2000 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams281
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsLSU (5th title)
Runners-upStanford (12th CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachSkip Bertman (5th title)
MOPTrey Hodges (LSU)
Seasons

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]

Realignment

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 ConferenceDelaware2000 America East Conference baseball tournamentFrawley StadiumWilmington, DEDelaware
Atlantic Coast ConferenceGeorgia Tech2000 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournamentKnights StadiumFort Mill, SCGeorgia Tech
Big 12 ConferenceBaylor2000 Big 12 Conference baseball tournamentAT&T Bricktown BallparkOklahoma City, OKNebraska
Big East ConferenceRutgers2000 Big East Conference baseball tournamentCommerce Bank BallparkBridgewater, NJRutgers
Big South ConferenceLiberty2000 Big South Conference baseball tournamentCharles Watson StadiumConway, SCLiberty
Big Ten ConferenceMinnesota2000 Big Ten Conference baseball tournamentSiebert FieldMinneapolis, MNIllinois
Big West ConferenceCal State Fullerton/NevadaNo tournament
Colonial Athletic AssociationOld Dominion/East Carolina2000 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournamentCoy Tillett Sr. Memorial Field • Manteo, NCEast Carolina
Conference USAHouston2000 Conference USA baseball tournamentFlorida Power ParkSt. Petersburg, FLHouston
Ivy LeagueGehrig - Princeton
Rolfe - Dartmouth
2000 Ivy League Baseball Championship SeriesBill Clarke FieldPrinceton, NJPrinceton
Metro Atlantic Athletic ConferenceIona2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournamentDutchess StadiumWappingers Falls, NYMarist
Mid-American ConferenceEast - Kent State
West - Central Michigan
2000 Mid-American Conference baseball tournamentGene Michael FieldKent, OHMiami (OH)
Midwestern Collegiate ConferenceMilwaukee2000 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournamentDayton, OHButler
Mid-Continent ConferenceOral Roberts2000 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournamentJ. L. Johnson StadiumTulsa, OKOral Roberts
Northeast ConferenceNorth - Long Island
South - UMBC
2000 Northeast Conference baseball tournamentThe SandcastleAtlantic City, NJWagner
Pacific-10 ConferenceArizona State/Stanford/UCLANo tournament
Patriot LeagueNavy2000 Patriot League baseball tournamentMax Bishop StadiumAnnapolis, MDArmy
Southeastern ConferenceEastern - South Carolina
Western - LSU
2000 Southeastern Conference baseball tournamentHoover Metropolitan StadiumHoover, ALLSU
Southern ConferenceGeorgia Southern2000 Southern Conference baseball tournamentJoseph P. Riley Jr. ParkCharleston, SCGeorgia Southern
Southland ConferenceMcNeese State2000 Southland Conference baseball tournamentWarhawk FieldMonroe, LASouthwest Texas State
Trans America Athletic ConferenceUCF2000 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournamentAlexander Brest FieldJacksonville, FLStetson
West Coast ConferenceWest - Pepperdine
Coast - Loyola Marymount
2000 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship SeriesGeorge C. Page StadiumLos Angeles, CALoyola Marymount

