1999–2000 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

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Ranking
AP	No. 22

1999–2000 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Michigan State†	13	–	3	.813	32	–	7	.821
No. 25 Purdue	12	–	4	.750	24	–	10	.706
No. 21 Illinois	11	–	5	.688	22	–	10	.688
No. 22 Indiana	10	–	6	.625	20	–	9	.690
Wisconsin	8	–	8	.500	22	–	14	.611
Iowa	6	–	10	.375	14	–	16	.467
Michigan	6	–	10	.375	15	–	14	.517
Penn State	5	–	11	.313	19	–	16	.543
Minnesota	4	–	12	.250	12	–	16	.429
Northwestern	0	–	16	.000	5	–	25	.167
No. 8 Ohio State*	11	–	3	.786	5	–	1	.833

† 2000 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Ohio State: 14 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed record: Ohio State (23–7) (13–3)^[1]

The 1999–2000 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who (unbeknownst to Knight) was coaching his last full season. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 20-9 and a conference record of 10-6, finishing 4th in the Big Ten Conference. After losing to the Fighting Illini in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament, the Hoosiers were invited to dance in the 2000 NCAA Tournament. Unfortunately, IU lost in the first round to Pepperdine.^[2]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
3	Tom Coverdale	G	6–2	Fr.	Noblesville, Indiana
5	George Leach	F/C	6–11	RS Fr.	Charlotte, North Carolina
11	Dane Fife	G	6–4	So.	Clarkston, Michigan
12	Luke Jimenez	G	6–3	Sr.	Redwood Falls, Minnesota
24	Michael Lewis	G	6–1	Sr.	Jasper, Indiana
25	A.J. Guyton	G	6–1	Sr.	Peoria, Illinois
32	Kyle Hornsby	G/F	6–5	Fr.	Anacoco, Louisiana
33	Larry Richardson	G	6–8	Sr.	Orange Park, Florida
35	Kirk Haston	F/C	6–10	So.	Lobelville, Tennessee
43	Jarrad Odle	F	6–8	So.	Swayzee, Indiana
44	Lynn Washington	F	6–8	So.	San Jose, California
50	Jeff Newton	F	6–9	Fr.	Atlanta, Georgia
53	Tom Geyer	F	6–8	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/19/1999*		at Texas Tech	W 68-60	1–0	United Spirit Arena Lubbock, TX
11/26/1999*		Temple Hall of Fame Tip Off	W 67-59	2–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
11/30/1999*		Notre Dame	W 81-64	3-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/4/1999*	No. 23	vs. Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 83-75	4-0	RCA Dome Indianapolis, IN
12/7/1999*	No. 15	at Missouri	W 73-68	5-0	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
12/10/1999*	No. 15	Buffalo Indiana Classic	W 106-55	6-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/11/1999*	No. 15	at Indiana State Indiana Classic	L 60-63	6-1	Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
12/18/1999*	No. 21	Wyoming	W 99-80	7-1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/21/1999*	No. 20	vs. North Carolina Jimmy V. Classic	W 82-73	8-1	Meadowlands Sports Complex East Rutherford, NJ
12/27/1999*	No. 20	vs. Canisius Union Federal Hoosier Classic	W 95-53	9-1	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
12/28/1999*	No. 12	vs. Holy Cross Union Federal Hoosier Classic	W 79-44	10-1	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
1/5/2000	No. 10	Wisconsin	W 71-67	11-1 (1-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/8/2000	No. 10	at Penn State	W 85-78	12-1 (2-0)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
1/11/2000	No. 9	at Michigan State	L 71-77	12-2 (2-1)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
1/15/2000	No. 9	Minnesota	W 86-61	13-2 (3-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/18/2000	No. 11	Iowa	W 74-71	14-2 (4-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/22/2000	No. 11	at Purdue Rivalry	L 77-83	14-3 (4-2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
1/25/2000	No. 14	Michigan	W 85-50	15-3 (5-2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/2/2000	No. 11	Penn State	W 87-77	16-3 (6-2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/5/2000	No. 11	at Northwestern	W 89-67	17-3 (7-2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/9/2000	No. 10	at Minnesota	L 75-77	17-4 (7-3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2/13/2000	No. 10	at Michigan	W 86-65	18-4 (8-3)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
2/19/2000	No. 10	Ohio State	L 71-82	18-5 (8-4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/22/2000	No. 16	at Illinois Rivalry	L 63-87	18-6 (8-5)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/26/2000	No. 16	Michigan State	W 81-79	19-6 (9-5)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/29/2000	No. 14	Purdue Rivalry	W 79-65	20-6 (10-5)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/5/2000	No. 14	at Wisconsin	L 53-56	20-7 (10-6)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Big Ten Tournament
3/10/2000	No. 18	vs. No. 21 Illinois Quarterfinals	L 69-72	20–8 (10-6)	United Center Chicago, IL
NCAA Tournament
3/17/2000*	No. 18 (6)	vs. No. (11) Pepperdine First Round	L 57–77	20-9 (10-6)	HSBC Arena Buffalo, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ "Forfeits and Vacated Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 11, 2015.

[1] "Forfeits and Vacated Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.

[2] "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 11, 2015.

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