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
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 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 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[5][6] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Big South Conference baseball standings v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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[11] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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[16] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2000 Southern Conference baseball standings v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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

Main article: 2000 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						Final
		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	13
																	2	LSU	6
		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