2000 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament explained
Year: | 2000 |
Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
Shortconference: | SEC |
Division: | I |
Teams: | 8 |
Format: | Two pools of four-team double elimination |
Ballpark: | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium |
City: | Hoover, Alabama |
Champions: | LSU |
Titlecount: | 6th |
Coach: | Skip Bertman |
Coachcount: | 6th |
Mvp: | Wally Pontiff |
Mvpteam: | LSU |
Attendance: | 85,653 |
The 2000 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 17 through 21. LSU defeated Florida in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. LSU would go on to win the national championship at the College World Series in Omaha, NE, their fifth national championship in 10 seasons.
Regular-season results
+ Eastern Division | Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
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| 25 | 5 | .833 | | | Florida | 18 | 11 | .621 | 6.5 | 4 | | 14 | 15 | .483 | 10.5 | 7 | | 12 | 16 | .429 | 12 | 8 | | 10 | 18 | .357 | | | | 5 | 24 | .172 | 19.5 | -- | |
| + Western Division | Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
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LSU | 19 | 10 | .655 | -- | 2 | | 17 | 10 | .630 | 1 | 3 | | 17 | 13 | .567 | 2.5 | 5 | | 16 | 14 | .533 | 3.5 | 6 | | 12 | 17 | .414 | 7 | -- | | 8 | 20 | .286 | 10.5 | -- | |
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Tournament
All-Tournament Team
Position | Player | School |
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1B | Brad Hawpe | LSU |
2B | Sam Bozanich | Alabama |
3B | Blair Barbier | LSU |
SS | Drew Meyer | South Carolina |
C | Kelley Gulledge | Alabama |
OF | Wally Pontiff | LSU |
OF | Cedrick Harris | LSU |
OF | Tim Olson | Florida |
DH | Kurt Keene | Florida |
P | Mike Smalley | Florida |
P | Brian Tallet | LSU |
MVP | Wally Pontiff | LSU | |
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