2000 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2000 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 17–20, 2000 at Charles Watson Stadium, home field of regular season champion Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Liberty, won the title for the third time, and second in three seasons, and earned an invitation to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2000 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsLiberty (3rd title)
Winning coachDave Pastors (2nd title)
MVPJason Suitt, Liberty
2000 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Liberty  y 1450 .737  36230 .610
Charleston Southern   1470 .667  31311 .500
Radford   1270 .632  28240 .538
Coastal Carolina   11100 .524  34240 .586
Elon   11100 .524  33250 .569
Winthrop   7140 .333  30330 .476
UNC Asheville   7140 .333  26320 .448
High Point   6150 .286  22361 .381
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2000[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

All teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage and played a double-elimination tournament.[2]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Liberty145.7371
Charleston Southern147.66712
Radford127.63223
Coastal Carolina1110.54244
Elon1110.54245
Winthrop714.33386
UNC Asheville714.33387
High Point615.28698

Bracket and results

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Semifinals     Finals
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
  1 Liberty 7  
  8 High Point 4    
      1 Liberty 5  
      4 Coastal Carolina 2    
  4 Coastal Carolina 1          
  5 Elon 0        
      1 Liberty 4            
      6 Winthrop 2              
  3 Radford 5              
  6 Winthrop 7                
      6 Winthrop 813          
      2 Charleston Southern 7        
  2 Charleston Southern 5          
  7 UNC Asheville 4         1 Liberty 3
      2 Charleston Southern 0
  Loser's Bracket      
  8 High Point 5        
  5 Elon 4     2 Charleston Southern 6        
    8 High Point 2          
      2 Charleston Southern 3        
  3 Radford 1         7 UNC Asheville 1     6 Winthrop 1    
  7 UNC Asheville 2     4 Coastal Carolina 0         2 Charleston Southern 9  
    7 UNC Asheville 3  

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
Keith ButlerLiberty
Matt CoenenCharleston Southern
Richard GommersallCharleston Southern
Todd LeathersWinthrop
Ted MalikowskiCharleston Southern
Brandon PowellCoastal Carolina
Patrick SiemersCharleston Southern
Jason SuittLiberty
Jay SullengerLiberty
Josh UryWinthrop
Larry YorkLiberty
Fred WrayRadford

Most Valuable Player

Jason Suitt was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Suitt was a pitcher for Liberty.[2]

References

  1. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  2. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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