4 -  
5 Auburn 4  
1 South Carolina 11  
  1 South Carolina 12
  8 Kentucky 5  
  4 Florida 6
  2 LSU 9
6 Alabama 9  
3 Mississippi State 3  
  6 Alabama 12
  2 LSU 18  
7 Georgia 3
2 LSU 11  
  2 LSU 6 -
  6 Alabama 5 -  
3 Mississippi State 0  
7 Georgia 5  
  7 Georgia 4
  6 Alabama 12  

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Brad Hawpe LSU
2B Sam Bozanich Alabama
3B Blair Barbier LSU
SS Drew Meyer South Carolina
C Kelley Gulledge Alabama
OF Wally Pontiff LSU
OF Cedrick Harris LSU
OF Tim Olson Florida
DH Kurt Keene Florida
P Mike Smalley Florida
P Brian Tallet LSU
MVP Wally Pontiff LSU
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See also

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2000". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
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