The 2000 Houston Cougars baseball team represented the University of Houston in the 2000 intercollegiate baseball season. Houston competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in its fourth season as a member of Conference USA. The Cougars played home games at Cougar Field on the university's campus in Houston, Texas. Sixth-year head coach Rayner Noble, a former pitcher for the team during the 1980 through 1983 seasons[1] and an assistant coach from 1987 through 1990, led the Cougars.
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| Conference | Conference USA |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 12 |
| CB | No. 13 |
| Record | 48–18 (21–4 C-USA) |
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| Home stadium | Cougar Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Houston †‡y | 21 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .840 | 48 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane y | 20 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .759 | 38 | – | 22 | – | 1 | .631 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 14 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .609 | 32 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte | 15 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .577 | 32 | – | 25 | – | 1 | .560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 14 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .519 | 29 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 11 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .407 | 35 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | 10 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .400 | 28 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 10 | – | 16 | – | 1 | .389 | 17 | – | 37 | – | 1 | .318 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 8 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .308 | 15 | – | 37 | – | 0 | .288 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 6 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .222 | 19 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .358 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Upon winning the inaugural Conference USA tournament, Houston entered the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament for the thirteenth time in school history. They hosted the Houston Regional, where they defeated Rice to advance to the super regional round for the first time in school history.[2] Although hosting the Houston Super Regional,[2] they were defeated by San Jose State in a three-game series.[3]
References
edit- ^ Koch, Joshua (September 21, 2021). "Second Baptist Baseball Coach Noble Inducted into University of Houston Athletics Hall of Honor". Vype Magazine. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- ^ a b "Houston Set to Host Super Regional". Conference USA. June 20, 2000. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- ^ "Texas vs Houston in NCAA super regional". USA Today. June 5, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
In both of those years, Houston's season ended in the super regionals, falling to San Jose State in 2000 and to Texas in 2002.