| Year: | 1999 |
| Preseason Ap: | Connecticut Huskies[1] |
| Regular Season: | November 1999 – March 2000 |
| Tourney Start: | March 16 |
| Nc Date: | April 3, 2000 |
| Champ Stad: | RCA Dome |
| Champ City: | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Champ: | Michigan State Spartans |
| Nit Champ: | Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
| Playeroftheyear: | Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati |
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 Division I men's basketball tournament championship game on April 3, 2000, at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The top 25 from the AP Poll November 9, 1999[11] and the ESPN/USA Today Poll November 4, 1999.[12]
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These schools joined new conferences for the 1999–2000 season.
| School | Former conference | New conference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Force | Western Athletic Conference | Mountain West Conference | |
| Alabama A&M | NCAA Division II | Southwestern Athletic Conference | |
| Albany | NCAA Division II | NCAA Division I Independent | |
| Belmont | NCAA Division II | NCAA Division I Independent | |
| BYU | Western Athletic Conference | Mountain West Conference | |
| Centenary | Trans America Athletic Conference | NCAA Division I Independent | |
| Colorado State | Western Athletic Conference | Mountain West Conference | |
| Denver | NCAA Division I Independent | Sun Belt Conference | |
| Elon | NCAA Division II | Big South Conference | |
| High Point | NCAA Division II | Big South Conference | |
| New Mexico | Western Athletic Conference | Mountain West Conference | |
| Sacred Heart | NCAA Division II | Northeast Conference | |
| San Diego State | Western Athletic Conference | Mountain West Conference | |
| Stony Brook | NCAA Division II | NCAA Division I Independent | |
| UNLV | Western Athletic Conference | Mountain West Conference | |
| Utah | Western Athletic Conference | Mountain West Conference | |
| Wyoming | Western Athletic Conference | Mountain West Conference |
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).
Source for additional stats categories
| Player | School | PPG | Player | School | RPG | Player | School | APG | Player | School | SPG | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.8 | 14.0 | 9.0 | 3.8 | ||||||||||||
| 24.6 | 11.9 | 8.6 | 3.6 | ||||||||||||
| 23.8 | 11.8 | 8.3 | 3.4 | ||||||||||||
| 23.0 | 11.7 | 8.3 | 3.4 | ||||||||||||
| 23.0 | 10.5 | 8.1 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||
| Player | School | BPG | Player | School | FG% | Player | School | 3FG% | Player | School | FT% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | 69.7 | 50.5 | 94.9 | ||||||||||||
| 5.1 | 63.6 | 49.5 | 89.4 | ||||||||||||
| 3.9 | 61.3 | 49.0 | 89.2 | ||||||||||||
| 3.9 | 60.8 | 48.9 | 89.2 | ||||||||||||
| 3.8 | 60.6 | 48.9 | 89.2 | ||||||||||||
See main article: 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
See main article: 2000 National Invitation Tournament.
See main article: 2000 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans.
| 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 |
| 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 |
A number of teams changed coaches throughout the season and after the season ended.[63]
| 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.[64] | |
| Illinois | Lon Kruger | Bill Self | Kruger left for the head coaching position with the Atlanta Hawks | ||
| Indiana | Bob Knight | 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. |