1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Big Ten champions Big Ten Tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#1
AP	#2
1999–2000 record	32-7 (13-3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Izzo
Assistant coach	Stan Heath
Assistant coach	Brian Gregory
Assistant coach	Mike Garland
Home arena	Breslin Center

1999–2000 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#2 Michigan State †	13	–	3	.813	32	–	7	.821
#25 Purdue	12	–	4	.750	24	–	10	.706
#21 Illinois	11	–	5	.688	22	–	10	.688
#22 Indiana	10	–	6	.625	20	–	9	.690
Wisconsin	8	–	8	.500	22	–	14	.611
Iowa	6	–	10	.375	14	–	16	.467
Michigan	6	–	10	.375	15	–	14	.517
Penn State	5	–	11	.313	19	–	16	.543
Minnesota	4	–	12	.250	12	–	16	.429
Northwestern	0	–	16	.000	5	–	25	.167
#8 Ohio State*	5	–	1	.833	11	–	3	.786

† 2000 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll *Ohio State: 14 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed record: Ohio State-(23-7)(13-3)

The 1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. he team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, MI. They were coached by Tom Izzo in his fifth year were members of the Big Ten Conference.

Season Summary

The Spartans were looking to build on their Final Four appearance the year before with seniors, Mateen Cleaves and Morris Peterson, leading the way. However, despite starting the season ranked #3, the Spartans began the season without starting point guard and team captain, Cleaves, who sustained a stress fracture in his right foot during the off-season. Without Cleaves, the Spartans had some troubles through the non-conference schedule, finishing at 9–4. The Spartans did defeat #2 ranked North Carolina on the road as part of the inaugural ACC–Big Ten Challenge and #5 Kansas in the Great Eight. However, MSU lost games to Texas at the Puerto Rico Shootout, and road losses #2 Arizona, Kentucky, and Wright State. MSU fell to #11 in the rankings following these losses.

Cleaves returned to the Spartans lineup on January 5, 2000 and helped MSU defeat #9 Indiana, #7 Ohio State, and in a non-conference match-up, #7 Connecticut. The wins propelled the Spartans to a 13–3 conference record and 24–7 overall and #2 ranking. As a result, MSU earned a share of the Big Ten Regular Season title with Ohio State. The Spartans went on to win the third annual Big Ten Tournament as the #2 seed, defeating Illinois for the championship for the second consecutive year. Cleaves and Peterson were named to the All–Tournament Team and Peterson was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

As a result of their strong finish, the Spartans were awarded the top seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament. From there, the Spartans cruised to their second consecutive Final Fourwwith wins over Valparaiso, Utah, Syracuse, and Iowa State. MSU won every game by double digits despite playing the best possible seed in each round. In their Final Four matchup, Michigan State faced off against Big Ten foe, Wisconsin, beating them in a close game, 53–41. In the National Championship game, the Spartans triumphed over the Florida 89–76, despite losing Cleaves to an ankle injury 3:42 into the second half. Cleaves eventually returned, severely limping and in obvious pain, to lead the Spartans to the championship. Cleaves was subsequently named as the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Joining Cleaves on the NCAA All-Tournament Team were Morris Peterson, Charlie Bell, and A.J. Granger. The Spartans were able to win the National Championship, the school's second ever basketball National Companionship and first since 1979.

Roster

1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year
3.5 !F	25	Anagonye, AloysiusAloysius Anagonye	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	1.0 !Fr
3.5 !F	55	Ballinger, AdamAdam Ballinger	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	1.0 !Fr
1.5 !G	14	Bell, CharlieCharlie Bell	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	3.0 !Jr
3.5 !F	20	Chapell, MikeMike Chapell	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	3.0 !Jr
3.5 !F	22	Cherry, SteveSteve Cherry	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	4.0 !Sr
1.5 !G	12	Cleaves, MateenMateen Cleaves	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	4.0 !Sr
3.5 !F	43	Granger, A.J.A.J. Granger	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	4.0 !Sr
3.5 !F	34	Hutson, AndreAndre Hutson	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	3.0 !Jr
1.5 !G		Ishbia, MatMat Ishbia	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	1.0 !Fr
3.5 !F	42	Peterson, MorrisMorris Peterson	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	4.0 !Sr
3.5 !F	23	Richardson, JasonJason Richardson	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	1.0 !Fr
1.5 !G	10	Smith, BrandonBrandon Smith	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	1.0 !Fr
3.5 !F	11	Thomas, DavidDavid Thomas	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	3.0 !Jr

