2000 Big East Conference baseball tournament

The 2000 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, New Jersey. This was the sixteenth annual Big East Conference baseball tournament. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights won their second tournament championship, and second in three years, to claim the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[3]

2000 Big East Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Commerce Bank Ballpark Bridgewater, New Jersey
Champions	Rutgers (2nd title)
Winning coach	Fred Hill (2nd title)
MVP	Bobby Brownlie (Rutgers)
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2000 Big East Conference baseball standings

v t e	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[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 6 team double elimination tournament in 2000. The top six regular season finishers were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. Notre Dame claimed the second seed by winning the season series over Seton Hall.^[3]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Rutgers	18	5	.783	–	1
Notre Dame	18	7	.720	1	2
Seton Hall	18	7	.720	1	3
Connecticut	14	9	.609	4	4
Boston College	12	11	.522	6	5
Pittsburgh	11	13	.458	7.5	6
West Virginia	10	12	.455	7.5	–
St. John's	8	15	.348	10	–
Villanova	8	15	.348	10	–
Georgetown	1	24	.040	18	–

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	Rutgers	11
	6	Pittsburgh	3			1	Rutgers	8
						4	Connecticut	7
	2	Notre Dame	3								1	Rutgers	6
	5	Boston College	4								2	Seton Hall	2
						5	Boston College	4													1	Rutgers	3	1
						2	Seton Hall	12													2	Seton Hall	4	0
	3	Seton Hall	8													2	Seton Hall	6
	4	Connecticut	2								5	Boston College	6			5	Boston College	5
						6	Pittsburgh	7			2	Notre Dame	5
						2	Notre Dame	15

^[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Bobby Brownlie was the winner of the 2000 Jack Kaiser Award. Brownlie was a freshman pitcher for Rutgers.^[3]

References

1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2000". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
3. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.