The 2000 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament took place from May 18 through 21, near the close of the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Nischwitz Stadium on the campus of Wright State in Dayton, Ohio. Fourth seeded won their second Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The league's teams are seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament, with the top seed playing the sixth, second seed playing the fifth, and so on in the first round. Milwaukee claimed the top seed over UIC by tiebreaker. Team W L PCT GB Seed 12 6 — 1 12 6 — 2 10 9 2.5 3 8 8 3 4 8 12 4 5 5 13 7 6
Bracket and results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Nick Worm UIC Neal Walther Butler C Chris Grimm Wright State 1B Justin Keever Butler 2B Keith Lillash Cleveland State 3B Bob Rosinski UIC SS Scott Gillitzer Milwaukee OF Jeremy Sinsabaugh Butler J.P. Moran UIC Luke Murphy Butler DH Lance Links Butler Most Valuable Player Jeremy Sinsabaugh of Butler was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament.
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