1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
MVC Champions
NCAA tournament, first round, L 61–77 vs. Texas
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	22–10 (14–4 MVC)
Head coach	Royce Waltman (3th season)
Home arena	Hulman Center

1999–2000 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Indiana State	14	–	4		.778			22	–	10		.688
Southwest Missouri State	13	–	5		.722			23	–	11		.676
Southern Illinois	12	–	6		.667			20	–	13		.606
Creighton †	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
Bradley	10	–	8		.556			14	–	16		.467
Evansville	9	–	9		.500			18	–	12		.600
Northern Iowa	7	–	11		.389			14	–	15		.483
Illinois State	5	–	13		.278			10	–	20		.333
Wichita State	5	–	13		.278			12	–	17		.414
Drake	4	–	14		.222			11	–	18		.379
† 2000 MVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1]

1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 1999–2000 men's college basketball season. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas.

Royce Waltman was MVC coach of the year award and Nate Green was the conference player of the year award.^[2]

Roster

1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 3 Djibril Kante 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — So Bloomington, Indiana F 4 Nate Green 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Des Moines, Iowa G 5 Michael Menser 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) — Jr F 32 Matt Renn 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Jr	Head coach Royce Waltman Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 19*		vs. George Washington	L 74–80	0–1	Carlson Center  Fairbanks, Alaska
November 20*		vs. Montana State	W 81–64	1–1	Carlson Center  Fairbanks, Alaska
November 21*		vs. TCU	W 89–77	2–1	Carlson Center  Fairbanks, Alaska
November 27*		at Ball State	L 55–64	2–2	Worthen Arena  Muncie, Indiana
December 1*		at Butler	L 55–77	2–3	Hinkle Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, Indiana
December 4*		at Austin Peay	L 68–82	2–4	Dunn Center  Clarksville, Tennessee
December 7*		Western Illinois	W 53–51	3–4	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
December 10*		vs. North Texas	W 77–63	4–4	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
December 11*		at Indiana	W 63–60	5–4	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
December 19*		Eastern Illinois	W 102–91 ^2OT	6–4	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
December 22*		Tennessee State	W 89–62	7–4	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
December 30		Wichita State	W 58–53	8–4 (1–0)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
January 6		Creighton	W 56–46	9–4 (2–0)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
January 8		at Bradley	L 51–62	9–5 (2–1)	Carver Arena  Peoria, Illinois
January 12		at Illinois State	W 56–54	10–5 (3–1)	Redbird Arena  Normal, Illinois
January 15		Missouri State	W 62–60	11–5 (4–1)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
January 19		Southern Illinois	W 91–56	12–5 (5–1)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
January 22		Drake	W 73–56	13–5 (6–1)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
January 27		at Wichita State	W 72–65	14–5 (7–1)	Levitt Arena  Wichita, Kansas
January 29		at Drake	W 73–56	15–5 (8–1)	Knapp Center  Des Moines, Iowa
February 2		Illinois State	W 77–57	16–5 (9–1)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
February 6		at Missouri State	L 48–64	16–6 (9–2)	Hammons Student Center  Springfield, Missouri
February 9		at Northern Iowa	W 67–61	17–6 (10–2)	UNI-Dome  Cedar Falls, Iowa
February 12		Evansville	W 69–60	18–6 (11–2)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
February 16		at Creighton	L 58–64	18–7 (11–3)	Omaha Civic Auditorium  Omaha, Nebraska
February 19		Northern Iowa	W 66–55	19–7 (12–3)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
February 23		at Southern Illinois	L 61–80	19–8 (12–4)	The SIU Arena  Carbondale, Illinois
February 26		at Evansville	W 55–52	20–8 (13–4)	Roberts Stadium  Evansville, Indiana
February 28		Bradley	W 56–54	21–8 (14–4)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
Missouri Valley tournament
March 4		vs. Wichita State	W 57–50	22–8 (14–4)	Kiel Center  St. Louis, Missouri
March 5		vs. Creighton	L 69–71	22–9 (14–4)	Kiel Center  St. Louis, Missouri
2000 NCAA tournament
March 16		vs. Texas First Round	L 61–77	22–10 (14–4)	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

1. sports-reference.com 1999-00 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary
2. Bennett, Mark (March 1, 2000). "Best of the best: Nate Green picks off rare double-double, conference MVP and top defensive player". Tribune-Star. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
3. "1999-2000 Indiana State Sycamores Schedule". sports-reference.com.