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.
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.
Regular season results Team W L PCT GB Seed Houston 21 4 .840 Tulane 20 6 .769 Southern Miss 15 10 .600 Charlotte 15 11 .577 South Florida 14 13 .519 Cincinnati 11 16 .407 UAB 10 15 .400 Louisville 10 16 .385 Memphis 8 18 .308 Saint Louis 6 21 .222 Records reflect conference play only.
Bracket
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
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