Head coach

Tom Izzo

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and Results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
Nov 5, 1999* 7:30 pm		California All-Stars	W 115–66		Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Nov 5, 1999* 7:30 pm		Mexican All-Stars	W 79–69		Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Non Conference Regular season
Nov 22, 1999* 7:30 pm	#3	Toledo	W 78–33	1–0	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Nov 25, 1999* 12:00 pm, ESPN2	#3	vs. Providence Puerto Rico Shootout	W 82–58	2–0	Bayamon, PR
Nov 26, 1999* 2:30 pm	#3	vs. South Carolina Puerto Rico Shootout	W 59–56	3–0	Bayamon, PR
Nov 27, 1999* 7:00 pm	#3	vs. #20 Texas Puerto Rico Shootout	L 74–81	3–1	Bayamon, PR
Dec 1, 1999* 9:00 pm, ESPN	#8	at #2 North Carolina ACC-Big Ten Challenge	W 86–76	4–1	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 3, 1999* 6:00 pm	#8	Howard Coca Cola Spartan Classic	W 75–45	5–1	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 4, 1999* 8:30 pm	#8	Eastern Michigan Coca Cola Spartan Classic	W 74–57	6–1	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 7, 1999* 6:00 pm, ESPN	#4	vs. #5 Kansas Great Eight	W 66–54	7–1	United Center Chicago, IL
Dec 11, 1999* 12:00 pm, CBS	#4	at #2 Arizona	L 68–79	7–2	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Dec 18, 1999* 7:30 pm	#5	Oakland	W 86–51	8–2	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 23, 1999* 7:00 pm, ESPN	#5	at Kentucky	L 58–60	8–3	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
Dec 28, 1999* 7:30 pm	#8	Mississippi Valley St.	W 96–63	9–3	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 30, 1999* 7:00 pm	#8	at Wright State	L 49–53	9–4	Nutter Center Dayton, OH
Big Ten Regular Season
Jan 5, 2000 7:00 pm, ESPN Plus	#11	Penn State	W 76–63	10–4 (1–0)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 8, 2000 8:00 pm, ESPN Plus	#11	at Iowa	W 75–53	11–4 (2–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Jan 11, 2000 7:00 pm, ESPN	#11	#9 Indiana	W 77–71 ^OT	12–4 (3–0)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 20, 2000 7:00 pm, ESPN	#10	at #13 Ohio State	L 67–78	12–5 (3–1)	Value City Arena (19,100) Columbus, OH
Jan 22, 2000 12:07 pm, ESPN Plus Regional	#10	Northwestern	W 69–45	13–5 (4–1)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 27, 2000 8:00 pm, ESPN Plus	#9	at Northwestern	W 59–29	14–5 (5–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Jan 30, 2000 1:00 pm, CBS	#9	Illinois	W 91–66	15–5 (6–1)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 1, 2000 7:00 pm, ESPN	#8	at Michigan	W 82–62	16–5 (7–1)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 5, 2000* 1:00 pm, CBS	#8	#7 Connecticut	W 85–66	17–5	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 8, 200 7:00 pm, ESPN	#6	at Purdue	L 67–70	17–6 (7–2)	Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN
Feb 12, 2000 9:00 pm, ESPN	#6	at Wisconsin	W 61–44	18–6 (8–2)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Feb 15, 2000 7:00 pm, ESPN	#6	#7 Ohio State	W 83–72	19–6 (9–2)	Breslin Center (14,659) East Lansing, MI
Feb 19, 2000 4:30 pm, ESPN Plus Regional	#6	Wisconsin	W 59–54	20–6 (10–2)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 23 9:00 pm, ESPN Plus	#5	at Penn State	W 79–63	21–6 (11–2)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
Feb 26, 2000 2:00 pm, CBS	#5	at #16 Indiana	L 79–81 ^OT	21–7 (11–3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Mar 2, 2000 7:00 pm, ESPN	#7	Minnesota	W 79–43	22–7 (12–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Mar 4, 2000 12:22 pm, ESPN Plus	#7	Michigan	W 114–63	23–7 (13–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 10, 2000 6:40 pm, ESPN Regional	#5	vs. Iowa Quarterfinals	W 75–65	24–7	United Center Chicago, IL
Mar 11, 2000 4:00 pm, CBS	#5	vs. Wisconsin Semifinals	W 55–46	25–7	United Center Chicago, IL
Mar 12, 2000 2:30 pm, CBS	#5	vs. #25 Illinois Championship	W 76–61	26–7	United Center Chicago, IL
NCAA Tournament
Mar 16, 2000* 7:40 pm, CBS	(1MW) #2	vs. (16MW) Valparaiso First Round	W 65–38	27–7	Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
Mar 18* 3:30 pm, CBS	(1MW) #2	vs. (8MW) Utah Second Round	W 73–61	28–7	Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
Mar 23* 7:38 pm, CBS	(1MW) #2	vs. (4MW) #16 Syracuse Regional Semifinal	W 75–58	29–7	The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI
Mar 25* 7:00 pm, CBS	(1MW) #2	vs. (2MW) #6 Iowa State Regional Final	W 75–64	30–7	The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI
Apr 1* 5:42 pm, CBS	(1MW) #2	vs. (8W) Wisconsin National Semifinal	W 53–41	31–7	RCA Dome (43,116) Indianapolis, IN
Apr 3* 9:18 pm, CBS	(1MW) #2	vs. (5E) #13 Florida National Championship	W 89–76	32–7	RCA Dome (43,116) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region E=East, MW=Midwest, W=West.

