1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
200px The RCA Dome was the site of the Final Four and Championship game to end the 1999–2000 season.
Preseason AP #1	Connecticut Huskies
Regular season	– 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
NCAA Division I basketball seasons «1998–99  2000–01»

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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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).

Season outlook

Pre-season polls

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

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

Main article: 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball 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

Main article: 2000 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

Main article: 2000 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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

• 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 NYC): Craig "Speedy" Claxton, Hofstra

Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches throughout the season and after the season ended.

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.
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.