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1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

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Preseason AP #1
  
Connecticut Huskies

NCAA Tournament
  
2000

National championship
  
RCA Dome

Regular season
  
– March 2000

Start date
  
November 11, 1999

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Tournament dates
  
March 16 – April 3, 2000

NCAA Champions
  
Michigan State Spartans

Other champions
  
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (NIT)

Champion
  
Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Ncaa champion
  
Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Similar
  
2004–05 NCAA Division I, 2005–06 NCAA Division I, 2007–08 NCAA Division I, 2008–09 NCAA Division I, 2009–10 NCAA Division I

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.

Contents

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).

    • Pre-season polls

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

    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).

    Semifinals & Finals

  • Third Place – Penn State 74, N.C. State 72

    • 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.

    References

    1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season Wikipedia
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