2000 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2000 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2000. The top three regular season finishers from each division met in the double-elimination tournament held at Gene Michael Field on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This was the twelfth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Third seed from the east Miami won their second tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2000 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMiami (2nd title)
Winning coachTracy Smith (1st title)
MVPJohn Lackaff, Miami
2000 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top three finishers in each division, based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The top seed in each division played the third seed from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the third year of the six team tournament. Central Michigan claimed the top seed from the West over Ball State by tiebreaker.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Kent State206.769
–
1E
Ohio1810.567
3
2E
Miami1612.571
5
3E
Bowling Green1412.538
6
–
Akron1215.444
8.5
–
Marshall720.259
13.5
–
West Division
Central Michigan188.692
–
1W
Ball State188.692
–
2W
Northern Illinois1115.423
7
3W
Western Michigan1018.357
9
–
Toledo919.321
10
–
Eastern Michigan919.321
10
–

Results
  First round Semifinals Semi- Finals
                                       
  1E Kent State 10  
  3W Northern Illinois 4     1E Kent State 1  
    2W Ball State 7    
      2W Ball State 2  
      1W Central Michigan 1    
  1W Central Michigan 8          
  3W Northern Illinois 4        
  2E Ohio 5         2W Ball State 7 —
  2W Ball State 2           3E Miami 16 —
      2E Ohio 4        
      3E Miami 6          
  1W Central Michigan 3           3E Miami 10    
  3E Miami 7         2E Ohio 5  
  1E Kent State 1    
  2E Ohio 3  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

NameSchool
Tony SchimlOhio
Dan SchellCentral Michigan
Alex MarconiKent State
John LackaffMiami
Joe SpainMiami
Doug BooneBall State
Bobby BarnesMiami
Matt CrowleyCentral Michigan
Kevin UzarskiCentral Michigan
Tom YostMiami

Most Valuable Player

John Lackaff won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Lackaff played for Miami.[4]

References
  1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
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