The 2000 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on May 13 and 14, 2000 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top three finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Third seeded Army won their second championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Josh Minney of Army was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]
| Teams | 3 |
|---|---|
| Format | Best of three series |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Army (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Danny Roberts (2nd title) |
| MVP | Josh Minney (Army) |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy † | 14 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .700 | 24 | – | 20 | – | 1 | .544 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 12 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .600 | 22 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .468 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army ‡y | 10 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .556 | 24 | – | 20 | – | 1 | .544 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 8 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .400 | 21 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .488 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 8 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .400 | 13 | – | 27 | – | 1 | .329 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 6 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .333 | 12 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2000[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format and seeding
editThe top three finishers by conference winning percentage from the league's regular season advanced to the tournament. The top seed earned a first round by and the right to host the event. The second and third seeds played an elimination game, with the winner meeting the top seed in a best-of-three series.
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | 14 | 6 | .700 | — | 1 |
| Bucknell | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2 | 2 |
| Army | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | 3 |
| Lehigh | 8 | 12 | .400 | 6 | — |
| Holy Cross | 8 | 12 | .400 | 6 | — |
| Lafayette | 6 | 16 | .333 | 9 | — |
Results
edit| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||
| 1 | Navy | 4 | 710 | — | |||||||
| 2 | Bucknell | 4 | 3 | Army | 13 | 8 | — | ||||
| 3 | Army | 5 | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 5. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 5. Retrieved May 6, 2018.