1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's 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 Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on April 3, 2000 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Season headlines

Season outlook

Pre-season polls

The top 25 from the AP Poll November 9, 1999[5] and the ESPN/USA Today Poll November 4, 1999.[6]

Associated Press
Ranking Team
1 Connecticut (21)
2 Cincinnati (19)
3 Michigan State (20)
4 Auburn (4)
5 Ohio State (3)
6 North Carolina (3)
7 Temple (2)
8 Florida
9 Arizona
10 Duke
11 Kansas
12 UCLA
13 Stanford
14 Kentucky
15 Utah
16 Illinois
17 Syracuse
18 St. John's
19 Tennessee
20 DePaul
21 Texas
22 Oklahoma State
23 Purdue
24 Gonzaga
25 Miami (FL)
ESPN/USA Today Coaches
Ranking Team
1 Connecticut (9)
2 Michigan State (8)
3 Cincinnati (8)
4 Auburn
5 North Carolina (2)
6 Ohio State (2)
7 Temple
8 Florida
9 Arizona
10 Duke
11 Kansas
12 Kentucky
13 Stanford
14 UCLA
15 Utah
16 Tennessee
17 Syracuse
18 Illinois
19 St. John's
20 DePaul
21 Purdue
22 Texas
23 Maryland
24 Miami (FL)
25 Oklahoma State

Regular season

Conference winners and tournaments

29 conference seasons concluded with a single-elimination tournament, with only the Ivy League or the Pac-10 choosing not to conduct conference tournaments. Conference tournament winners generally received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Mountain West Conference began operation in 1999-00 and their tournament winner did not receive an automatic bid (although UNLV, winners of the inaugural MWC tournament, did receive an at-large bid).

Conference Regular
Season Winner[7]
Conference
Player of the Year
Conference
Tournament
Tournament
Venue (City)
Tournament
Winner
America East Conference Hofstra Craig "Speedy" Claxton, Hofstra[8] 2000 America East Men's Basketball Tournament Bob Carpenter Center
(Newark, Delaware)
(Except Finals)
Hofstra[9]
Atlantic 10 Conference Temple (East)
Dayton (West)
Pepe Sanchez, Temple[10] 2000 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament The Spectrum
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Temple[11]
Atlantic Coast Conference Duke Chris Carrawell, Duke[12] 2000 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Charlotte Coliseum
(Charlotte, North Carolina)
Duke[13]
Big 12 Conference Iowa State Marcus Fizer, Iowa State[14] 2000 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament Kemper Arena
(Kansas City, Missouri)
Iowa State[15]
Big East Conference Syracuse & Miami Troy Murphy, Notre Dame[16] 2000 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament Madison Square Garden
(New York City, New York)
St. John's[17]
Big Sky Conference Montana &
Eastern Washington
Harold Arceneaux, Weber State[18] 2000 Big Sky Men's Basketball Tournament Dahlberg Arena
(Missoula, Montana)
Northern Arizona[19]
Big South Conference Radford Jason Williams, Radford[20] 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[21] (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[22] 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[23] 2000 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament Richmond Coliseum
(Richmond, Virginia)
UNC-Wilmington
Conference USA Cincinnati (American)
Tulane & South Florida (National)
Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati[24] 2000 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament FedExForum
(Memphis, Tennessee)
Saint Louis[25]
Ivy League Penn Michael Jordan, Penn[26] No Tournament
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Siena Tariq Kirksay, Iona[27] 2000 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament Pepsi Arena
(Albany, New York)
Iona[28]
Mid-American Conference Bowling Green (East)
Ball State & Toledo (West)
Anthony Stacey, Bowling Green[29] 2000 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament Gund Arena
(Cleveland, Ohio)
Ball State[30]
Mid-Continent Conference Oakland Michael Jackson, UMKC[31] 2000 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Memorial Coliseum
(Fort Wayne, Indiana)
Oakland[32]
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference South Carolina State Damian Woolfolk, Norfolk State[33] 2000 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Richmond Coliseum
(Richmond, Virginia)
South Carolina State[34]
Midwestern Collegiate Conference Butler Rashad Phillips, Detroit[35] 2000 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament UIC Pavilion
(Chicago, Illinois)
Butler
Missouri Valley Conference Indiana State Nate Green, Indiana State[36] 2000 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Savvis Center
(St. Louis, Missouri)
Creighton[37]
Mountain West Conference UNLV & Utah Alex Jensen, Utah[38] 2000 MWC Men's Basketball Tournament Earl Wilson Stadium
(Las Vegas, Nevada)
UNLV[39]
Northeast Conference Central Connecticut State Rick Mickens, Central Connecticut State[40] 2000 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Sovereign Bank Arena
(Trenton, New Jersey)
Central Connecticut State[41]
Ohio Valley Conference Southeast Missouri State & Murray State Aubrey Reese, Murray State[42] 2000 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Gaylord Entertainment Center
(Nashville, Tennessee)
(Semifinals and Finals)
Southeast Missouri State[43]
Pacific-10 Conference Arizona & Stanford Eddie House, Arizona State[44] No Tournament
Patriot League Lafayette & Navy Brian Ehlers, Lafayette[45] 2000 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament Kirby Sports Center
(Easton, Pennsylvania)
Lafayette[46]
Southeastern Conference Tennessee, Florida & Kentucky (East)
LSU (West)
Dan Langhi, Vanderbilt (Coaches)
Stromile Swift, LSU & Dan Langhi, Vanderbilt (AP)[47]
2000 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament Georgia Dome
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Arkansas
Southern Conference Appalachian State (North)
College of Charleston (South)
Tyson Patterson, Appalachian State[48] 2000 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament BI-LO Center
(Greenville, South Carolina)
Appalachian State[49]
Southland Conference Sam Houston State Mike Smith, Louisiana-Monroe[50] 2000 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
(Shreveport, Louisiana)
(Semifinals & Finals)
Lamar
Southwestern Athletic Conference Alcorn State Adarrial Smylie, Southern[51] 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[52] 2000 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Tournament Alltel Arena
(North Little Rock, Arkansas)
Louisiana-Lafayette[53]
Trans America Athletic Conference Georgia State & Troy State Detric Golden, Troy State[54] 2000 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament Memorial Coliseum
(Jacksonville, Florida)
Samford
West Coast Conference Pepperdine Kenyon Jones, San Francisco[55] 2000 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Toso Pavilion
(Santa Clara, California)
Gonzaga
Western Athletic Conference Tulsa Courtney Alexander, Fresno State[56] 2000 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament Selland Arena
(Fresno, California)
Fresno State

