1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Basketball season
The 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 11, 1999, with the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic , progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship game on April 3, 2000, at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana .
Season headlines
The Mountain West Conference began play, with eight original members.
The preseason AP All-American team was named on November 10. Chris Porter of Auburn was the leading vote-getter (53 of 65 votes). The rest of the team included Quentin Richardson of DePaul (46 votes), Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State (44), Scoonie Penn of Ohio State (44) and Terence Morris of Maryland (30).[ 2]
David Webber scored 51 points for Central Michigan on February 24, 2000, against Ball State . The total was the highest single-game point total of the season in regulation (second only to Eddie House , who had 61 points in a double-overtime game to tie Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 's Pacific-10 Conference record).[ 3] The tally broke Larry Bird 's 1977 McGuirk Arena single-game record performance of 45 points.[ 4] [ 5]
Cincinnati was 28–2 and had been arguably the best team in the country when Player of the Year Kenyon Martin had a season-ending leg fracture three minutes into their first-round Conference USA tournament game against Saint Louis . The Bearcats lost that game and gave the NCAA Tournament selection committee a difficult decision to make about seeding. Ultimately, the Bearcats were made a No. 2 seed in the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and lost in the second round to Tulsa .[ 6]
Head coach Tom Izzo led Michigan State to its second national championship behind the play of the "Flintstones ," a trio of players from Flint, Michigan . Mateen Cleaves , Morris Peterson and Charlie Bell led the Spartans to an 89–76 win over Florida , with Cleaves named Final Four Most Outstanding Player and Peterson also making the All-Tournament team.[ 7]
Rules changes
On uniforms, the use of the single-digit numbers "1" and "2" as player numbers was once again permitted. Their use had been prohibited since the 1957–58 season .[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Season outlook
Pre-season polls
The top 25 from the AP Poll November 9, 1999[ 11] and the ESPN/USA Today Poll November 4, 1999.[ 12]
Conference membership changes
These schools joined new conferences for the 1999–2000 season.
Regular season
Conferences
Conference winners and tournaments
Twenty-nine conferences concluded their seasons with a single-elimination tournament, with only the Ivy League and the Pacific-10 Conference choosing not to conduct conference tournaments. Conference tournament winners generally received an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament . The Mountain West Conference (MWC) began operation in 1999-2000 and its tournament winner did not receive an automatic bid, although UNLV , the winner of the inaugural MWC tournament, did receive an at-large bid.
Conference
Regular season winner[ 13]
Conference player of the year
Conference tournament
Tournament venue (City)
Tournament winner
America East Conference
Hofstra
Craig "Speedy" Claxton , Hofstra [ 14]
2000 America East men's basketball tournament
Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, Delaware ) (Except Finals)
Hofstra [ 15]
Atlantic 10 Conference
Temple (East)Dayton (West)
Pepe Sanchez , Temple [ 16]
2000 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
The Spectrum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania )
Temple [ 17]
Atlantic Coast Conference
Duke
Chris Carrawell , Duke [ 18]
2000 ACC men's basketball tournament
Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina )
Duke [ 19]
Big 12 Conference
Iowa State
Marcus Fizer , Iowa State [ 20]
2000 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri )
Iowa State [ 21]
Big East Conference
Syracuse & Miami
Troy Murphy , Notre Dame [ 22]
2000 Big East men's basketball tournament
Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York )
St. John's [ 23]
Big Sky Conference
Montana & Eastern Washington
Harold Arceneaux , Weber State [ 24]
2000 Big Sky men's basketball tournament
Dahlberg Arena (Missoula, Montana )
Northern Arizona [ 25]
Big South Conference
Radford
Jason Williams , Radford [ 26]
2000 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Asheville Civic Center (Asheville, North Carolina )
Winthrop
Big Ten Conference
Michigan State & Ohio State
Morris Peterson , Michigan State [ 27] (Coaches) A. J. Guyton , Indiana (Media)
2000 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament
United Center (Chicago, Illinois )
Michigan State
Big West Conference
Utah State (Eastern) Long Beach State (Western)
Mate Milisa , Long Beach State [ 28]
2000 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Lawlor Events Center (Reno, Nevada )
Utah State
Colonial Athletic Association
James Madison &George Mason
George Evans , George Mason [ 29]
2000 CAA men's basketball tournament
Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia )
UNC-Wilmington
Conference USA
Cincinnati (American) Tulane & South Florida (National)
Kenyon Martin , Cincinnati [ 30]
