2000 Big East Conference baseball tournament

The 2000 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, New Jersey. This was the sixteenth annual Big East Conference baseball tournament. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights won their second tournament championship, and second in three years, to claim the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

2000 Big East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsRutgers (2nd title)
Winning coachFred Hill (2nd title)
MVPBobby Brownlie (Rutgers)
2000 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Rutgers  y 185 .7834018 .690
Notre Dame  y 187 .7204618 .719
Seton Hall  y 187 .7204018 .690
Connecticut   149 .6093217 .653
Boston College   1211 .5223220 .615
Pittsburgh   1113 .4583124 .564
West Virginia   1012 .4552528 .472
St. John's   815 .3482922 .569
Villanova   815 .3482426 .480
Georgetown   124 .0401343 .232
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 6 team double elimination tournament in 2000. The top six regular season finishers were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. Notre Dame claimed the second seed by winning the season series over Seton Hall.[3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Rutgers185.783
1
Notre Dame187.720
1
2
Seton Hall187.720
1
3
Connecticut149.609
4
4
Boston College1211.522
6
5
Pittsburgh1113.458
7.5
6
West Virginia1012.455
7.5
St. John's815.348
10
Villanova815.348
10
Georgetown124.040
18

Bracket

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Rutgers11
6Pittsburgh31Rutgers8
4Connecticut7
2Notre Dame31Rutgers6
5Boston College42Seton Hall2
5Boston College41Rutgers31
2Seton Hall122Seton Hall40
3Seton Hall82Seton Hall6
4Connecticut25Boston College65Boston College5
6Pittsburgh72Notre Dame5
2Notre Dame15

[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Bobby Brownlie was the winner of the 2000 Jack Kaiser Award. Brownlie was a freshman pitcher for Rutgers.[3]

References

  1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2000". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  3. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
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