Ranking

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.
Poll	Pre	11/16	11/23	11/30	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	2/29	3/7	Final
AP	3	2	3	8	4	5	5	8	11	11	10	9	8	6	6	5	7	5	2

Awards and honors

Mateen Cleaves - NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player Award^[1]^[2]
Mateen Cleaves - Big Ten First Team
Morris Peterson - Big Ten First Team
Morris Peterson - Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball
Morris Peterson - Most Outstanding Player, Big Ten Conference Basketball Tournament

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Team
1	5 (2001)	Jason Richardson	Golden State Warriors
1	14	Mateen Cleaves	Detroit Pistons
1	21	Morris Peterson	Toronto Raptors
2	51 (2001)	Andre Hutson	Milwaukee Bucks

^[3]

References

↑ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
↑ "NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player Winners | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
↑ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=2000&lg=N

Michigan State Spartans Men's Basketball 1999–2000 NCAA Champions

11 David Thomas 12 Mateen Cleaves (MOP) 14 Charlie Bell 20 Mike Chappell 23 Jason Richardson 25 Aloysius Anagonye 34 Andre Hutson 42 Morris Peterson 43 A. J. Granger 55 Adam Ballinger Head Coach Tom Izzo Assistant Coaches Stan Heath Brian Gregory Mike Garland

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Venues	Armory (1899–1918) IM Circle (1918–1930) Demonstration Hall (1930-1940) Jenison Fieldhouse (1940–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)

Rivalries	Michigan

Culture & lore	Basketbowl Champions Classic "The Flintstones" Izzone Michigan State student riots

People	Head coaches Retired numbers

Seasons	1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville
2014: Connecticut
2015: Duke

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