2000 Southeastern Conference Tournament

The 2000 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL. #2 Louisiana State University defeated #4 University of Florida for the title. LSU's Wally Pontiff was named Tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of South Carolina	25-5	Ray Tanner
2	Louisiana State University	19-10	Skip Bertman
3	Mississippi State University	17-10	Pat McMahon
4	University of Florida	18-11-1	Andy Lopez
5	Auburn University	17-13	Hal Baird
6	University of Alabama	16-14	Jim Wells
7	University of Georgia	14-15	Ron Polk
8	University of Kentucky	12-16-1	Keith Madison

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	South Carolina	4
	8	Kentucky	6
						8	Kentucky	7
						4	Florida	8
	4	Florida	7
	5	Auburn	2
											4	Florida	12	x
										1	South Carolina	4	x
	1	South Carolina	11
	5	Auburn	4
						8	Kentucky	5
						1	South Carolina	12
																4	Florida	6	x	x
																2	LSU	9	x	x
	2	LSU	11
	7	Georgia	3
						2	LSU	18
						6	Alabama	12
	3	Mississippi St.	3
	6	Alabama	9
											2	LSU	6	x
										6	Alabama	5	x
	7	Georgia	5
	3	Mississippi St.	0
						6	Alabama	12
						7	Georgia	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 17
Game 1	University of Alabama	9-3	Mississippi State University
Game 2	Louisiana State University	11-3	University of Georgia
Game 3	University of Florida	7-2	Auburn University
Game 4	University of Kentucky	6-4	University of South Carolina
May 18
Game 5	University of Georgia	5-0	Mississippi State University	Mississippi State eliminated
Game 6	University of South Carolina	11-4	Auburn University	Auburn eliminated
Game 7	Louisiana State University	18-12	University of Alabama
Game 8	University of Florida	8-7	University of Kentucky
May 19
Game 9	University of Alabama	12-4	University of Georgia	Georgia eliminated
Game 10	University of South Carolina	12-5	University of Kentucky	Kentucky eliminated
May 20
Game 11	Louisiana State University	6-5	University of Alabama	Alabama eliminated
Game 12	University of Florida	12-4	University of South Carolina	South Carolina eliminated
May 21
Game 13	Louisiana State University	9-6	University of Florida	LSU advances to NCAA tournament

All Tournament Team

• 1B Brad Hawpe, LSU
• 2B Sam Bozanich, Alabama
• 3B Blair Barbier, LSU
• SS Drew Meyer, South Carolina
• C Kelley Gulledge
• OF Wally Pontiff, LSU
• OF Cedrick Harris, LSU
• OF Tim Olson, Florida
• DH Kurt Keene, Florida
• P Mike Smalley, Florida
• P Brian Tallet, LSU