The 2000
Big Ten Conference baseball tournament
The Big Ten baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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was held at
Siebert Field on the campus of
University of Minnesota
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in
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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, from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the
double-elimination tournament
A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost ''two'' games or matches. It stands in contrast to a single-elimin ...
, the nineteenth annual tournament sponsored by the
Big Ten Conference
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to determine the league champion. won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the
2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
The 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Seri ...
.
Format and seeding
The 2000 tournament was a 6-team
double-elimination tournament
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, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Purdue claimed the third seed over Illinois by tiebreaker. This was the first year of the expanded six team format, with all previous years being four team events.
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Tournament
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[
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Most Outstanding Player
Jason Anderson was named Most Outstanding Player. Anderson was a pitcher for Illinois.[
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References
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Tournament
A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:
# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concen ...
Big Ten baseball tournament
The Big Ten baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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Big Ten baseball tournament
Big Ten baseball tournament
The Big Ten baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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College baseball tournaments in Minnesota
Baseball competitions in Minneapolis