1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season explained
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.
Season headlines
- The Mountain West Conference began play, with eight original members.
- The preseason AP All-American team was named on November 10. Chris Porter of Auburn was the leading vote-getter (53 of 65 votes). The rest of the team included Quentin Richardson of DePaul (46 votes), Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State (44), Scoonie Penn of Ohio State (44) and Terence Morris of Maryland (30).[2]
- David Webber scored 51 points for on February 24, 2000, against Ball State. The total was the highest single-game point total of the season in regulation (second only to Eddie House, who had 61 points in a double-overtime game to tie Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Pacific-10 Conference record).[3] The tally broke Larry Bird's 1977 McGuirk Arena single-game record performance of 45 points.[4] [5]
- Cincinnati was 28–2 and had been arguably the best team in the country when Player of the Year Kenyon Martin had a season-ending leg fracture three minutes into their first-round Conference USA tournament game against Saint Louis. The Bearcats lost that game and gave the NCAA Tournament selection committee a difficult decision to make about seeding. Ultimately, the Bearcats were made a No. 2 seed in the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and lost in the second round to Tulsa.[6]
- Head coach Tom Izzo led Michigan State to its second national championship behind the play of the "Flintstones," a trio of players from Flint, Michigan. Mateen Cleaves, Morris Peterson and Charlie Bell led the Spartans to an 89–76 win over Florida, with Cleaves named Final Four Most Outstanding Player and Peterson also making the All-Tournament team.[7]
Rules changes
- On uniforms, the use of the single-digit numbers "1" and "2" as player numbers was once again permitted. Their use had been prohibited since the 1957–58 season.[8] [9] [10]
Season outlook
Pre-season polls
The top 25 from the AP Poll November 9, 1999[11] and the ESPN/USA Today Poll November 4, 1999.[12]
Conference membership changes
These schools joined new conferences for the 1999–2000 season.
Regular season
Conferences
Conference winners and tournaments
Twenty-nine conferences concluded their seasons with a single-elimination tournament, with only the Ivy League and the Pacific-10 Conference choosing not to conduct conference tournaments. Conference tournament winners generally received an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Mountain West Conference (MWC) began operation in 1999-2000 and its tournament winner did not receive an automatic bid, although UNLV, the winner of the inaugural MWC tournament, did receive an at-large bid.
| Conference | Regular
season winner[13] | Conference
player of the year | Conference
tournament | Tournament
venue (City) | Tournament
winner |
|---|
| | Craig "Speedy" Claxton, Hofstra[14] | | Bob Carpenter Center
(Newark, Delaware)
(Except Finals) | Hofstra[15] |
| Temple (East)
Dayton (West) | Pepe Sanchez, Temple[16] | | The Spectrum
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | Temple[17] |
| | Chris Carrawell, Duke[18] | | Charlotte Coliseum
(Charlotte, North Carolina) | Duke[19] |
| | Marcus Fizer, Iowa State[20] | | Kemper Arena
(Kansas City, Missouri) | Iowa State[21] |
| | Troy Murphy, Notre Dame[22] | | Madison Square Garden
(New York City, New York) | St. John's[23] |
| | Harold Arceneaux, Weber State[24] | | Dahlberg Arena
(Missoula, Montana) | Northern Arizona[25] |
| | Jason Williams, Radford[26] | | Asheville Civic Center
(Asheville, North Carolina) | Winthrop |
| | Morris Peterson, Michigan State[27] (Coaches)
A. J. Guyton, Indiana (Media) | | United Center
(Chicago, Illinois) | Michigan State |
| Utah State (Eastern)
Long Beach State (Western) | Mate Milisa, Long Beach State[28] | | Lawlor Events Center
(Reno, Nevada) | Utah State |
| | George Evans, George Mason[29] | | Richmond Coliseum
(Richmond, Virginia) | UNC-Wilmington |
| Cincinnati (American)
Tulane & South Florida (National) | Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati[30] | | FedExForum
(Memphis, Tennessee) | Saint Louis[31] |
| | Michael Jordan, Penn[32] | No Tournament |
| | Tariq Kirksay, Iona[33] | | Pepsi Arena
(Albany, New York) | Iona[34] |
| Bowling Green (East)
Ball State & Toledo (West) | Anthony Stacey, Bowling Green[35] | | Gund Arena
(Cleveland, Ohio) | Ball State[36] |
| | Michael Jackson, UMKC[37] | | Memorial Coliseum
(Fort Wayne, Indiana) | Oakland[38] |
| | Damian Woolfolk, Norfolk State[39] | | Richmond Coliseum
(Richmond, Virginia) | South Carolina State[40] |
| | Rashad Phillips, Detroit[41] | | UIC Pavilion
(Chicago, Illinois) | Butler |
| | Nate Green, Indiana State[42] | | Savvis Center
(St. Louis, Missouri) | Creighton[43] |
| | Alex Jensen, Utah[44] | | Earl Wilson Stadium
(Las Vegas, Nevada) | UNLV[45] |
| | Rick Mickens, Central Connecticut State[46] | | Sovereign Bank Arena
(Trenton, New Jersey) | Central Connecticut State[47] |
| | Aubrey Reese, Murray State[48] | | Gaylord Entertainment Center
(Nashville, Tennessee)
(Semifinals and Finals) | Southeast Missouri State[49] |
| | Eddie House, Arizona State[50] | No Tournament |
| | Brian Ehlers, Lafayette[51] | | Kirby Sports Center
(Easton, Pennsylvania) | Lafayette[52] |
| Tennessee, Florida & Kentucky (East)
LSU (West) | Dan Langhi, Vanderbilt (Coaches)
Stromile Swift, LSU & Dan Langhi, Vanderbilt (AP)[53] | | Georgia Dome
(Atlanta, Georgia) | Arkansas |
| Appalachian State (North)
College of Charleston (South) | Tyson Patterson, Appalachian State[54] | | BI-LO Center
(Greenville, South Carolina) | Appalachian State[55] |
