1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team

The Gators were the SEC regular season champions, winning a share of the title with a 12–4 conference record. They earned a five seed in the 2000 NCAA Tournament where they advanced to the Final Four and then made the school's first ever appearance in the NCAA championship game where they lost to Michigan State. Florida ended the season No.2 in the final USA Today/ESPN Rankings and were ranked wire-to-wire for the first time in school history.

	Conf			Overall
1999–2000 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
East
#13 Florida	12	4	.750	29	8	.784
#11 Tennessee	12	4	.750	26	7	.788
#19 Kentucky	12	4	.750	23	10	.697
Vanderbilt	8	8	.500	19	11	.633
South Carolina	5	11	.313	15	17	.469
Georgia	3	13	.188	10	20	.333
West
#10 LSU	12	4	.750	28	6	.824
#24 Auburn	9	7	.563	24	10	.706
Arkansas †	7	9	.438	19	15	.559
Alabama	6	10	.375	13	16	.448
Mississippi	5	11	.313	19	14	.576
Mississippi State	5	11	.313	14	16	.467

† SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Class	Hometown
Matt Bonner	15	F	6–10	237	Freshman	Concord, NH
Adriel Davis	33	F	6–5	221	Freshman	Tallahassee, Florida
Teddy Dupay	5	G	5–11	178	Sophomore	Fort Myers, Florida
LaDarius Halton	23	F	6–4	200	Freshman	New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Justin Hamilton	12	G	6–3	207	Freshman	Sarasota, Florida
Udonis Haslem	50	C	6–9	246	Sophmore	Miami, Florida
David Kliewer	20	G	6–2	175	Freshman	Tarpon Springs, Florida
Mike Miller	13	F	6–8	175	Sophmore	Mitchell, South Dakota
Bret Nelson	10	G	6–4	182	Sophmore	St. Albans, West Virginia
Major Parker	25	F	6–4	218	Junior	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Kenyan Weaks	52	G	6–4	198	Senior	Concord, North Carolina
Brent Wright	0	F	6–9	235	Senior	Miami, Florida

Coaches

Name	Position	College	Graduating year
Billy Donovan	Head Coach	Providence College	1987
John Pelphrey	Assistant Coach	University of Kentucky	1992
Anthony Grant	Assistant Coach	Dayton	1987
Donnie Jones	Assistant Coach	Pikeville	1988

References

Florida Gators men's basketball

Arena	University Gymnasium (1919–1927) • New Gymasium (1927–1949) • Florida Gymnasium (1949–1980) • Stephen C. O'Connell Center (1980– )

Players	List of NBA players • List of All-Americans • UF Athletic Hall of Fame

Head coaches	C. J. McCoy (1915–1916) • No team (1916–1919) • No coach (1919–1920) • William G. Kline (1920–1922) • Check Byrd (1922–1923) • James L. White (1923–1925) • Brady Cowell (1925–1933) • Ben Clemons (1933–1936) • Josh Cody (1936–1937) • Sam J. McAllister (1937–1942) • Spurgeon Cherry (1942–1943) • No team (1943–1944) • Spurgeon Cherry (1944–1946) • Sam J. McAllister (1946–1951) • John Mauer (1951–1960) • Norm Sloan (1960–1966) • Tommy Bartlett (1966–1973) • John Lotz (1973–1980) • Ed Visscher (1980) • Norm Sloan (1980–1989) • Don DeVoe (1989–1990) • Lon Kruger (1990–1996) • Billy Donovan (1996– )

NCAA national championships	2006 • 2007

NCAA Final Four	1994 • 2000 • 2006 • 2007

NCAA tournaments	1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1994 • 1995 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2010 • 2011

Conference championships	1989 • 2000 • 2001 • 2007 • 2011

Conference tournament titles	2005 • 2006 • 2007

Seasons	1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012

Conference affiliations	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1916–1921) • Southern Conference (1922–1932) • Southeastern Conference (1933– )

Culture and lore	Albert and Alberta • "The Orange and Blue" • "We are the Boys" • Florida Gators Dazzlers • Gatorade • Gator Chomp • Left–Right • Stephen C. O'Connell

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