2000 LSU Tigers baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2000
Team:	LSU Tigers
Conference:	Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:	SEC
Record:	52-17
Conf Record:	19–2
Head Coach:	Skip Bertman (17th year)
Asst Coach1:	Dane Canevari (10th year)
Asst Coach2:	Turtle Thomas (1st year)
Stadium:	Alex Box Stadium
Champion:	College World Series champions SEC tournament Champions

The 2000 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium. The team was coached by Skip Bertman in his 17th season at LSU.

The Tigers won the College World Series, defeating the Stanford Cardinal in the championship game for Bertman's fifth and final national championship at LSU.

Schedule and results

2000 LSU Tigers baseball game log (52–17)

Regular season (39–17)

February (7–5)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	SEC record
February 12		No. 8		W 8–0	Tallet (1–0)			1–0	–
February 12	Virginia	No. 8	Alex Box Stadium	W 13–2	Pettit (1–0)			2–0	–
February 13	Virginia	No. 8	Alex Box Stadium	W 13–4	Brian (1–0)			3–0	–
February 15		No. 5	Alex Box Stadium	W 11–0	Gomez (1–0)			4–0	–
February 18	No. 19	No. 5	Alex Box Stadium	W 8–4	Tallet (2–0)			5–0	–
February 19	No. 19 Arizona State	No. 5	Alex Box Stadium	W 6–5	Saxon (1–0)			6–0	–
February 20	No. 19 Arizona State	No. 5	Alex Box Stadium	L 2–6		Brian (1–1)		6–1	–
February 22		No. 3	Alex Box Stadium	L 8–9		Guidry (0–1)		6–2	–
February 25		No. 3	Alex Box Stadium	L 2–10		Tallet (2–1)		6–3	–
February 26	No. 10 Houston	No. 3	Alex Box Stadium	L 7–11		Guidry (0–2)		6–4	–
February 27	No. 10 Houston	No. 3	Alex Box Stadium	L 2–10		Brian (1–2)		6–5	–
February 29		No. 15	Alex Box Stadium	W 8–2	Hodges (1–0)			7–5	–

March (13–4)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	SEC record
March 1		No. 15	Alex Box Stadium	W 12–5	Tallet (3–1)			8–5	–
March 3	at	No. 15		L 13–14		Pettit (1–1)		8–6	–
March 4	at Central Florida	No. 15	Tinker Field	W 11–4	Hodges (2–0)			9–6	–
March 5	at Central Florida	No. 15	Tinker Field	W 4–1	Tallet (4–1)			10–6	–
March 7		No. 16	Alex Box Stadium	W 7–3	Brian (2–2)			11–6	–
March 10		No. 16	Alex Box Stadium	L 3–7		Tallet (4–2)		11–7	0–1
March 11	Georgia	No. 16	Alex Box Stadium	L 8–10		McMurray (0–1)		11–8	0–2
March 12	Georgia	No. 16	Alex Box Stadium	W 13–3	Saxon (2–0)			12–8	1–2
March 14	at SE Louisiana	No. 23	Alex Box Stadium	W 11–4	Gomez (2–0)			13–8	–
March 17	at	No. 23	McGugin Field	W 6–0	Tallet (5–2)			14–8	2–2
March 18	at Vanderbilt	No. 23	McGugin Field	W 17–4	Gomez (3–0)			15–8	3–2
March 22		No. 23	Alex Box Stadium	W 17–2	Pettit (2–1)			16–8	–
March 24	No. 2	No. 23	Alex Box Stadium	W 8–6	Saxon (3–0)			17–8	4–2
March 25	No. 2 South Carolina	No. 23	Alex Box Stadium	W 7–6	Youman (1–0)			18–8	5–2
March 26	No. 2 South Carolina	No. 23	Alex Box Stadium	L 7–9		Pettit (2–2)		18–9	5–3
March 28	at	No. 17	Sheehee Stadium	W 6–3	Brian (3–2)			19–9	–
March 31	at No. 7	No. 17		W 18–11	Gomez (4–0)			20–9	6–3

April (15–5)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	SEC record
April 1	at No. 7 Auburn	No. 17	Plainsman Park	L 1–7		Hodges (2–1)		20–10	6–4
April 2	at No. 7 Auburn	No. 17	Plainsman Park	W 12–10	McMurray (1–1)			21–10	7–4
April 4	at New Orleans	No. 12		W 10–2	Tallet (6–2)			22–10	–
April 5	Southern	No. 12	Alex Box Field	W 10–5	Brian (4–2)			23–10	–
April 7		No. 12	Alex Box Stadium	W 12–3	Gomez (5–0)			24–10	8–4
April 8	Arkansas	No. 12	Alex Box Stadium	W 12–3	Tallet (7–2)			25–10	9–4
April 9	Arkansas	No. 12	Alex Box Stadium	W 17–11	Scobie (1–0)			26–10	10–4
April 11	No. 9	No. 7	Alex Box Stadium	W 8–2	Pettit (3–2)			27–10	–
April 15		No. 7		W 10–4	Gomez (6–0)			28–10	11–4
April 15	at No. 29 Florida	No. 7	McKethan Stadium	W 9–6	Tallet (8–2)			29–10	12–4
April 16	at No. 29 Florida	No. 7	McKethan Stadium	L 5–7		Hodges (2–2)		29–11	12–5
April 18		No. 8	Alex Box Stadium	W 12–5	Saxon (4–0)			30–11	–
April 19	at No. 29 Tulane	No. 8		W 21–6	Hodges (3–2)			31–11	–
April 21	No. 15	No. 8	Alex Box Stadium	L 13–15		Pettit (3–3)		31–12	12–6
April 22	No. 15 Mississippi State	No. 8	Alex Box Stadium	W 18–15	Tallet (9–2)			32–12	13–6
April 23	No. 15 Mississippi State	No. 8	Alex Box Stadium	L 3–10		Scobie (1–1)		32–13	13–7
April 25		No. 9	Alex Box Stadium	W 13–0	McMurray (2–1)			33–13	–
April 28	at	No. 9		W 12–6	Gomez (7–0)			34–13	14–7
April 29	at Mississippi	No. 9	Swayze Field	L 4–6		Tallet (9–3)		34–14	14–8
April 30	at Mississippi	No. 9	Swayze Field	W 9–2	Pettit (4–3)			35–14	15–8

