2000 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

2000 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	AT&T Bricktown Ballpark Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Champions	Nebraska (2nd title)
Winning coach	Dave Van Horn (2nd title)
MVP	Adam Shabala (Nebraska)
Attendance	126,482

2000 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 Baylor  ‍†‍‍y	23	–	7		.767			45	–	17		.726
No. 11 Nebraska  ‍‍‡‍y	21	–	9		.700			51	–	17		.750
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			41	–	23		.641
No. 7 Texas  ‍‍‍y	19	–	10		.655			46	–	21		.687
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			36	–	26		.581
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			36	–	22		.621
Missouri ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			33	–	24		.579
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			23	–	35		.397
Kansas  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			25	–	30		.455
Iowa State  ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			19	–	37		.339
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	5	–	24		.172			19	–	32		.373
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2000 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 17 through 21. Nebraska won their second of three consecutive tournaments and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the second year the conference used the format of the College World Series, with two 4-team double-elimination brackets and a final championship game.

Regular Season Standings

Source:

Place	Seed	Team	Conference				Overall
			W	L	%	GB	W	L	%
1	1	Baylor	23	7	.767	–	45	17	.726
2	2	Nebraska	21	9	.700	2	51	17	.750
3	3	Oklahoma	20	10	.667	3	41	23	.641
4	4	Texas	19	10	.655	3.5	46	21	.687
5	5	Texas Tech	18	12	.600	5	36	26	.581
6	6	Oklahoma State	14	13	.519	7.5	36	22	.621
7	7	Missouri	13	14	.481	8.5	33	24	.579
8	8	Texas A&M	11	19	.367	12	23	35	.397
9	–	Kansas	10	20	.333	13	25	30	.455
10	–	Iowa State	7	23	.233	16	19	37	.339
11	–	Kansas State	5	24	.172	17.5	19	32	.373

• Colorado did not sponsor a baseball team.

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	3	Oklahoma	9
	6	Oklahoma State	8
						3	Oklahoma	12
						7	Missouri	6
	7	Missouri	12
	2	Nebraska	10
											3	Oklahoma	1	1
											2	Nebraska	3	6
	6	Oklahoma State	5
	2	Nebraska	7			2	Nebraska	4
						7	Missouri	3
																	2	Nebraska	11
	4	Texas	8
																	1	Baylor	3
	5	Texas Tech	4
						4	Texas	2
						1	Baylor	3
	1	Baylor	12
	8	Texas A&M	3
											1	Baylor	10	-
											5	Texas Tech	1	-
	5	Texas Tech	8
	8	Texas A&M	6			5	Texas Tech	4
						4	Texas	3

• Iowa State, Kansas, and Kansas State did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament team

Position	Player	School
1B	Rick Park	Oklahoma
2B	Zach Lekse	Oklahoma
3B	Landon Brandes	Missouri
SS	Jace Brewer	Baylor
C	Kelly Shoppach	Baylor
OF	Marco Cunningham	Texas Tech
OF	Jaime Bubela	Baylor
OF	Adam Shabala	Nebraska
DH	Ryan Hubele	Texas
P	Beau Hale	Texas
P	Kyle Evans	Baylor
P	Chad Wiles	Nebraska
MOP	Adam Shabala	Nebraska

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

References

• Big 12 Tourney media guide Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
• Boydsworld 2000 Standings