| | Mike Smith, Louisiana-Monroe[56] | | Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
(Shreveport, Louisiana)
(Semifinals & Finals) | Lamar |
| | Adarrial Smylie, Southern[57] | | Mississippi Coast Coliseum
(Biloxi, Mississippi) | Jackson State |
| | Gerrod Henderson, Louisiana Tech[58] | | Alltel Arena
(North Little Rock, Arkansas) | Louisiana-Lafayette[59] |
| | Detric Golden, Troy State[60] | | Memorial Coliseum
(Jacksonville, Florida) | Samford |
| | Kenyon Jones, San Francisco[61] | | Toso Pavilion
(Santa Clara, California) | Gonzaga |
| | Courtney Alexander, Fresno State[62] | | Selland Arena
(Fresno, California) | Fresno State | |
Conference standings
Division I independents
Five schools played as Division I independents.[63]
Informal championships
After eight seasons in which each of Philadelphia Big 5 member played only two games against other Big 5 schools each year, the Big 5 returned to a full round-robin schedule in which each team met each other team once, a format it had used from its first season of competition in
1955–56 through
the 1990–91 season. Temple and Villanova both finished with 3–1 records in head-to-head competition among the Big 5.
Statistical leaders
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 | |
Post-season tournaments
NCAA tournament
See main article: 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
National Invitation tournament
See main article: 2000 National Invitation Tournament.
Semifinals & finals
Award winners
Consensus All-American teams
See main article: 2000 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans.
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.[64]
Notes and References
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- http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/8500/supportfiles/Records/recordbookmbask.pdf CAA men's basketball record book
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- http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/alltime.asp?intSID=6 Men's Ivy League Outstanding performers
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- http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=42971&SPID=3803&DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=1089186 Stacey, Mestas, Smith Win MAC Individual Player Honors
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- http://www.onnidan.com/99-00/news/meam0222.htm Damian Woolfolk Repeats As MEAC Player-of-the-Year
- https://admin.xosn.com/fls/20800/media_guides/2008-09/mens_basketball/MBBRecords.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=20800 2008–09 MEAC men's basketball media guide
- http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/hori/genrel/auto_pdf/Records-MBB.pdf 2008–09 Horizon League Men's Basketball Record Book
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200828070242/http://mvc-sports.com/pdf1/145747.pdf?ATCLID=1599065&SPID=2901&DB_OEM_ID=7600&SPSID=96987 2008–09 MVC Men's Basketball Media Guide – Honors Section
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- https://archive.today/20130121084502/http://themwc.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030600aaa.html Inaugural All-Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Teams Announced
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- http://www.northeastconference.org/Sports/mbball/2000/mballconf00.asp 1999-00 NEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Team
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- http://www.ovcsports.com//pdf4/143211.pdf?SPSID=31046&SPID=2443&DB_OEM_ID=6200 2008–09 OVC men's basketball media guide
- http://www.ovcsports.com//pdf4/143211.pdf?SPSID=31046&SPID=2443&DB_OEM_ID=6200 2008–09 OVC men's basketball media guide
- http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pac10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/Honors.pdf 2008–09 Pacific-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide- Honors Section
- http://patriotleague.cstv.com/school-bio/patr-all-time-awards-m-baskbl.html All-Time Patriot League Men's Basketball Awards
- http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/patr/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/PLMensBBallRecords.pdf Patriot League Men's Basketball Record Book
- http://secsports.com/doc_lib/bkc_record_book.pdf 2008–09 SEC Men's Basketball Record Book
- http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/files/0809mbkguide/honorsandawards.pdf?SPSID=35819&SPID=1798&DB_OEM_ID=4000 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Honors Section
- http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/files/0809mbkguide/standingsandresults.pdf?SPSID=35819&SPID=1798&DB_OEM_ID=4000 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section
- http://www.southland.org/pdf7/153625.pdf?ATCLID=1287496&SPSID=97316&SPID=10825&temp_site=NO&DB_OEM_ID=18400 2008–09 Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Media Guide
- 2006–07 SWAC Men's Basketball Media Guide
- http://www.sunbeltsports.org/pdf7/93641.pdf?ATCLID=1293051&SPID=1825&DB_OEM_ID=4100&SPSID=22332 2007–08 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Media Guide
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- http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/west/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2008-09mbbrecordbook.pdf 2008–09 WCC Men's Basketball Media Guide
- http://www.wacsports.com/pdf7/154041.pdf?ATCLID=1623469&SPSID=45986&SPID=4126&DB_OEM_ID=10100 2008–09 WAC Men's Basketball Media Guide
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- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-08-sp-51939-story.html Howard’s Saulny Fired After Investigation
