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Collegiate baseball tournament
2000 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsLSU (6th title)
Winning coachSkip Bertman (6th title)
MVPWally Pontiff (LSU)
Attendance85,653
2000 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 9 South Carolina  ‍†‍‍ 25 – 5   .833 53 – 8   .869
No. 17 Florida  ‍‍‍ 18 – 11   .621 44 – 23   .657
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 14 – 15   .483 32 – 26   .552
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16   .429 38 – 20   .655
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 10 – 18   .357 40 – 23   .635
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 5 – 24   .172 21 – 33   .389
Western
No. 1 LSU  ‍‍‡‍ 19 – 10   .655 52 – 17   .754
No. 15 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 39 – 17   .696
No. 25 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 41 – 20   .672
No. 27 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14   .533 41 – 24   .631
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 12 – 17   .414 30 – 25   .545
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 8 – 20   .286 24 – 30   .444
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2000 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 17 through 21. LSU defeated Florida in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. LSU would go on to win the national championship at the College World Series in Omaha, NE, their fifth national championship in 10 seasons.

Regular-season results

Eastern Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
South Carolina 25 5 .833 – 1
Florida 18 11 .621 6.5 4
Georgia 14 15 .483 10.5 7
Kentucky 12 16 .429 12 8
Tennessee 10 18 .357 14 —
Vanderbilt 5 24 .172 19.5 --
Western Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
LSU 19 10 .655 -- 2
Mississippi State 17 10 .630 1 3
Auburn 17 13 .567 2.5 5
Alabama 16 14 .533 3.5 6
Ole Miss 12 17 .414 7 --
Arkansas 8 20 .286 10.5 --

Tournament

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinals
5Auburn2
4Florida7
4Florida8
8Kentucky7
8Kentucky6
1South Carolina4
4Florida12-
1South Carolina4-
5Auburn4
1South Carolina111South Carolina12
8Kentucky5
4Florida6
6Alabama9
2LSU9
3Mississippi State3
6Alabama12
2LSU18
7Georgia3
2LSU11
2LSU6-
6Alabama5-
3Mississippi State0
7Georgia57Georgia4
6Alabama12

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Brad Hawpe LSU
2B Sam Bozanich Alabama
3B Blair Barbier LSU
SS Drew Meyer South Carolina
C Kelley Gulledge Alabama
OF Wally Pontiff LSU
OF Cedrick Harris LSU
OF Tim Olson Florida
DH Kurt Keene Florida
P Mike Smalley Florida
P Brian Tallet LSU
MVP Wally Pontiff LSU

See also

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2000". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
Southeastern Conference baseball tournament
2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournaments
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