# 2000 Conference USA baseball tournament

The 2000 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2000 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Florida Power Park in St. Petersburg, Florida, from May 17 through 21. Houston defeated Cincinnati in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The tournament's format was changed slightly from the format used from 1996 to 1999. The play-in round that had been used to determine which of the lowest seeds would participate in the eight-team bracket was eliminated. Instead, only the top eight of the conference's ten teams in the regular season qualified for the tournament. The loss of the play-in round shortened the tournament from six to five days.

## Regular season results

| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
| Houston | 21 | 4 | .840 | - | 1 |
| Tulane | 20 | 6 | .769 | 1.5 | 2 |
| Southern Miss | 15 | 10 | .600 | 6 | 3 |
| Charlotte | 15 | 11 | .577 | 6.5 | 4 |
| South Florida | 14 | 13 | .519 | 8 | 5 |
| Cincinnati | 11 | 16 | .407 | 11 | 6 |
| UAB | 10 | 15 | .400 | 11 | 7 |
| Louisville | 10 | 16 | .385 | 11.5 | 8 |
| Memphis | 8 | 18 | .308 | 13.5 | -- |
| Saint Louis | 6 | 21 | .222 | 16 | -- |
* Records reflect conference play only.

## Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 5 | South Florida | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Charlotte | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Charlotte | 2 | 4 | Charlotte | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | Houston | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Louisville | 3 | 1 | Houston | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Houston | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Houston | 4 | | | | 4 | Charlotte | 0 | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Houston | 3 | 14 | | | |
| 8 | Louisville | 6 | | | | 1 | Houston | 3 | 14 | | | |
| 5 | South Florida | 10 | 5 | South Florida | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | Houston | 19 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Cincinnati | 4 |
| 7 | UAB | 11 | | | | | | | | 6 | Cincinnati | 4 |
| 7 | UAB | 11 | | | | | | | | 1 | Houston | 7 |
| 2 | Tulane | 4 | | | | | | | | 1 | Houston | 7 |
| 2 | Tulane | 4 | 7 | UAB | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Cincinnati | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 7 | 6 | Cincinnati | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 2 | | | | 7 | UAB | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Cincinnati | 15 | | | | |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 10 | | | | 6 | Cincinnati | 15 | | | | |
| 2 | Tulane | 9 | 7 | UAB | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 6 | | | | | | | |
* Bold indicates the winner of the game.
* Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

## All-tournament team

| Position | Player | School |
| C | Jarrod Bitter | Houston |
| IF | Sean Allen | Houston |
| IF | Daniel Boyd | South Florida |
| IF | Eric Shanks | Charlotte |
| IF | Craig Tewes | Cincinnati |
| OF | Brandon Caraway | Houston |
| OF | Matt Singer | Cincinnati |
| OF | Will Smith | UAB |
| DH | Brad Schutz | Cincinnati |
| SP | Shane Nance | Houston |
| RP | Curtus Moak | Cincinnati |
| MVP | Jarrod Bitter | Houston |