2000 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Butler (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Steve Farley (2nd title) |
| MVP | Jeremy Sinsabaugh (Butler) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 30 | – | 24 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 33 | – | 26 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State | 10 | – | 9 | .526 | 23 | – | 33 | .411 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler ‡y | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 31 | – | 28 | .525 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wright State | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 19 | – | 39 | .328 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 16 | – | 28 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2000[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2000 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament took place from May 18 through 21, near the close of the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Nischwitz Stadium on the campus of Wright State in Dayton, Ohio.[2] Fourth seeded Butler won their second Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format
The league's teams are seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament, with the top seed playing the sixth, second seed playing the fifth, and so on in the first round. Milwaukee claimed the top seed over UIC by tiebreaker.[3]
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 12 | 6 | .667 | — | 1 |
| UIC | 12 | 6 | .667 | — | 2 |
| Cleveland State | 10 | 9 | .526 | 2.5 | 3 |
| Butler | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3 | 4 |
| Wright State | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4 | 5 |
| Detroit | 5 | 13 | .278 | 7 | 6 |
Bracket and results
| First round | Second round | Third round | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Milwaukee | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Butler | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Milwaukee | 10 | 4 | Butler | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Detroit | 9 | 5 | Wright State | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Wright State | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Detroit | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cleveland State | 10 | 4 | Butler | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Butler | 5 | 2 | UIC | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Cleveland State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UIC | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Wright State | 5 | 2 | UIC | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | UIC | 7 | 1 | Milwaukee | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Milwaukee | 6 (10) | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cleveland State | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]
| Pos | Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| P | Nick Worm | UIC |
| Neal Walther | Butler | |
| C | Chris Grimm | Wright State |
| 1B | Justin Keever | Butler |
| 2B | Keith Lillash | Cleveland State |
| 3B | Bob Rosinski | UIC |
| SS | Scott Gillitzer | Milwaukee |
| OF | Jeremy Sinsabaugh | Butler |
| J.P. Moran | UIC | |
| Luke Murphy | Butler | |
| DH | Lance Links | Butler |
Most Valuable Player
Jeremy Sinsabaugh of Butler was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament.[4]
References
- ↑ 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 6. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
- ↑ Butler Baseball Record Book (PDF). Butler Bulldogs. p. 11. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
- ↑ 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 144. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
- 1 2 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 151. Retrieved March 14, 2026.