The 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its fifty fourth year. Sixteen regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event, with each winner advancing to a best of three series against another regional champion for the right to play in the College World Series. Each region was composed of four teams, resulting in 64 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The fifty-fourth tournament's champion was LSU, coached by Skip Bertman. The Most Outstanding Player was Trey Hodges of LSU.
National seeds Bold indicates CWS participant. South Carolina LSU Georgia Tech Clemson Houston Florida State Arizona State Stanford
Regionals and super regionals
Bold indicates winner. * indicates host.
Columbia Super Regional
Baton Rouge Super Regional
Atlanta Super Regional
Clemson Super Regional
Houston Super Regional
Tallahassee Super Regional
Austin Super Regional Hosted by Texas at Disch–Falk Field in Austin, Texas
Palo Alto Super Regional
Notes on tournament field Army, Butler, and Wagner were making their first NCAA tournament appearance.
College World Series
Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances Best CWS finish CWS recordNot including this year Clemson ACC 50–16 (17–7) Jack Leggett 8(last: 1996) 3rd(1996) 6–16 Florida State ACC 51–17 (15–9) Mike Martin 17(last: 1999) 2nd(1970, 1986, 1999) 23–34 Sun Belt 47–18 (20–10) Tony Robichaux 0(last: none) none 0–0 LSU SEC 48–17 (19–10) Skip Bertman 10(last: 1998) 1st(1991, 1993, 1996, 1997) 25–13 WAC 41–22 (n/a) Sam Piraro 0(last: none) none 0–0 Stanford Pac-10 47–15 (17–7) Mark Marquess 11(last: 1999) 1st(1987, 1988) 25–20 Texas Big 12 46–19 (19–10) Augie Garrido 27(last: 1993) 1st(1949, 1950, 1975, 1983) 64–47 USC Pac-10 43–18 (16–8) Mike Gillespie 19(last: 1998) 1st(1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1998) 72–22
Results
Bracket
Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 9 Game 1 Clemson 10–6 Game 2 Stanford 6–4 June 10 Game 3 USC 6–4 Florida State Game 4 LSU 13–5 Texas June 11 Game 5 Stanford 10–4 Clemson Game 6 6–3 San Jose State eliminated June 12 Game 7 LSU 10–4 USC Game 8 Florida State 6–2 Texas Texas eliminated June 14 Game 9 5–4 Clemson Clemson eliminated Game 10 Florida State 3–2 USC USC eliminated June 15 Game 11 Stanford 19–9 Louisiana–Lafayette eliminated Game 12 LSU 6–3 Florida State Florida State eliminated June 17 Final LSU 6–5 Stanford LSU wins CWS
All-Tournament Team
The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team. Position Player School P Trey Hodges (MOP) LSU Jon McDonald Florida State C Beau Craig USC 1B Craig Thompson Stanford 2B Mike Fontenot LSU 3B Blair Barbier LSU SS Ryan Theriot LSU OF Joe Borchard Stanford Steven Feehan Edmund Muth Stanford DH Brad Hawpe LSU
Notable players Clemson: Florida State: Marshall McDougall LSU: Trey Hodges, Brian Tallet, Ryan Theriot, Mike Fontenot, Brad Hawpe, Brad Cresse, Ray Wright Louisiana–Lafayette: Scott Dohmann San Jose State: Stanford: Joe Borchard, Justin Wayne Texas: Beau Hale, Phil Seibel, Ryan Hubele, Tommy Nicholson, Todd West, Charlie Thames USC: Mark Prior, Anthony Reyes
See also 2000 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 2000 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 2000 NAIA World Series
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