2000 Big South Conference baseball tournament

The 2000 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 17 through 20 at Charles Watson Stadium, home field of regular season champion Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Liberty, won the title for the third time, and second in three seasons, and earned an invitation to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

2000 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsLiberty (3rd title)
Winning coachDave Pastors (2nd title)
MVPJason Suitt (Liberty)
2000 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Liberty  y 1450 .73736230 .610
Charleston Southern   1470 .66731311 .500
Radford   1270 .63228240 .538
Coastal Carolina   11100 .52434240 .586
Elon   11100 .52433250 .569
Winthrop   7140 .33330330 .476
UNC Asheville   7140 .33326320 .448
High Point   6150 .28622361 .381
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

All teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage and played a double-elimination tournament.[2]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Liberty145.7371
Charleston Southern147.66712
Radford127.63223
Coastal Carolina1110.54244
Elon1110.54245
Winthrop714.33386
UNC Asheville714.33387
High Point615.28698

Bracket and results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Liberty7
8High Point4
1Liberty5
4Coastal Carolina2
4Coastal Carolina1
5Elon0
1Liberty4
6Winthrop2
3Radford5
6Winthrop7
6Winthrop813
2Charleston Southern7
2Charleston Southern5
7UNC Asheville41Liberty3
2Charleston Southern0
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Charleston Southern6
8High Point58High Point26Winthrop1
5Elon42Charleston Southern32Charleston Southern9
7UNC Asheville1
4Coastal Carolina0
3Radford17UNC Asheville3
7UNC Asheville2

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
Keith ButlerLiberty
Matt CoenenCharleston Southern
Richard GommersallCharleston Southern
Todd LeathersWinthrop
Ted MalikowskiCharleston Southern
Brandon PowellCoastal Carolina
Patrick SiemersCharleston Southern
Jason SuittLiberty
Jay SullengerLiberty
Josh UryWinthrop
Larry YorkLiberty
Fred WrayRadford

Most Valuable Player

Jason Suitt was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Suitt was a pitcher for Liberty.[2]

References

  1. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  2. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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