This was the first championship tournament for the conference, which was formed prior to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season.
All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium.
As the Mountain West was a new league, they did not possess an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and no conference team was invited.
[2][3] The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only.
[2][3] Chad Redfern, an outfielder for the champion San Diego State Aztecs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.