1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
NIT Season Tip-Off Champions
Pac-10 Regular-Season Co-Champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 4
Record27–7 (15–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMcKale Center
Seasons
1999–2000 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Arizona 15 – 3   .833 27 – 7   .794
No. 5 Stanford 15 – 3   .833 27 – 4   .871
Oregon 13 – 5   .722 22 – 8   .733
No. 23 UCLA 10 – 8   .556 21 – 12   .636
Arizona State 10 – 8   .556 18 – 12   .600
USC 9 – 9   .500 16 – 14   .533
California 7 – 11   .389 16 – 14   .533
Oregon State 5 – 13   .278 13 – 16   .448
Washington 5 – 13   .278 10 – 20   .333
Washington State 1 – 17   .056 6 – 22   .214
As of July 26, 2011
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Wildcats finished the season in first place in the Pacific-10 conference with a 15–3 record.[2] Arizona reached the Second Round in the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, losing to Wisconsin 59-66 and finishing the season with a 27–7 record.[3]

Roster

2000–01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 0 Gilbert Arenas 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Fr North Hollywood, California
F 2 Luke Recker 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Auburn, Indiana
C 3 Loren Woods 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 244 lb (111 kg) Jr St. Louis, Missouri
F 4 Luke Walton 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 233 lb (106 kg) Fr San Diego, California
G 5 Ruben Douglas 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Altadena, California
G 12 Josh Pastner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Glen Dale, West Virginia
F 14 Mike Schwertley 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Fr Phoenix, Arizona
G 15 John Ash 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Jr Tucson, Arizona
F 21 Michael Wright 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 238 lb (108 kg) So Chicago, Illinois
G 22 Jason Gardner 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 181 lb (82 kg) Fr Indianapolis, Indiana
G 23 Lamont Frazier 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Jr Los Angeles, California
G 24 Russell Harris 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Mundelein, Illinois
F 30 Justin Wessel 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Cedar Rapids, Iowa
F 35 Rick Anderson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 213 lb (97 kg) So Long Beach, California
F 44 Richard Jefferson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 222 lb (101 kg) So Phoenix, Arizona
C 54 Robertas Javtokas 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Šiauliai, Lithuania
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
Nov. 16, 1999*
 No. 10 Kansas State W 88–69  1–0
 McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Nov. 19, 1999*
 No. 10 New Mexico State W 84–60  2–0
 McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Nov. 24, 1999*
 No. 8 vs. Notre Dame
NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinal 		W 76–60  3–0
 Madison Square Garden 
New York, New York
Nov. 26, 1999*
 No. 8 vs. No. 11 Kentucky
NIT Season Tip-Off Championship 		W 63–51  4–0
 Madison Square Garden 
New York, New York
Dec. 1, 1999*
 No. 4 Brigham Young W 86–62  5–0
 McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 4, 1999*
 No. 4 at No. 9 Texas W 88–81  6–0
 Frank Erwin Center 
Austin, Texas
Dec. 7, 1999*
 No. 2 vs. No. 6 Connecticut
Great Eight Basketball Classic 		L 69–78  6–1
 United Center 
Chicago, Illinois
Dec. 11, 1999*
 CBS 		No. 2 No. 4 Michigan State W 79–68  7–1
 McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 13, 1999*
 No. 2 IUPUI W 70–41  8–1
 McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 18, 1999*
 No. 4 vs. Nebraska W 80–59  9–1
 Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, Nevada
Dec. 21, 1999*
 No. 3 New Mexico L 68–70  9–2
 McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 28, 1999*
 No. 5 North Carolina-Wilmington W 66–51  10–2
 McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 30, 1999*
 No. 5 Delaware W 89–77  11–2
 McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 6, 2000
 No. 5 at California W 65–61  12–2
(1–0) 		Haas Pavilion 
Berkeley, California
Jan. 8, 2000
 No. 5 at No. 1 Stanford W 68–65  13–2
(2–0) 		Maples Pavilion 
Stanford, California
Jan. 13, 2000
 No. 2 Washington State W 80–75  14–2
(3–0) 		McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 15, 2000
 No. 2 Washington W 69–62  15–2
(4–0) 		McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 20, 2000
 No. 2 at No. 25 UCLA
Rivalry 		W 76–61  16–2
(5–0) 		Pauley Pavilion 
Los Angeles, California
Jan. 22, 2000
 No. 2 at Southern California L 72–80  16–3
(5–1) 		Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 
Los Angeles, California
Jan. 26, 2000
 No. 5 at Arizona State
Rivalry 		W 82–55  17–3
(6–1) 		Wells Fargo Arena 
Tempe, Arizona
Jan. 29, 2000*
 No. 5 at Louisiana State L 60–86  17–4
 Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Feb. 3, 2000
 No. 9 No. 23 Oregon W 77–71  18–4
(7–1) 		McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Feb. 5, 2000
 No. 9 at Oregon State W 90–73  19–4
(8–1) 		McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Feb. 10, 2000
 No. 7 at Washington W 65–56  20–4
(9–1) 		KeyArena 
Seattle, Washington
Feb. 12, 2000
 No. 7 Washington State W 73–50  21–4
(10–1) 		Beasley Coliseum 
Pullman, Washington
Feb. 17, 2000
 No. 4 Southern California W 92–85  22–4
(11–1) 		McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Feb. 19, 2000
 No. 4 UCLA
Rivalry 		W 99–84  23–4
(12–1) 		McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Feb. 26, 2000
 No. 4 Arizona State
Rivalry 		W 89–82  24–4
(13–1) 		McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Mar. 2, 2000
 No. 3 at Oregon State L 69–70 OT 24–5
(13–2) 		Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, Oregon
Mar. 4, 2000
 No. 3 at Oregon L 81–86  24–6
(13–3) 		McArthur Court 
Eugene, Oregon
Mar. 9, 2000
 No. 9 No. 2 Stanford W 86–81  25–6
(14–3) 		McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Mar. 11, 2000
 No. 9 California W 70–61  26–6
(15–3) 		McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
NCAA tournament
Mar. 16, 2000*
 CBS 		(1 W) vs. (16 W) Jackson State
First Round 		W 71–47  27–6
 Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar. 18, 2000*
 CBS 		(1 W) vs. (8 W) Wisconsin
Second Round 		L 59–66  27–7
 John M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, Utah
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

[4]

NCAA Division I tournament

  • West
    • Arizona (#1 seed) 71, Jackson State 47
    • Arizona 59, Wisconsin 66

[4]

Rankings

Main article: 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

  1. ^ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=2000
  2. ^ "2000–01 season statistics". Arizona. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
  3. ^ "1999-2000 schedule". Arizona. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "1999-00 Arizona Wildcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.