2000 Sun Belt Conference Tournament

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  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[edit]

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