2000 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

2000 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Two pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, Alabama
Champions	LSU  (6th title)
Winning coach	Skip Bertman  (6th title)
MVP	Wally Pontiff (LSU)
Attendance	85,653
← 1999 SEC baseball tournament 2001 →

2000 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 9 South Carolina  x‍†‍‍y	25	–	5		.833			53	–	8		.869
No. 17 Florida  ‍‍‍y	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  x‍‍‡‍y	19	–	10		.655			52	–	17		.754
No. 15 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y	17	–	10		.630			39	–	17		.696
No. 25 Auburn  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			41	–	20		.672
No. 27 Alabama  ‍‍‍y	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 [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.

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 round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	5	Auburn	2
	4	Florida	7
						4	Florida	8
						8	Kentucky	7
	8	Kentucky	6
	1	South Carolina	4
											4	Florida	12	-
											1	South Carolina	4	-
	5	Auburn	4
	1	South Carolina	11			1	South Carolina	12
						8	Kentucky	5
																	4	Florida	6
	6	Alabama	9
																	2	LSU	9
	3	Mississippi State	3
						6	Alabama	12
						2	LSU	18
	7	Georgia	3
	2	LSU	11
											2	LSU	6	-
											6	Alabama	5	-
	3	Mississippi State	0
	7	Georgia	5			7	Georgia	4
						6	Alabama	12

• Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Arkansas and Tennessee did not make the tournament.

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

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

References

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

• SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results
• SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists