2000 Conference USA baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2000 Conference USA
baseball tournamentTeams| 8

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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)

* ← 1999
* C-USA baseball tournament
* 2001 →

2000 Conference USA baseball standings

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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 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 through 21. Houston defeated Cincinnati in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]

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

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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed

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Houston | 21 | 4 | .840 |

Tulane | 20 | 6 | .769 |

1.5

Southern Miss | 15 | 10 | .600 |

Charlotte | 15 | 11 | .577 |

6.5

South Florida | 14 | 13 | .519 |

Cincinnati | 11 | 16 | .407 |

UAB | 10 | 15 | .400 |

Louisville | 10 | 16 | .385 |

11.5

Memphis | 8 | 18 | .308 |

13.5

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Saint Louis | 6 | 21 | .222 |

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* Records reflect conference play only.[2]

## Bracket

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| First round| | | Second round| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| 5| South Florida| 1
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| 4| Charlotte| 2| |
| | | 4| Charlotte| 6
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| | | 1| Houston| 1| |
| 8| Louisville| 3| | | |
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| 1| Houston| 4| |
| | | 4| Charlotte| 0| 2
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| | | 1| Houston| 3| 14| |
| 8| Louisville| 6| | | | | | |
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| 5| South Florida| 10| | | 5| South Florida| 6
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| | | | 1| Houston| 19| |
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| 6| Cincinnati| 4
| 7| UAB| 11| | |
| | | | | 1| Houston| 7
| 2| Tulane| 4| | | | | | | |
| | | 7| UAB| 4|
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| | | 6| Cincinnati| 9| |
| 6| Cincinnati| 7| | | |
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| 3| Southern Miss| 2| |
| | | 7| UAB| 6|
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| | | 6| Cincinnati| 15| | |
| 3| Southern Miss| 10| | | | | | |
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| 2| Tulane| 9| | | 7| UAB| 10
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| | | | 3| Southern Miss| 6| |
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* Bold indicates the winner of the game.
* Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

## All-tournament team

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Position  | Player  | School

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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

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1. ^ a b "2012 Conference USA Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 75–93\. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2000". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.

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