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
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

Format

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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.