May (4–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	SEC record
May 2	at McNeese State	No. 10		L 3–4		McMurray (2–2)		35–15	–
May 5	at	No. 10		W 9–0	Tallet (10–3)			36–15	16–8
May 6	at Kentucky	No. 10	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 6–4	Pettit (5–3)			37–15	17–8
May 7	at Kentucky	No. 10	Cliff Hagan Stadium	L 4–7		Gomez (7–1)		37–16	17–9
May 12	No. 18	No. 12	Alex Box Stadium	W 11–4	Tallet (11–3)			38–16	18–9
May 13	No. 18 Alabama	No. 12	Alex Box Stadium	W 6–4	Gomez (8–1)			39–16	19–9
May 14	No. 18 Alabama	No. 12	Alex Box Stadium	L 0–14		McMurray (2–3)		39–17	19–10

Postseason (13–0)

(4–0)
Date	Opponent	Seed/rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	SECT record
May 17	vs. (7) Georgia	(2) No. 10		W 11–3	Tallet (12–3)			40–17	1–0
May 18	vs. (6) No. 19 Alabama	(2) No. 10	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 18–12	Brian (5–2)			41–17	2–0
May 20	vs. (6) No. 19 Alabama	(2) No. 10	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 6–5	Youman (2–0)			42–17	3–0
May 21	vs. (4) No. 21 Florida	(2) No. 10	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 9–6	Gomez (9–1)			43–17	4–0

(3–0)
Date	Opponent	Seed/rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	NCAAT record
May 26	vs. (4)	(1) No. 7	Alex Box Stadium	W 19–1	Saxon (5–0)			44–17	1–0
May 27	vs. (3) Louisiana–Monroe	(1) No. 7	Alex Box Stadium	W 21–0	Tallet (13–3)			45–17	2–0
May 28	vs. (3) Louisiana–Monroe	(1) No. 7	Alex Box Stadium	W 5–3	Youman (3–0)			46–17	3–0

(2–0)
Date	Opponent	Seed/rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	NCAAT record
June 2		(2) No. 4	Alex Box Stadium	W 8–2	Tallet (14–3)			47–17	4–0
June 3	vs. No. 14 UCLA	(2) No. 4	Alex Box Stadium	W 14–8	Brian (6–2)			48–17	5–0

(4–0)
Date	Opponent	Seed/rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	NCAAT record
June 10		(2) No. 2		W 13–5	Tallet (15–3)			49–17	6–0
June 12		(2) No. 2	Rosenblatt Stadium	W 10–4	Hodges (4–2)			50–17	7–0
June 15		(2) No. 2	Rosenblatt Stadium	W 6–3	Guidry (1–2)			51–17	8–0
June 17		(2) No. 2	Rosenblatt Stadium	W 6–5	Hodges (5–2)			52–17	9–0

Schedule Source:^[1]

Awards and honors

Blair Barbier

College World Series All-Tournament Team
SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team

Brad Cresse

Johnny Bench Award^[2]
All-America First Team
All-SEC First Team

Mike Fontenot

College World Series All-Tournament Team
Freshman All-America First Team
SEC Freshman of the Year
College World Series All-Tournament Team

Cedrick Harris

SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team

Brad Hawpe

College World Series All-Tournament Team
All-America Second Team
SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team

Trey Hodges

College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[3]

Bo Pettit

Freshman All-America Honorable Mention

Wally Pontiff

Freshman All-America Honorable Mention
SEC Tournament Most Outstanding Player
SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team

Brian Tallet

All-America Second Team
SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team

Ryan Theriot

College World Series All-Tournament Team

Tigers in the 2000 MLB draft

The following members of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2000 Major League Baseball draft.^[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB team
Brian Tallet	LHP	2nd	55th	Cleveland Indians
Brad Cresse	C	5th	159th	Arizona Diamondbacks
Ryan Jorgensen	C	7th	193rd	Chicago Cubs
Cedrick Harris	OF	10th	309th	Arizona Diamondbacks
Brad Hawpe	1B	11th	317th	Colorado Rockies
Heath McMurray	RHP	12th	351st	Milwaukee Brewers
Trey Hodges	RHP	17th	520th	Atlanta Braves
Billy Brian	RHP	25th	734th	Kansas City Royals

Notes and References

LSU Announces 2022 Baseball Schedule. LSU Athletics. September 15, 2021. December 29, 2021.
Web site: Individual Honors. LSUSports.net. 19 July 2012. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221721/http://www.lsusports.net/src/data/lsu/assets/docs/bb/pdf/08guide133-185.pdf?SPSID=27865&SPID=2173&DB_OEM_ID=5200. dead.
Web site: College World Series Record Book. NCAA.org. 19 July 2012.
Web site: MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)" . Baseball Reference. 19 July 2012.