2000 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

2000 Mountain West Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Earl Wilson Stadium Paradise, NV
Champions	San Diego State  (1st title)
MVP	Chad Redfern (San Diego State)
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2000 Mountain West Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
New Mexico  ‍†‍‍	22	–	8		.733			35	–	21		.625
San Diego State  ‍‍‡‍	17	–	12		.586			34	–	28		.548
BYU  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			29	–	29		.500
Utah  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			26	–	30		.464
UNLV  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			24	–	33		.421
Air Force  ‍‍‍	6	–	23		.207			23	–	34		.404
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of June 30, 2000 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 17 through 20. This was the first championship tournament for the conference, which was formed prior to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. Second seeded San Diego State won the inaugural Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–4. As the Mountain West was a new league, they did not possess an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and no conference team was invited. ^{[2] [3]}

Seeding

The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. BYU claimed the third seed over Utah by winning the season series. ^[2]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
New Mexico	22	8	.733	–	1
San Diego State	17	12	.586	4.5	2
BYU	15	15	.500	7	3
Utah	15	15	.500	7	4
UNLV	14	16	.467	8	5
Air Force	6	23	.207	15.5	6

Results

	First round					Second round					Third round					Final
						1	New Mexico	4
						4	Utah	6
	1	New Mexico	17								4	Utah	5
	6	Air Force	3								6	Air Force	10
						6	Air Force	13
						5	UNLV	11
	3	BYU	9													6	Air Force	4	–
	4	Utah	6													2	San Diego State	9	–
						3	BYU	5
						2	San Diego State	6
	2	San Diego State	7								2	San Diego State	11
	5	UNLV	6								3	BYU	7
						1	New Mexico	3
						3	BYU	6

All-Tournament Team

The following teams were named to the All-Tournament team. ^{[2] [3]}

Name	Class	POS	Team
Gerremy Goldsberry	Jr.	OF	Air Force
Mike Thiessen	Jr.	OF	Air Force
Michael Tufte	Jr.	RHP	Air Force
Matt Carson	Fr.	OF	BYU
Michael Davies	So.	C	BYU
Mark Okano	Jr.	OF	New Mexico
Billy Montgomery	Jr.	OF	San Diego State
Chad Redfern	Fr.	OF	San Diego State
Ryan Olson	So.	LHP	UNLV

Most Valuable Player

Chad Redfern, an outfielder for the champion San Diego State Aztecs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player. ^[2]

References

1. Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 2. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
2. Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
3. "San Diego State Captures Inaugural Conference Baseball Tournament Title". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2012.