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 Division I men's basketball tournament championship game on April 3, 2000, at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana.
| 1999–00 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
|---|---|
 The RCA Dome was the site of the Final Four and Championship game to end the 1999–2000 season. | |
| Preseason AP No. 1 | Connecticut Huskies[1] |
| Regular season | November 1999 – March 2000 |
| NCAA Tournament | 2000 |
| Tournament dates | March 16 – April 3, 2000 |
| National Championship | RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana |
| NCAA Champions | Michigan State Spartans |
| Other champions | Wake Forest Demon Deacons (NIT) |
| Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden) | Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati |
Season headlines
- 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.[2]
- 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 #2 seed in the NCAA tournament and lost in the second round to Tulsa.[3]
- 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).[4]
- David Webber scored 51 points for Central Michigan on February 24, 2000 against Ball State. The total was the highest single-game point total of the season in regulation (2nd to Eddie House who had 61 in 2OT to tie Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Pac-10 record).[5] The tally broke Larry Bird's 1977 McGuirk Arena single-game record performance of 45 points.[6][7]
Season outlook
Pre-season polls
The top 25 from the AP Poll November 9, 1999[8] and the ESPN/USA Today Poll November 4, 1999.[9]
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Conference membership changes
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 |
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).
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 | ||||||||
- Third Place – Penn State 74, N.C. State 72
Award winners
Consensus All-American teams
| 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 |
Major player of the year awards
- Wooden Award: Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
- Naismith Award: Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
- Associated Press Player of the Year: Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
- NABC Player of the Year: Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
- Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA): Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
- Adolph Rupp Trophy: Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
- Sporting News Player of the Year: Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
Major freshman of the year awards
- USBWA Freshman of the Year: Jason Gardner, Arizona
- Sporting News Freshman of the Year: Jason Williams, Duke
Major coach of the year awards
- Associated Press Coach of the Year: Larry Eustachy, Iowa State
- Henry Iba Award (USBWA): Larry Eustachy, Iowa State
- NABC Coach of the Year: Gene Keady, Purdue
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Mike Montgomery, Stanford
- CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
- Sporting News Coach of the Year: Bob Huggins, Cincinnati & Bill Self, Tulsa
Other major awards
- Pete Newell Big Man Award (Best big man): Marcus Fizer, Iowa State
- NABC Defensive Player of the Year: Shane Battier, Duke & Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (Best player under 6'0): Scoonie Penn, Ohio State
- Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Top player in Philadelphia Big 5): Pepe Sanchez, Temple
- NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Craig "Speedy" Claxton, Hofstra
- Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award (Strong personal character): Eduardo Nájera, Oklahoma
Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches throughout the season and after the season ended.[60]
| 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.[61] |
| 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. | |
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