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

2000 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 10 Georgia Tech  y 186 .7505016 .758
No. 6 Clemson  y 177 .7085118 .739
No. 3 Florida State  y 159 .6255319 .736
No. 20 Wake Forest  y 1410 .5834120 .672
No. 21 North Carolina  y 1212 .5004617 .730
NC State   1014 .4173028 .517
Virginia   1014 .4172631 .456
Maryland   517 .2272433 .421
Duke   519 .2081741 .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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 18 Baylor  y 237 .7674517 .726
No. 11 Nebraska  y 219 .7005117 .750
Oklahoma  y 2010 .6674123 .641
No. 7 Texas  y 1910 .6554621 .687
Texas Tech  y 1812 .6003626 .581
Oklahoma State  1413 .5193622 .621
Missouri  1314 .4813324 .579
Texas A&M   1119 .3672335 .397
Kansas   1020 .3332530 .455
Iowa State   723 .2331937 .339
Kansas State   524 .1721932 .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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Rutgers  y 185 .7834018 .690
Notre Dame  y 187 .7204618 .719
Seton Hall  y 187 .7204018 .690
Connecticut   149 .6093217 .653
Boston College   1211 .5223220 .615
Pittsburgh   1113 .4583124 .564
West Virginia   1012 .4552528 .472
St. John's   815 .3482922 .569
Villanova   815 .3482426 .480
Georgetown   124 .0401343 .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
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Liberty  y 1450 .73736230 .610
Charleston Southern   1470 .66731311 .500
Radford   1270 .63228240 .538
Coastal Carolina   11100 .52434240 .586
Elon   11100 .52433250 .569
Winthrop   7140 .33330330 .476
UNC Asheville   7140 .33326320 .448
High Point   6150 .28622361 .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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Minnesota  y 208 .7143822 .633
No. 19 Penn State  y 189 .6674117 .707
Purdue   1711 .6073523 .603
Illinois  y 1711 .6074121 .661
Ohio State   1513 .5363723 .617
Northwestern   1315 .4643027 .526
Iowa   1117 .3931935 .352
Michigan   1018 .3572032 .385
Michigan State   918 .3332036 .357
Indiana   919 .3212927 .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
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Old Dominion  y 1470 .66733241 .578
No. 29 East Carolina  y 1470 .66746180 .719
UNC Wilmington   1380 .61936230 .610
James Madison   1290 .57137220 .627
VCU   9120 .42939220 .639
Richmond   8130 .38125290 .463
George Mason   7140 .33321341 .384
William & Mary   7140 .33332250 .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
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 13 Houston  y 2140 .84048180 .727
Tulane  y 2061 .75938221 .631
Southern Miss   1490 .60932260 .552
Charlotte   15110 .57732251 .560
South Florida   14130 .51929290 .500
Cincinnati   11160 .40735160 .686
UAB   10150 .40028320 .467
Louisville   10161 .38917371 .318
Memphis   8180 .30815370 .288
Saint Louis   6210 .22219340 .358
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Ivy League baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Lou Gehrig
Princeton  xy 137 .6502420 .545
Cornell   119 .5501524 .385
Penn   911 .4502021 .488
Columbia   614 .3001134 .244
Red Rolfe
Dartmouth  x 173 .8502914 .674
Brown   119 .5502324 .489
Harvard   1010 .5001825 .419
Yale   317 .1501331 .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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Iona   224 .8463113 .705
Le Moyne   187 .7203215 .681
Fairfield   178 .6802620 .565
Marist  y 1611 .5933218 .640
Rider   1312 .5202229 .431
Niagara   1313 .5001625 .390
Siena   1214 .4621532 .319
Manhattan   1016 .3852029 .408
Saint Peter's   421 .160841 .163
Canisius   423 .148933 .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
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
Kent State  x 2060 .76940180 .690
Ohio   18100 .64331251 .553
Miami  y 16120 .57140230 .635
Bowling Green   14120 .53829241 .546
Akron   12150 .44426300 .464
Marshall   7200 .25921331 .391
West
Central Michigan  x 1880 .69241170 .707
Ball State   1880 .69234230 .596
Northern Illinois   11150 .42324330 .421
Western Michigan   10180 .35726270 .491
Toledo   9190 .32121330 .389
Eastern Michigan   9190 .32120360 .357
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[13]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Northeast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
North
Long Island  x 1480 .63623210 .523
Quinnipiac   11110 .50016210 .432
Central Connecticut   9110 .45017311 .357
St. Francis   7120 .36811240 .314
Sacred Heart   6160 .27312380 .240
South
UMBC  x 1660 .72729211 .578
Monmouth   1570 .68225270 .481
Wagner  y 1480 .63624301 .445
Fairleigh Dickinson   10110 .47615231 .397
Mount St. Mary's   5170 .22717340 .333
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Patriot League baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Navy   1460 .70024201 .544
Bucknell   1280 .60022250 .468
Army  y 1080 .55624201 .544
Lehigh   8120 .40021220 .488
Holy Cross   8120 .40013271 .329
Lafayette   6120 .33312270 .308
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[14]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 South Carolina  xy 255 .833538 .869
No. 17 Florida  y 1811 .6214423 .657
Georgia   1415 .4833226 .552
Kentucky   1216 .4293820 .655
Tennessee   1018 .3574023 .635
Vanderbilt   524 .1722133 .389
Western
No. 1 LSU  xy 1910 .6555217 .754
No. 15 Mississippi State  y 1710 .6303917 .696
No. 25 Auburn  y 1713 .5674120 .672
No. 27 Alabama  y 1614 .5334124 .631
Ole Miss   1217 .4143025 .545
Arkansas   820 .2862430 .444
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[15]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Georgia Southern  y 237 .7673822 .633
The Citadel   237 .7673920 .661
UNC Greensboro   209 .6903424 .586
Furman   1513 .5362731 .466
East Tennessee State   1515 .5002131 .404
College of Charleston   1415 .4832828 .500
Davidson   1415 .4832628 .481
Appalachian State   1117 .3931738 .309
VMI   1119 .3671930 .388
Western Carolina   822 .2671538 .283
Wofford   722 .2411638 .296
Conference champion
SoCon Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[16]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Southland Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
McNeese State   207 .7413920 .661
Louisiana–Monroe   207 .7414122 .651
Southwest Texas State  y 1611 .5933429 .540
Nicholls State   1512 .5562729 .482
Northwestern State   1413 .5193026 .536
Sam Houston State   1413 .5192529 .463
Lamar   1116 .4072727 .500
Southeastern Louisiana   1017 .3702528 .472
Texas–Arlington   918 .3332430 .444
Texas–San Antonio   621 .2221737 .315
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[17]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2000 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UCF y 225 .8154319 .694
Florida Atlantic y 207 .7414319 .694
No. 23 Stetson y 207 .7414816 .750
Jacksonville  1611 .5933424 .586
Georgia State  1413 .5193128 .525
Campbell  1215 .4443125 .554
Troy  1116 .4072234 .393
Mercer  819 .2961635 .314
Jacksonville State  621 .2222332 .418
Samford  621 .2222934 .460
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[18]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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 roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
Louisiana–Lafayette4
8Stanford6
8Stanford10
4Clemson4
4Clemson10
San Jose State6
8Stanford19
Louisiana–Lafayette9
Louisiana–Lafayette6
San Jose State3Louisiana–Lafayette5
4Clemson4
8Stanford5
2LSU13
2LSU6
Texas5
2LSU10
USC4
USC6
6Florida State4
2LSU6
6Florida State3
Texas2
6Florida State66Florida State3
USC2

Award winners

All-America team

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