2000 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

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2000 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsLiberty (3rd title)
Winning coach (2nd title)
MVPJason Suitt (Liberty)
2000 Big South Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Liberty  ‍†‍‡‍y 14 – 5 – 0   .737 36 – 23 – 0   .610
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 14 – 7 – 0   .667 31 – 31 – 1   .500
Radford  ‍‍‍ 12 – 7 – 0   .632 28 – 24 – 0   .538
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524 34 – 24 – 0   .586
Elon  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524 33 – 25 – 0   .569
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14 – 0   .333 30 – 33 – 0   .476
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14 – 0   .333 26 – 32 – 0   .448
High Point  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15 – 0   .286 22 – 36 – 1   .381
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2000[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 17–20, 2000 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]

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]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Liberty 14 5 .737 — 1
Charleston Southern 14 7 .667 1 2
Radford 12 7 .632 2 3
Coastal Carolina 11 10 .542 4 4
Elon 11 10 .542 4 5
Winthrop 7 14 .333 8 6
UNC Asheville 7 14 .333 8 7
High Point 6 15 .286 9 8

Bracket and results[]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Semifinals     Finals
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
  1 Liberty 7  
  8 High Point 4    
      1 Liberty 5  
      4 Coastal Carolina 2    
  4 Coastal Carolina 1          
  5 Elon 0        
      1 Liberty 4            
      6 Winthrop 2              
  3 Radford 5              
  6 Winthrop 7                
      6 Winthrop 813          
      2 Charleston Southern 7        
  2 Charleston Southern 5          
  7 UNC Asheville 4         1 Liberty 3 —
      2 Charleston Southern 0 —
  Loser's Bracket      
  8 High Point 5        
  5 Elon 4     2 Charleston Southern 6        
    8 High Point 2          
      2 Charleston Southern 3        
  3 Radford 1         7 UNC Asheville 1     6 Winthrop 1    
  7 UNC Asheville 2     4 Coastal Carolina 0         2 Charleston Southern 9  
    7 UNC Asheville 3  

All-Tournament Team[]

Name School
Keith Butler Liberty
Matt Coenen Charleston Southern
Richard Gommersall Charleston Southern
Todd Leathers Winthrop
Ted Malikowski Charleston Southern
Brandon Powell Coastal Carolina
Patrick Siemers Charleston Southern
Jason Suitt Liberty
Jay Sullenger Liberty
Josh Ury Winthrop
Larry York Liberty
Fred Wray Radford

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. ^ a b c "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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