Statistical leaders

Points Per Game
Rebounds Per Game
Assists Per Game
Steals Per Game
Player School PPG Player School RPG Player School APG Player School SPG
Courtney Alexander Fresno St. 24.8 Darren Phillip Fairfield 14.0 Mark Dickel UNLV 9.0 Carl Williams Liberty 3.8
SirValiant Brown George Washington 24.6 Josh Sankes Holy Cross 11.9 Doug Gottlieb Oklahoma St. 8.6 Rick Mickens C. Conn. St. 3.6
Ronnie McCollum Centenary 23.8 Larry Abney Fresno St. 11.8 Chico Fletcher Arkansas St. 8.3 Pepe Sanchez Temple 3.4
Eddie House Arizona St. 23.0 Shaun Stonerook Ohio 11.7 Brandon Granville USC 8.3 Fred House Southern Utah 3.4
Harold Arceneaux Weber St. 23.0 Jarrett Stephens Penn St. 10.5 Ed Cota North Carolina 8.1 Eric Coley Tulsa 3.3
Blocked Shots Per Game
Field Goal Percentage
Three-Point FG Percentage
Free Throw Percentage
Player School BPG Player School FG% Player School 3FG% Player School FT%
Ken Johnson Ohio St. 5.4 Brendan Haywood North Carolina 69.7 Jonathan Whitworth Middle Tenn. St. 50.5 Clay McKnight Pacific 94.9
Wojciech Myrda LA-Monroe 5.1 John Whorton Kent St. 63.6 Jason Thornton Central Florida 49.5 Troy Bell Boston College 89.4
Loren Woods Arizona 3.9 Joel Przybilla Minnesota 61.3 Aki Palmer Colorado St. 49.0 Lee Nosse Middle Tenn. St. 89.2
Joel Przybilla Minnesota 3.9 Stromile Swift LSU 60.8 Pete Conway Montana St. 48.9 Khalid El-Amin UConn 89.2
Sitapha Savane Navy 3.8 Patrick Chambers AR-Pine Bluff 60.6 Stephen Brown Idaho St. 48.9 Brad Buddenborg Oakland 89.2

Post-Season Tournaments

NCAA tournament

Final Four – RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana

National Semifinals National Championship Game
      
E5 Florida 71
S8 North Carolina 59
E5 Florida 76
M1 Michigan State 89
M1 Michigan State 53
W8 Wisconsin 41

National Invitation Tournament

Semifinals & Finals

Semifinals Finals
      
  Penn State 52
  Notre Dame 73
  Notre Dame 61
  Wake Forest 71
  N.C. State 59
  Wake Forest 62

Award winners

Consensus All-American teams

Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Chris Carrawell F Senior Duke
Marcus Fizer F Junior Iowa State
A.J. Guyton G Senior Indiana
Kenyon Martin C/F Senior Cincinnati
Chris Mihm C Junior Texas
Troy Murphy F Sophomore Notre Dame


