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Water polo tournament season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2000 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 32nd annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool in Malibu, California during December 2000.[1]
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | December 2000 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | UCLA (7th title) |
| Runner-up | UC San Diego (1st title game) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 71 (17.75 per match) |
| Attendance | 3,049 (762 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Ivan Babic, USC (9) |
| Best player | Sean Kern, UCLA |
UCLA defeated UC San Diego in the final, 11–2, to win their seventh, and second consecutive, national title. The Bruins (19–7) were coached by Guy Baker and Adam Krikorian.
The Most Outstanding Player of the tournament was Sean Kern from UCLA. Kern, along with seven other players, comprised the All-Tournament Team.
Ivan Babic, from USC, was the tournament's leading scorer, with 9 goals.
Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.
| Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||
| UCLA | 12 | ||||||||
| Navy | 5 | ||||||||
| UCLA | 11 | ||||||||
| UC San Diego | 2 | ||||||||
| UC San Diego | 9 | ||||||||
| USC | 8 | Third Place | |||||||
| Navy | 9 | ||||||||
| USC | 15 | ||||||||
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