2000 Sun Belt Conference Tournament

The 2000 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held May 17 - 20 in Mobile, AL. #5 University of South Alabama defeated #3 Florida International University for the title. Shortstop Tim Merritt of South Alabama was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of New Orleans	20-9	Randy Bush
2	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	20-10	Tony Robichaux
3	Florida International University	15-12	Danny Price
4	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	16-13	Brian Rhees
5	University of South Alabama	14-15	Steve Kittrell
6	Louisiana Tech University	13-15	Jeff Richardson
7	Western Kentucky University	11-18	Joel Murrie
8	Arkansas State University	6-23	Bill Bethea

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	New Orleans	17
	8	Arkansas State	12
						1	New Orleans	1
						5	South Alabama	2
	4	Ark.-Little Rock	0
	5	South Alabama	8
											5	South Alabama	8	x
										1	New Orleans	5	x
	8	Arkansas State	10
	4	Ark.-Little Rock	13
						1	New Orleans	10
						4	Ark.-Little Rock	3
																5	South Alabama	10	x	x
																3	Florida International	4	x	x
	2	Louisiana-Lafayette	3
	7	Western Kentucky	8
						7	Western Kentucky	6
						3	Florida International	9
	3	Florida International	6
	6	Louisiana Tech	5
											3	Florida International	4	9
										2	Louisiana-Lafayette	14	2
	2	Louisiana-Lafayette	13
	6	Louisiana Tech	2
						7	Western Kentucky	3
						2	Louisiana-Lafayette	7

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Florida International University	6-5 (10)	Louisiana Tech University
Game 2	Western Kentucky University	8-3	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Game 3	University of South Alabama	8-0	University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Game 4	University of New Orleans	17-12	Arkansas State University
Game 5	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	13-2	Louisiana Tech University	Louisiana Tech eliminated
Game 6	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	13-10	Arkansas State University	Arkansas State eliminated
Game 7	Florida International University	9-6	Western Kentucky University
Game 8	University of South Alabama	2-1	University of New Orleans
Game 9	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	7-3	Western Kentucky University	Western Kentucky eliminated
Game 10	University of New Orleans	10-3	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Arkansas Little Rock eliminated
Game 11	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	14-4	Florida International University
Game 12	University of South Alabama	8-5	University of New Orleans	New Orleans eliminated
Game 13	Florida International University	9-2	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Louisiana Lafayette eliminated
Game 14	University of South Alabama	10-4	Florida International University	South Alabama advances to NCAA tournament