2000 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
FedExForum (Memphis, Tennessee )
Saint Louis [ 31]
Ivy League
Penn
Michael Jordan , Penn [ 32]
No Tournament
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Siena
Tariq Kirksay , Iona [ 33]
2000 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Pepsi Arena (Albany, New York )
Iona [ 34]
Mid-American Conference
Bowling Green (East)Ball State & Toledo (West)
Anthony Stacey , Bowling Green [ 35]
2000 MAC men's basketball tournament
Gund Arena (Cleveland, Ohio )
Ball State [ 36]
Mid-Continent Conference
Oakland
Michael Jackson , UMKC [ 37]
2000 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament
Memorial Coliseum (Fort Wayne, Indiana )
Oakland [ 38]
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
South Carolina State
Damian Woolfolk , Norfolk State [ 39]
2000 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia )
South Carolina State [ 40]
Midwestern Collegiate Conference
Butler
Rashad Phillips , Detroit [ 41]
2000 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament
UIC Pavilion (Chicago, Illinois )
Butler
Missouri Valley Conference
Indiana State
Nate Green , Indiana State [ 42]
2000 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri )
Creighton [ 43]
Mountain West Conference
UNLV & Utah
Alex Jensen , Utah [ 44]
2000 MWC men's basketball tournament
Earl Wilson Stadium (Las Vegas, Nevada )
UNLV [ 45]
Northeast Conference
Central Connecticut State
Rick Mickens , Central Connecticut State [ 46]
2000 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Sovereign Bank Arena (Trenton, New Jersey )
Central Connecticut State [ 47]
Ohio Valley Conference
Southeast Missouri State & Murray State
Aubrey Reese , Murray State [ 48]
2000 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Gaylord Entertainment Center (Nashville, Tennessee ) (Semifinals and Finals)
Southeast Missouri State [ 49]
Pacific-10 Conference
Arizona & Stanford
Eddie House , Arizona State [ 50]
No Tournament
Patriot League
Lafayette & Navy
Brian Ehlers , Lafayette [ 51]
2000 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
Kirby Sports Center (Easton, Pennsylvania )
Lafayette [ 52]
Southeastern Conference
Tennessee , Florida & Kentucky (East)LSU (West)
Dan Langhi , Vanderbilt (Coaches)Stromile Swift , LSU & Dan Langhi , Vanderbilt (AP)[ 53]
2000 SEC men's basketball tournament
Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia )
Arkansas
Southern Conference
Appalachian State (North)College of Charleston (South)
Tyson Patterson , Appalachian State [ 54]
2000 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
BI-LO Center (Greenville, South Carolina )
Appalachian State [ 55]
Southland Conference
Sam Houston State
Mike Smith , Louisiana-Monroe [ 56]
2000 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
Hirsch Memorial Coliseum (Shreveport, Louisiana ) (Semifinals & Finals)
Lamar
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Alcorn State
Adarrial Smylie , Southern [ 57]
2000 Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
Mississippi Coast Coliseum (Biloxi, Mississippi )
Jackson State
Sun Belt Conference
Louisiana-Lafayette & South Alabama
Gerrod Henderson , Louisiana Tech [ 58]
2000 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Alltel Arena (North Little Rock, Arkansas )
Louisiana-Lafayette [ 59]
Trans America Athletic Conference
Georgia State & Troy State
Detric Golden , Troy State [ 60]
2000 TAAC men's basketball tournament
Memorial Coliseum (Jacksonville, Florida )
Samford
West Coast Conference
Pepperdine
Kenyon Jones , San Francisco [ 61]
2000 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
Toso Pavilion (Santa Clara, California )
Gonzaga
Western Athletic Conference
Tulsa
Courtney Alexander , Fresno State [ 62]
2000 WAC men's basketball tournament
Selland Arena (Fresno, California )
Fresno State
Conference standings
1999–2000 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
Penn
14
–
0
1.000
21
–
8
.724
Princeton
11
–
3
.786
19
–
11
.633
Columbia
7
–
7
.500
13
–
14
.481
Harvard
7
–
7
.500
12
–
15
.444
Dartmouth
5
–
9
.357
9
–
18
.333
Yale
5
–
9
.357
7
–
20
.259
Brown
4
–
10
.286
8
–
19
.296
Cornell
3
–
11
.214
10
–
17
.370
Rankings from AP Poll [ 72]
Division I independents
Five schools played as Division I independents .[ 84]
After eight seasons in which each of Philadelphia Big 5 member played only two games against other Big 5 schools each year, the Big 5 returned to a full round-robin schedule in which each team met each other team once, a format it had used from its first season of competition in 1955–56 through the 1990–91 season . Temple and Villanova both finished with 3–1 records in head-to-head competition among the Big 5.
Statistical leaders
Source for additional stats categories
Post-season tournaments
NCAA tournament
The RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana , was the site of the Final Four and Championship game to end the 1999–2000 season.
National Invitation tournament
Semifinals & finals
Award winners
Consensus All-American teams
Major player of the year awards
Major freshman of the year awards
Major coach of the year awards
Other major awards
Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches throughout the season and after the season ended.[ 85]
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