2000 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

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2000 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site
Champions LSU  (6th title)
Winning coach Skip Bertman  (6th title)
MVP Wally Pontiff (LSU)
Attendance85,653
2000 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 South Carolina  xy255 .833538 .869
No. 17 Florida  y1811 .6214423 .657
Georgia  1415 .4833226 .552
Kentucky  1216 .4293820 .655
Tennessee  1018 .3574023 .635
Vanderbilt  524 .1722133 .389
Western
No. 1 LSU  xy1910 .6555217 .754
No. 15 Mississippi State  y1710 .6303917 .696
No. 25 Auburn  y1713 .5674120 .672
No. 27 Alabama  y1614 .5334124 .631
Ole Miss  1217 .4143025 .545
Arkansas  820 .2862430 .444
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000 [1]
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.

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Regular-season results

Eastern Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
South Carolina 255.833
1
Florida 1811.6216.54
Georgia 1415.48310.57
Kentucky 1216.429128
Tennessee 1018.357
14
Vanderbilt 524.17219.5--
Western Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
LSU 1910.655--2
Mississippi State 1710.63013
Auburn 1713.5672.55
Alabama 1614.5333.56
Ole Miss 1217.4147--
Arkansas 820.28610.5--

Tournament

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinals
5 Auburn 2
4 Florida 7
4Florida8
8Kentucky7
8 Kentucky 6
1 South Carolina 4
4Florida12-
1South Carolina4-
5Auburn4
1South Carolina111South Carolina12
8Kentucky5
4Florida6
6 Alabama 9
2LSU9
3 Mississippi State 3
6Alabama12
2LSU18
7 Georgia 3
2 LSU 11
2LSU6-
6Alabama5-
3Mississippi State0
7Georgia57Georgia4
6Alabama12

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
1B Brad Hawpe LSU
2B Sam Bozanich Alabama
3BBlair BarbierLSU
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

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References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2000". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.