2000 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2000 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. 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
  • Commerce Bank Ballpark
  • Bridgewater, New Jersey
ChampionsRutgers (2nd title)
Winning coachFred Hill (2nd title)
MVPBobby Brownlie, Rutgers
2000 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Rutgers  ‍†‍‡‍y 18–5 .783  40–18 .690
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 18–7 .720  46–18 .719
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍y 18–7 .720  40–18 .690
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 14–9 .609  32–17 .653
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 12–11 .522  32–20 .615
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .458  31–24 .564
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 10–12 .455  25–28 .472
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 8–15 .348  29–22 .569
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 8–15 .348  24–26 .480
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 1–24 .040  13–43 .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 round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Rutgers 11  
  6 Pittsburgh 3     1 Rutgers 8  
    4 Connecticut 7    
  2 Notre Dame 3         1 Rutgers 6            
  5 Boston College 4           2 Seton Hall 2              
      5 Boston College 4           1 Rutgers 3 1
      2 Seton Hall 12         2 Seton Hall 4 0
  3 Seton Hall 8         2 Seton Hall 6    
  4 Connecticut 2       5 Boston College 6     5 Boston College 5  
  6 Pittsburgh 7     2 Notre Dame 5  
  2 Notre Dame 15  

[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 February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
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