The 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 2000. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 2000 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fifty fourth time in 2000, consisted of one team from each of eight super regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. LSU claimed the championship for the fifth time.
Realignment The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference dissolved its divisions. Sacred Heart joined the Northeast Conference from NCAA Division II, joining the North Division. Fairleigh Dickinson moved to the South Division to give each division 5 teams.
Conference winners This is a partial list of conference champions from the 2000 season. The NCAA sponsored regional and super regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the sixteen regionals consisted of four teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to eight best of three Super Regionals. The winners of each Super Regional advanced to Omaha. 29 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 35 teams earned at-large selections. ConferenceRegular season winnerConference TournamentTournament Venue • CityTournament Winner America East Conference 2000 America East Conference baseball tournament Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE Atlantic Coast Conference 2000 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Knights Stadium • Fort Mill, SC Big 12 Conference 2000 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament AT&T Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK Big East Conference 2000 Big East Conference baseball tournament Commerce Bank Ballpark • Bridgewater, NJ Big South Conference 2000 Big South Conference baseball tournament Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC Big Ten Conference 2000 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament Siebert Field • Minneapolis, MN Big West Conference / No tournament Colonial Athletic Association / 2000 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament Coy Tillett Sr. Memorial Field • Manteo, NC Conference USA Houston 2000 Conference USA baseball tournament Florida Power Park • St. Petersburg, FL Houston Ivy League Gehrig - Rolfe - 2000 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, NJ Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament Dutchess Stadium • Wappingers Falls, NY Mid-American Conference East - West - 2000 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Gene Michael Field • Kent, OH Midwestern Collegiate Conference 2000 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH Mid-Continent Conference 2000 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK Northeast Conference North - South - 2000 Northeast Conference baseball tournament The Sandcastle • Atlantic City, NJ Pacific-10 Conference /Stanford/UCLA No tournament Patriot League 2000 Patriot League baseball tournament Max Bishop Stadium • Annapolis, MD Southeastern Conference Eastern - Western - LSU 2000 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL LSU Southern Conference 2000 Southern Conference baseball tournament Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC Southland Conference 2000 Southland Conference baseball tournament Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA Trans America Athletic Conference 2000 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Alexander Brest Field • Jacksonville, FL West Coast Conference West - Coast - 2000 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
Conference standings The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
College World Series
The 2000 season marked the fifty fourth NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with LSU claiming their fifth championship with a 6–5 win over Stanford in the final.
Bracket
Award winners
All-America team
References