The 2000 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 17 through 20. This was the first championship tournament for the conference, which was formed prior to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. Second seeded San Diego State won the inaugural Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–4. As the Mountain West was a new league, they did not possess an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and no conference team was invited.[2][3]
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | San Diego State (1st title) |
| MVP | Chad Redfern (San Diego State) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico † | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | 35 | – | 21 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State ‡ | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | 34 | – | 28 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | 29 | – | 29 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | 26 | – | 30 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | 24 | – | 33 | .421 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 6 | – | 23 | .207 | 23 | – | 34 | .404 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of June 30, 2000[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding
editThe teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. BYU claimed the third seed over Utah by winning the season series.[2]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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| New Mexico | 22 | 8 | .733 | – |
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| San Diego State | 17 | 12 | .586 | 4.5 |
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| BYU | 15 | 15 | .500 | 7 |
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| Utah | 15 | 15 | .500 | 7 |
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| UNLV | 14 | 16 | .467 | 8 |
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| Air Force | 6 | 23 | .207 | 15.5 |
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Results
edit| First round | Second round | Third round | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | New Mexico | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Utah | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | New Mexico | 17 | 4 | Utah | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Air Force | 3 | 6 | Air Force | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Air Force | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | UNLV | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | BYU | 9 | 6 | Air Force | 4 | – | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Utah | 6 | 2 | San Diego State | 9 | – | |||||||||||||
| 3 | BYU | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | San Diego State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | San Diego State | 7 | 2 | San Diego State | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | UNLV | 6 | 3 | BYU | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | New Mexico | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | BYU | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editThe following teams were named to the All-Tournament team.[2][3]
| Name | Class | POS | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerremy Goldsberry | Jr. | OF | Air Force |
| Mike Thiessen | Jr. | OF | Air Force |
| Michael Tufte | Jr. | RHP | Air Force |
| Matt Carson | Fr. | OF | BYU |
| Michael Davies | So. | C | BYU |
| Mark Okano | Jr. | OF | New Mexico |
| Billy Montgomery | Jr. | OF | San Diego State |
| Chad Redfern | Fr. | OF | San Diego State |
| Ryan Olson | So. | LHP | UNLV |
Most Valuable Player
editChad Redfern, an outfielder for the champion San Diego State Aztecs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]
References
edit- ^ Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 2. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ a b c d Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ a b "San Diego State Captures Inaugural Conference Baseball Tournament Title". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2012.