2000 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

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]

2000 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

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)
Awards
Best player	Sean Kern, UCLA
← 1999 2001 →

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.

Qualification

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.

Team	Appearance	Previous
UC San Diego	8th	1999
Navy	10th	1994
USC	18th	1998
UCLA	24th	1999

Bracket

• Site: Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool, Malibu, California

	Semifinals					Championship
	UCLA		12
	Navy		5
						UCLA		11
						UC San Diego		2
	UC San Diego		9
	USC		8			Third Place
						Navy		9
						USC		15

All-tournament team

• Ivan Babic, USC
• Jason Boettner, UC San Diego
• Brandon Brooks, UCLA
• Brian Brown, UCLA
• Padraig Damjanov, USC
• Sean Kern, UCLA (Most outstanding player)
• Stever O'Rourke, USC
• Brian Stahl, Navy
• JC Miro, UCLA

See also

• NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
• NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship (began May 2001)