2000 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

The 2000 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2000 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Florida Power Park in St. Petersburg, Florida from May 17–21. Houston defeated Cincinnati in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1]

2000 Conference USA
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatEight-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsHouston (2nd title)
Winning coachRayner Noble (2nd title)
MVPJarrod Bitter, Houston
2000 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

The tournament's format was changed slightly from the format used from 1996 to 1999. The play-in round that had been used to determine which of the lowest seeds would participate in the eight-team bracket was eliminated. Instead, only the top eight of the conference's ten teams in the regular season qualified for the tournament. The loss of the play-in round shortened the tournament from six to five days.[1]

Regular season results
TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Houston214.840
-
1
Tulane206.769
1.5
2
Southern Miss1510.600
6
3
Charlotte1511.577
6.5
4
South Florida1413.519
8
5
Cincinnati1116.407
11
6
UAB1015.400
11
7
Louisville1016.385
11.5
8
Memphis818.308
13.5
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Saint Louis621.222
16
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  • Records reflect conference play only.[2]

Bracket
  First Round Second Round Semifinals Championship Game
                                       
5 South Florida 1  
4 Charlotte 2  
  4 Charlotte 6  
  1 Houston 1  
8 Louisville 3
1 Houston 4  
  4 Charlotte 0 2  
  1 Houston 3 14  
8 Louisville 6  
5 South Florida 10  
  5 South Florida 6
  1 Houston 19  
  6 Cincinnati 4
  1 Houston 7
7 UAB 11  
2 Tulane 4  
  7 UAB 4
  6 Cincinnati 9  
6 Cincinnati 7
3 Southern Miss 2  
  7 UAB 6
  6 Cincinnati 15  
3 Southern Miss 10  
2 Tulane 9  
  7 UAB 10
  3 Southern Miss 6  
  • Bold indicates the winner of the game.
  • Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

All-tournament team
Position Player School
C Jarrod Bitter Houston
IF Sean Allen Houston
IF Daniel Boyd South Florida
IF Eric Shanks Charlotte
IF Craig Tewes Cincinnati
OF Brandon Caraway Houston
OF Matt Singer Cincinnati
OF Will Smith UAB
DH Brad Schutz Cincinnati
SP Shane Nance Houston
RP Curtus Moak Cincinnati
MVP Jarrod Bitter Houston

References
  1. "2012 Conference USA Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 75–93. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2000". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
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