2000 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

The 2000 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2000 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Florida Power Park in St. Petersburg, Florida from May 17–21. Houston defeated Cincinnati in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1]

2000 Conference USA
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Eight-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Florida Power Park St. Petersburg, Florida
Champions	Houston (2nd title)
Winning coach	Rayner Noble (2nd title)
MVP	Jarrod Bitter, Houston

2000 Conference USA baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 13 Houston  ‍†‍‡‍^y	21	–	4	–	0		.840			48	–	18	–	0		.727
Tulane  ‍‍‍^y	20	–	6	–	1		.759			38	–	22	–	1		.631
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍	14	–	9	–	0		.609			32	–	26	–	0		.552
Charlotte  ‍‍‍	15	–	11	–	0		.577			32	–	25	–	1		.560
South Florida  ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0		.519			29	–	29	–	0		.500
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍	11	–	16	–	0		.407			35	–	16	–	0		.686
UAB  ‍‍‍	10	–	15	–	0		.400			28	–	32	–	0		.467
Louisville  ‍‍‍	10	–	16	–	1		.389			17	–	37	–	1		.318
Memphis  ‍‍‍	8	–	18	–	0		.308			15	–	37	–	0		.288
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍	6	–	21	–	0		.222			19	–	34	–	0		.358
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament's format was changed slightly from the format used from 1996 to 1999. The play-in round that had been used to determine which of the lowest seeds would participate in the eight-team bracket was eliminated. Instead, only the top eight of the conference's ten teams in the regular season qualified for the tournament. The loss of the play-in round shortened the tournament from six to five days.[1]

Regular season results

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Houston	21	4	.840	-	1
Tulane	20	6	.769	1.5	2
Southern Miss	15	10	.600	6	3
Charlotte	15	11	.577	6.5	4
South Florida	14	13	.519	8	5
Cincinnati	11	16	.407	11	6
UAB	10	15	.400	11	7
Louisville	10	16	.385	11.5	8
Memphis	8	18	.308	13.5	--
Saint Louis	6	21	.222	16	--

• Records reflect conference play only.[2]

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals						Championship Game
	5	South Florida	1
	4	Charlotte	2
						4	Charlotte	6
						1	Houston	1
	8	Louisville	3
	1	Houston	4
											4	Charlotte	0	2
										1	Houston	3	14
	8	Louisville	6
	5	South Florida	10
						5	South Florida	6
						1	Houston	19
																6	Cincinnati	4
																1	Houston	7
	7	UAB	11
	2	Tulane	4
						7	UAB	4
						6	Cincinnati	9
	6	Cincinnati	7
	3	Southern Miss	2
											7	UAB	6
										6	Cincinnati	15
	3	Southern Miss	10
	2	Tulane	9
						7	UAB	10
						3	Southern Miss	6

• Bold indicates the winner of the game.
• Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

All-tournament team

Position	Player	School
C	Jarrod Bitter	Houston
IF	Sean Allen	Houston
IF	Daniel Boyd	South Florida
IF	Eric Shanks	Charlotte
IF	Craig Tewes	Cincinnati
OF	Brandon Caraway	Houston
OF	Matt Singer	Cincinnati
OF	Will Smith	UAB
DH	Brad Schutz	Cincinnati
SP	Shane Nance	Houston
RP	Curtus Moak	Cincinnati
MVP	Jarrod Bitter	Houston

References

1. "2012 Conference USA Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 75–93. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2000". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.