2000 Clemson Tigers baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2000
Team:	Clemson Tigers
Conference:	Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:	ACC
Cbrank:	6
Coachrank:	5
Record:	51–18
Conf Record:	17–7
Head Coach:	Jack Leggett
Stadium:	Beautiful Tiger Field
Champion:	Clemson Regional champions Clemson Super Regional champions
Bowl:	College World Series
Bowl Result:	1–2

The 2000 Clemson Tigers baseball team represented Clemson University in the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played their home games at Beautiful Tiger Field in Clemson, South Carolina.

The team was coached by Jack Leggett, who completed his seventh season at Clemson. The Tigers reached the 2000 College World Series, their ninth appearance in Omaha.^[1]

Schedule

Legend
	Clemson win
	Clemson loss
Bold	Clemson team member
	Non-Conference game

2000 Clemson Tigers baseball game log: 51–18^[3]
Regular season: 42–14
January: 2–1 Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record Jan 28 vs. No. 7 * No. 11 Cracker Jack Stadium • Lake Buena Vista, FL (ACC Disney Blast) W 3–1 1–0 — Jan 29 vs. No. 5 * No. 11 Cracker Jack Stadium • Lake Buena Vista, FL (ACC Disney Blast) W 4–0 2–0 — Jan 30 vs. * No. 11 Cracker Jack Stadium • Lake Buena Vista, FL (ACC Disney Blast) L 0–5 2–1 —
February: 6–0 Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record Feb 18 No. 11 W 5–0 3–1 — Feb 19 Old Dominion* No. 11 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 3–1 4–1 — Feb 20 Old Dominion* No. 11 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 10–2 5–1 — Feb 25 No. 9 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 5–1 6–1 — Feb 26 James Madison* No. 9 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 12–4 7–1 — Feb 27 James Madison* No. 9 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 5–3 8–1 —
March: 15–4 Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record Mar 1 No. 8 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 4–3 9–1 — Mar 3 No. 8 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 8–0 10–1 — Mar 4 UNLV* No. 8 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 5–3 11–1 — Mar 5 UNLV* No. 8 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 3–4 11–2 — Mar 8 No. 8 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 10–6 12–2 — Mar 10 No. 8 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 9–4 13–2 — Mar 10 Ohio* No. 8 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 6–1 14–2 — Mar 11 Ohio* No. 8 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 16–2 15–2 — Mar 14 No. 17 * No. 4 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 7–0 16–2 — Mar 15 No. 17 East Carolina* No. 4 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 4–12 16–3 — Mar 17 No. 4 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 8–6 17–3 1–0 Mar 18 Maryland No. 4 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 9–3 18–3 2–0 Mar 18 Maryland No. 4 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 11–2 19–3 3–0 Mar 22 No. 1 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 14–2 20–3 — Mar 24 The Citadel No. 1 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 9–3 21–3 — Mar 25 The Citadel* No. 1 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 7–5 22–3 — Mar 26 The Citadel* No. 1 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 6–3 23–3 — Mar 29 at * No. 1 L 6–10 23–4 — Mar 31 at No. 13 No. 1 L 0–6 23–5 3–1
April: 14–7 Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record Apr 1 at No. 13 North Carolina No. 1 Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 10–2 24–5 4–1 Apr 2 at No. 13 North Carolina No. 1 Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 2–5 24–6 4–2 Apr 4 No. 8 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 11–7 25–6 — Apr 5 No. 8 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 3–2 26–6 — Apr 7 No. 8 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 1–5 26–7 4–3 Apr 8 NC State No. 8 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 9–0 27–7 5–3 Apr 9 NC State No. 8 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 8–4 28–7 6–3 Apr 11 Georgia* No. 6 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 9–7 29–7 — Apr 12 No. 2 * No. 6 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 3–6 29–8 — Apr 15 No. 6 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 6–5^15 30–8 7–3 Apr 15 Wake Forest No. 6 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 5–4 31–8 8–3 Apr 16 Wake Forest No. 6 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 4–6 31–9 8–4 Apr 18 No. 7 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 17–5 32–9 — Apr 19 at No. 1 South Carolina* No. 7 L 8–9^12 32–10 — Apr 21 at No. 7 W 8–5 33–10 9–4 Apr 22 at Duke No. 7 Jack Coombs Field • Durham, NC W 8–5 34–10 10–4 Apr 23 at Duke No. 7 Jack Coombs Field • Durham, NC W 12–8 35–10 11–4 Apr 26 vs. Western Carolina* No. 7 W 13–4 36–10 — Apr 28 at No. 5 No. 7 L 4–7 36–11 11–5 Apr 29 at No. 5 Georgia Tech No. 7 Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA L 7–9 36–12 11–6 Apr 30 at No. 5 Georgia Tech No. 7 Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA W 13–12 37–12 12–6
May: 5–2 Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record May 6 No. 9 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 8–7 38–12 13–6 May 7 No. 2 Florida State No. 9 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 5–4 39–12 14–6 May 8 No. 2 Florida State No. 9 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 7–4 40–12 15–6 May 11 at * No. 8 L 4–6 40–13 — May 13 at No. 8 W 9–7 41–13 16–6 May 13 at Virginia No. 8 UVA Baseball Field • Charlottesville, VA L 0–11 41–14 16–7 May 14 at Virginia No. 8 UVA Baseball Field • Charlottesville, VA W 20–9 42–14 17–7
Postseason: 9–4
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACCT Record May 17 vs. (7) Virginia (2) No. 6 W 9–5 43–14 1–0 May 18 vs. (3) No. 8 Florida State (2) No. 6 Knights Stadium • Fort Mill, SC W 8–4 44–14 2–0 May 19 vs. (1) No. 3 Georgia Tech (2) No. 6 Knights Stadium • Fort Mill, SC L 8–9 44–15 2–1 May 20 vs. (7) Virginia (2) No. 6 Knights Stadium • Fort Mill, SC W 12–5 45–15 3–1 May 20 vs. (1) No. 3 Georgia Tech (2) No. 6 Knights Stadium • Fort Mill, SC L 4–8 45–16 3–2
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 26 (4) No. 8 (1) Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC W 4–0 46–16 1–0 May 27 (3) No. 8 (1) Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 9–3 47–16 2–0 May 28 (4) Middle Tennessee State No. 8 (1) Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 21–3 48–16 3–0
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record June 2 No. 10 (4) No. 5 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 11–4 49–16 4–0 June 3 No. 10 Mississippi State (4) No. 5 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 9–4 50–16 5–0
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 9 vs. No. 7 (4) No. 3 W 10–6 51–16 1–0 June 11 (4) No. 3 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 4–10 51–17 1–1 June 14 vs. No. 8 (4) No. 3 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 4–5 51–18 1–2

Ranking movements

See main article: 2000 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2000 College World Series. July 25, 2017. Omaha.com. July 5, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170705194611/http://dataomaha.com/cws/year/2000. dead.
2. Book: 2017 Baseball Media Guide. Clemson Tigers. 127–136. July 25, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170803011900/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/28500/pdf/baseball/2016-17/MediaGuide.pdf?&SPSID=657829&SPID=103712&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=28500. August 3, 2017. dead.
3. Book: 2017 Baseball Media Guide. Clemson Tigers. 171–2. July 25, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170803011900/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/28500/pdf/baseball/2016-17/MediaGuide.pdf?&SPSID=657829&SPID=103712&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=28500. August 3, 2017. dead.