1999–2000 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team

1999–2000 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball
1999–2000 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 14
Record	27–7 (12–4 Big 12)
Head coach	Eddie Sutton (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Sean Sutton; Kyle Keller (1st season);
Home arena	Gallagher-Iba Arena (Capacity: 6,381)
	Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

1999–2000 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Iowa State †	14	–	2	.875	32	–	5	.865
No. 15 Texas	13	–	3	.813	24	–	9	.727
No. 12 Oklahoma	12	–	4	.750	27	–	7	.794
No. 14 Oklahoma State	12	–	4	.750	27	–	7	.794
Kansas	11	–	5	.688	24	–	10	.706
Missouri	10	–	6	.625	18	–	13	.581
Colorado	7	–	9	.438	18	–	14	.563
Nebraska	4	–	12	.250	11	–	19	.367
Baylor	4	–	12	.250	14	–	15	.483
Texas A&M	4	–	12	.250	8	–	20	.286
Texas Tech	3	–	13	.188	12	–	16	.429
Kansas State	2	–	14	.125	9	–	19	.321

† 2000 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll^[1]

The 1999–2000 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by 10th-year head coach Eddie Sutton and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 27–7, 12–4 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place. The Cowboys lost to Iowa State in the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the East region. Oklahoma State reached the Elite Eight after wins over Hofstra, Pepperdine, and Seton Hall, but lost in the regional final to Florida.

Roster

1999–2000 Oklahoma State Cowboys men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	34	Desmond Mason	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Waxahachie	Waxahachie, Texas
G	44	Doug Gottlieb	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Sr	Notre Dame	Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Head coach

Eddie Sutton

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Source:^[2]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 19, 1999*	No. 23	Appalachian State America’s Youth Classic	W 87–75	1–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Nov 20, 1999*	No. 23	Idaho America’s Youth Classic	W 81–50	2–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Nov 23, 1999*	No. 21	at Arkansas–Little Rock	W 93–64	3–0	Alltel Arena North Little Rock, Arkansas
Nov 27, 1999*	No. 21	North Texas	W 103–65	4–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Dec 1, 1999*	No. 21	Wichita State	W 68–56	5–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Dec 4, 1999*	No. 21	UTSA	W 87–66	6–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Dec 12, 1999*	No. 17	San Diego State	W 97–63	7–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Dec 15, 1999*	No. 14	Alcorn State	W 79–53	8–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Dec 18, 1999*	No. 14	at UNLV	W 89–75	9–0	Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, Nevada
Dec 21, 1999*	No. 13	vs. Washington	W 84–72	10–0	KeyArena Seattle, Washington
Dec 30, 1999*	No. 11	vs. LSU	L 53–63	10–1	New Orleans Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
Jan 5, 2000	No. 16	Langston	W 125–65	11–1	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Jan 8, 2000	No. 16	Texas Tech	W 55–47	12–1 (1–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Jan 15, 2000	No. 14	at Baylor	W 56–41	13–1 (2–0)	Ferrell Center Waco, Texas
Jan 19, 2000*	No. 12	No. 14 Texas	W 73–65	14–1 (3–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Jan 22, 2000	No. 12	at Texas A&M	L 59–64	14–2 (3–1)	Reed Arena College Station, Texas
Jan 26, 2000	No. 15	at Kansas State	W 71–56	15–2 (4–1)	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 30, 2000	No. 15	Baylor	W 67–51	16–2 (5–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 2, 2000	No. 13	Texas Tech	W 63–59	17–2 (6–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 5, 2000	No. 13	Texas A&M	W 87–55	18–2 (7–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 7, 2000	No. 14	No. 20 Kansas	W 86–53	19–2 (8–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 12, 2000	No. 14	at No. 16 Oklahoma	W 74–71	20–2 (9–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 16, 2000	No. 8	at No. 17 Texas	L 57–68	20–3 (9–2)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Feb 19, 2000	No. 8	Nebraska	W 94–55	21–3 (10–2)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 21, 2000	No. 10	at Missouri	W 84–72	22–3 (11–2)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Feb 26, 2000	No. 10	at No. 17 Iowa State	L 61–72	22–4 (11–3)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
Mar 1, 2000	No. 13	Colorado	W 96–60	23–4 (12–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Mar 4, 2000	No. 13	No. 21 Oklahoma	L 56–59	23–5 (12–4)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Big 12 Tournament
Mar 10, 2000*	(4) No. 17	vs. (5) No. 24 Kansas Quarterfinals	W 77–58	24–5	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 11, 2000*	(4) No. 17	vs. (1) No. 7 Iowa State Semifinals	L 64–68	24–6	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 2000*	(3 E) No. 14	vs. (14 E) Hofstra First round	W 86–66	25–6	HSBC Arena Buffalo, New York
Mar 19, 2000*	(3 E) No. 14	vs. (11 E) Pepperdine Second Round	W 75–67	26–6	HSBC Arena Buffalo, New York
Mar 24, 2000*	(3 E) No. 14	vs. (10 E) Seton Hall East Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 68–66^[3]	27–6	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Mar 26, 2000*	(3 E) No. 14	vs. (5 E) No. 13 Florida East Regional final – Elite Eight	L 65–77^[4]	27–7	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.