2000 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

August 2023 2000 Southeastern Conference SEC I 8 Two pools of four-team double elimination Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, Alabama LSU 6th Skip Bertman 6th Wally Pontiff LSU 85,653 The 2000 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 17 through 21. LSU defeated Florida in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. LSU would go on to win the national championship at the College World Series in Omaha, NE, their fifth national championship in 10 seasons. Regular-season results + Eastern Division Team W L Pct GB Seed 2000 South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina 25 5 .833–1 Florida 18 11 .621 6.5 4 2000 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia 14 15 .483 10.5 7 2000 Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky 12 16 .429 12 8 2000 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee 10 18 .35714— 2000 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt 5 24 .172 19.5 --+ Western Division Team W L Pct GB Seed LSU 19 10 .655 -- 2 2000 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State 17 10 .630 1 3 2000 Auburn Tigers Auburn 17 13 .567 2.5 5 2000 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama 16 14 .533 3.5 6 2000 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss 12 17 .414 7 -- 2000 Arkansas Razorbacks Arkansas 8 20 .286 10.5 -- Tournament y 2 First round Second round Semifinals Finals 5 2000 Auburn Tigers Auburn 2 4 Florida 7 8 2000 Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky 6 1 2000 South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina 4 5 Auburn 4 1 South Carolina 11 6 2000 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama 9 3 Mississippi State 3 7 2000 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia 3 2 LSU 11 3 Mississippi State 0 7 Georgia 5 4 Florida 8 8 Kentucky 7 1 South Carolina 12 8 Kentucky 5 6 Alabama 12 2 LSU 18 7 Georgia 4 6 Alabama 12 4 Florida 12 - 1 South Carolina 4 - 2 LSU 6 - 6 Alabama 5 - 4 Florida 6 2 LSU 9 Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Arkansas and Tennessee did not make the tournament. All-Tournament Team Position Player School 1B Brad Hawpe LSU 2B Sam Bozanich Alabama 3B Blair Barbier LSU SS Drew Meyer South Carolina C Kelley Gulledge Alabama OF Wally Pontiff LSU OF Cedrick Harris LSU OF Tim Olson Florida DH Kurt Keene Florida P Mike Smalley Florida P Brian Tallet LSU MVP Wally Pontiff LSU See also College World Series NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Southeastern Conference baseball tournament References SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists Tournament Category:Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Category:College baseball tournaments in Alabama Category:Baseball competitions in Hoover, Alabama