# 2000 Big South Conference baseball tournament

The 2000 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 17 through 20 at Charles Watson Stadium, home field of regular season champion Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Liberty, won the title for the third time, and second in three seasons, and earned an invitation to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Format

All teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage and played a double-elimination tournament.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
| Liberty | 14 | 5 | .737 | — | 1 |
| Charleston Southern | 14 | 7 | .667 | 1 | 2 |
| Radford | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2 | 3 |
| Coastal Carolina | 11 | 10 | .542 | 4 | 4 |
| Elon | 11 | 10 | .542 | 4 | 5 |
| Winthrop | 7 | 14 | .333 | 8 | 6 |
| UNC Asheville | 7 | 14 | .333 | 8 | 7 |
| High Point | 6 | 15 | .286 | 9 | 8 |

## Bracket and results

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | | | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Liberty | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | High Point | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | High Point | 4 | 1 | Liberty | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 4 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Elon | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Elon | 0 | | | | 1 | Liberty | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Winthrop | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Radford | 5 | | | | 6 | Winthrop | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Winthrop | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Winthrop | 7 | 6 | Winthrop | 8$^{13}$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Charleston Southern | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Charleston Southern | 5 | 2 | Charleston Southern | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | UNC Asheville | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Liberty | 3 | — |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Charleston Southern | 0 | — |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | |
| | | | 2 | Charleston Southern | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | High Point | 5 | 8 | High Point | 2 | | | | 6 | Winthrop | 1 | |
| 5 | Elon | 4 | | | | 2 | Charleston Southern | 3 | 2 | Charleston Southern | 9 | |
| | | | | | | 7 | UNC Asheville | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Coastal Carolina | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Radford | 1 | 7 | UNC Asheville | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | UNC Asheville | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

| Name | School |
| Keith Butler | Liberty |
| Matt Coenen | Charleston Southern |
| Richard Gommersall | Charleston Southern |
| Todd Leathers | Winthrop |
| Ted Malikowski | Charleston Southern |
| Brandon Powell | Coastal Carolina |
| Patrick Siemers | Charleston Southern |
| Jason Suitt | Liberty |
| Jay Sullenger | Liberty |
| Josh Ury | Winthrop |
| Larry York | Liberty |
| Fred Wray | Radford |

### Most Valuable Player

Jason Suitt was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Suitt was a pitcher for Liberty.