2000 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 2000 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 17-20 in Wichita, KS. #1 Wichita State University defeated #2 University of Evansville for the title. Brian Burgamy of Wichita State was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Wichita State University	24-8	Gene Stephenson
2	University of Evansville	19-12	Jim Brownlee
3	Creighton University	17-14	Jack Dahm
4	Indiana State University	16-16	Bob Warn
5	Southwest Missouri State University	15-17	Keith Guttin
6	Southern Illinois University	15-17	Dan Callahan

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second Round					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Wichita State	6
	6	Southern Illinois	4			1	Wichita State	1
						3	Creighton	3
											3	Creighton	1
											2	Evansville	6			2	Evansville	12
						6	Southern Illinois	2								4	Indiana State	2
						2	Evansville	4
	2	Evansville	4																		2	Evansville	4
	5	SW Missouri State	9																		1	Wichita State	6
						5	SW Missouri State	4
						4	Indiana State	6
	3	Creighton	4								4	Indiana State	2
	4	Indiana State	15								1	Wichita State	9
						5	SW Missouri State	3
						1	Wichita State	7

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 17
Game 1	Indiana State University	15-4	Creighton University
Game 2	Southwest Missouri State University	9-4	University of Evansville
Game 3	Wichita State University	6-4	Southern Illinois University
May 18
Game 4	University of Evansville	4-2	Southern Illinois University	Southern Illinois eliminated
Game 5	Indiana State University	6-4	Southwest Missouri State University
Game 6	Creighton University	3-1	Wichita State University
May 19
Game 7	Wichita State University	7-3	Southwest Missouri State University	Southwest Missouri State eliminated
Game 8	University of Evansville	6-1	Creighton University	Creighton eliminated
Game 9	Wichita State University	9-2	Indiana State University
May 20
Game 10	University of Evansville	12-2	Indiana State University	Indiana State eliminated
Game 11	Wichita State University	6-4	University of Evansville	Wichita State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C Ben Margalski, SW Missouri State
• 1B Ryan Howard, SW Missouri State
• 2B Blake Blaski, Wichita State
• SS Clint Barmes, Indiana State
• 3B Koyie Hill, Wichita State
• OF Brian Burgamy, Wichita State
• OF Doug Schoenekase, Evansville
• OF Chad Zaucha, Indiana State
• DH Phil Broshears, Evansville
• UT Vince Serafini, Evansville
• P Dan Gooris, Creighton
• P Adam Peterson, Wichita State