2000 Conference USA Tournament

The 2000 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Florida Power Park in St. Petersburg, FL. #1 University of Houston defeated #6 University of Cincinnati for the title. Jarrod Bitter of Houston was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Houston	21-4	Rayner Noble
2	Tulane University	20-6-1	Rick Jones
3	University of Southern Mississippi	15-10	Corky Palmer
4	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	15-11	Loren Hibbs
5	University of South Florida	14-13	Eddie Cardieri
6	University of Cincinnati	11-16	Brian Cleary
7	University of Alabama at Birmingham	10-15	Larry Giangrosso
8	University of Louisville	10-16-1	Lelo Prado

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Houston	4
	8	Louisville	3
						1	Houston	1
						4	UNC Charlotte	6
	4	UNC Charlotte	2
	5	South Florida	1
											4	UNC Charlotte	0	2
										1	Houston	3	14
	8	Louisville	6
	5	South Florida	10
						1	Houston	19
						5	South Florida	6
																1	Houston	7	x	x
																6	Cincinnati	4	x	x
	2	Tulane	4
	7	UAB	11
						7	UAB	4
						6	Cincinnati	9
	3	Southern Miss	2
	6	Cincinnati	7
											6	Cincinnati	15	x
										7	UAB	6	x
	2	Tulane	9
	3	Southern Miss	10
						7	UAB	10
						3	Southern Miss	6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 17
Game 1	University of Alabama at Birmingham	11-4	Tulane University
Game 2	University of Cincinnati	7-2 (10)	University of Southern Mississippi
Game 3	University of Houston	4-3	University of Louisville
Game 4	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	2-1	University of South Florida
May 18
Game 5	University of Southern Mississippi	10-9	Tulane University	Tulane eliminated
Game 6	University of South Florida	10-6	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 7	University of Cincinnati	9-4	University of Alabama at Birmingham
Game 8	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	6-1	University of Houston
May 19
Game 9	University of Alabama at Birmingham	10-6	University of Southern Mississippi	Southern Mississippi eliminated
Game 10	University of Houston	19-6	University of South Florida	South Florida eliminated
May 20
Game 11	University of Cincinnati	15-6	University of Alabama at Birmingham	UAB eliminated
Game 12	University of Houston	3-0	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Game 13	University of Houston	14-2	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	UNC Charlotte eliminated
May 21
Game 14	University of Houston	7-4 (10)	University of Cincinnati	Houston advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• IF Sean Allen, Houston
• IF Daniel Boyd, USF
• IF Eric Shanks, Charlotte
• IF Craig Tewes, Cincinnati
• OF Brandon Caraway, Houston
• OF Matt Singer, Cincinnati
• OF Will Smith, UAB
• C Jarrod Bitter, Houston
• DH Brad Schutz, Cincinnati
• SP Shane Nance, Houston
• RP Curtus Moak, Cincinnati