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Courtney Alexander G/F Senior Fresno State
Shane Battier F Junior Duke
Mateen Cleaves G Senior Michigan State
Scoonie Penn G Senior Ohio State
Morris Peterson F Senior Michigan State
Stromile Swift F/C Sophomore Louisiana State

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.[57]

Team Former
Coach
Interim
Coach
New
Coach
Reason
Air Force Reggie Minton Joe Scott Air Force hired Pete Carril disciple Scott to install the Princeton offense.
Albany Scott Hicks Scott Beeton
American Art Perry Jeff Jones American tabbed former Virginia coach Jones.
Appalachian State Buzz Peterson Houston Fancher
Arkansas-Little Rock Sidney Moncrief Porter Moser Arkansas legend Moncrief left after only one season to become an assistant with the Dallas Mavericks.
Ball State Ray McCallum Tim Buckley McCallum left his alma mater for Houston. Wisconsin assistant Buckley was tapped to replace him.
Butler Barry Collier Thad Matta Collier left for Nebraska, turning the program over to top assistant Matta.
Cal State Fullerton Bob Hawking Donny Daniels
Charleston Southern Tom Conrad Jim Platt
Colorado State Ritchie McKay Dale Layer
Cornell Scott Thompson Steve Donahue
Delaware Mike Brey David Henderson Brey left to take the Notre Dame job and was replaced by former Duke player and assistant coach Henderson.
Delaware State Tony Sheals Greg Jackson
Eastern Kentucky Scott Perry Travis Ford EKU hired former Kentucky player Ford.
Eastern Michigan Milton Barnes Jim Boone
Eastern Washington Steve Aggers Ray Giacoletti
Florida International Shakey Rodriguez Donnie Marsh
Georgia Tech Bobby Cremins Paul Hewitt Cremins stepped down after 19 seasons and resurrecting the Yellow Jackets program.
Hartford Paul Brazeau Larry Harrison
Houston Clyde Drexler Ray McCallum Houston legend Drexler left after two disappointing seasons at the helm.
Howard Kirk Saulny Billy Coward Frankie Allen Saulny was fired midseason after an investigation found that he had broken NCAA and school rules.[58]
Illinois Lon Kruger Bill Self Kruger left for the head coaching position with the Atlanta Hawks
Indiana Bob Knight Mike Davis Mike Davis Knight was fired on September 10, 2000 after an altercation with an IU student – a violation of the "zero tolerance" agreement he was under. Assistant Davis was hired as interim coach, then given the permanent job after the 2000–01 season.
Jacksonville State Mark Turgeon Mark LaPlante
Kansas State Tom Asbury Jim Wooldridge
Loyola (MD) Dino Gaudio Scott Hicks Gaudio resigned after three seasons and was replaced by Albany head man Hicks.
Loyola Marymount Charles Bradley Steve Aggers
Memphis Johnny Jones John Calipari Memphis made a big name hire by bringing in former UMass and New Jersey Nets coach Calipari.
Miami (FL) Leonard Hamilton Perry Clark Miami hired former Tulane boss Clark after Hamilton left to coach the Washington Wizards.
UMKC Bob Sundvold Dean Demopoulos
Nebraska Danny Nee Barry Collier Nebraska fired Nee and hired Butler's Collier.
North Carolina Bill Guthridge Matt Doherty Guthridge retired after three seasons. Doherty was hired after a lengthy search that followed Kansas' Roy Williams staying in Lawrence.
Northwestern Kevin O'Neill Bill Carmody Northwestern brought in Princeton coach Carmody to replace O'Neill, who left for an assistant coach position with the New York Knicks.
Notre Dame Matt Doherty Mike Brey Doherty left South Bend after only one year.
Oregon State Eddie Payne Ritchie McKay Payne was fired unexpectedly and replaced by Colorado State's McKay.
Princeton Bill Carmody John Thompson III Top aide Thompson III was hired to replace Carmody.
Robert Morris Jim Boone Danny Nee
Sacramento State Tom Abatemarco Jerome Jenkins
Siena Paul Hewitt Louis Orr Siena hires former Syracuse star Orr.
St. Peter's Rodger Blind Bob Leckie
Southwest Texas State Mike Miller Dennis Nutt
Stephen F. Austin Derek Allister Danny Kaspar
Tennessee State Frankie Allen Nolan Richardson III Tennessee State hired the son of National Championship coach Nolan Richardson.
Tulane Perry Clark Shawn Finney Tulane tapped Kentucky assistant Finney after losing Clark to Miami.
Tulsa Bill Self Buzz Peterson Tulsa tapped Appalachian State's Peterson after losing Self to Illinois.
Western Carolina Phil Hopkins Steve Shurina
Western Michigan Bob Donewald Robert McCullum
Wichita State Randy Smithson Mark Turgeon
William & Mary Charlie Woollum Rick Boyages Woollum retired after 25 seasons as a head coach. The Tribe hired Ohio State assistant Boyages.

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