2000 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

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2000 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Rutgers  (2nd title)
Winning coach Fred Hill  (2nd title)
MVPBobby Brownlie (Rutgers)
2000 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Rutgers  y185 .7834018 .690
Notre Dame  y187 .7204618 .719
Seton Hall  y187 .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 [1] [2] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. This was the sixteenth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights won their second tournament championship, and second in three years, to claim the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 6 team double elimination tournament in 2000. The top six regular season finishers were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. Notre Dame claimed the second seed by winning the season series over Seton Hall. [3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Rutgers 185.783
1
Notre Dame 187.720
1
2
Seton Hall 187.720
1
3
Connecticut 149.609
4
4
Boston College 1211.522
6
5
Pittsburgh 1113.458
7.5
6
West Virginia 1012.455
7.5
St. John's 815.348
10
Villanova 815.348
10
Georgetown 124.040
18

Bracket

 First roundSecond roundThird roundSemi-finalsFinals
                         
 1 Rutgers 11 
 6 Pittsburgh 3  1Rutgers8 
  4Connecticut7  
 2 Notre Dame 3    1Rutgers6      
 5 Boston College 4     2Seton Hall2       
   5Boston College4     1Rutgers31
   2Seton Hall12    2Seton Hall40
 3 Seton Hall 8    2Seton Hall6  
 4 Connecticut 2   5Boston College6  5Boston College5 
 6Pittsburgh7  2Notre Dame5 
 2Notre Dame15 

[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Bobby Brownlie was the winner of the 2000 Jack Kaiser Award. Brownlie was a freshman pitcher for Rutgers. [3]

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References

  1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2000". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.