1999–2000 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1999–2000 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1999–2000 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 22
Record	20–9 (10–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (29th season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Davis (3rd season); Pat Knight; John Treloar;
Captain	A.J. Guyton
Home arena	Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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, and it would ultimately be his last full season coaching the Hoosiers. 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 play in the 2000 NCAA tournament. 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	Sr.	San Jose, California
50	Jeff Newton	F	6–9	Fr.	Atlanta
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, Texas
11/26/1999*		Temple Hall of Fame Tip Off	W 67–59	2–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
11/30/1999*		Notre Dame	W 81–64	3–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/4/1999* 3:30 pm, CBS	No. 23	vs. Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 83–75	4–0	RCA Dome Indianapolis
12/7/1999*	No. 15	at Missouri	W 73–68	5–0	Mizzou Arena Columbia, Missouri
12/10/1999*	No. 15	Buffalo Indiana Classic	W 106–55	6–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/11/1999*	No. 15	Indiana State Indiana Classic	L 60–63	6–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/18/1999*	No. 21	Wyoming	W 99–80	7–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/21/1999*	No. 20	vs. North Carolina Jimmy V Classic	W 82–73	8–1	Meadowlands Sports Complex East Rutherford, New Jersey
12/27/1999*	No. 20	vs. Canisius Union Federal Hoosier Classic	W 95–53	9–1	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis
12/28/1999*	No. 12	vs. Holy Cross Union Federal Hoosier Classic	W 79–44	10–1	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis
1/5/2000	No. 10	Wisconsin	W 71–67	11–1 (1–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
1/8/2000	No. 10	at Penn State	W 85–78	12–1 (2–0)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
1/11/2000	No. 9	at Michigan State	L 71–77	12–2 (2–1)	Breslin Center East Lansing, Michigan
1/15/2000	No. 9	Minnesota	W 86–61	13–2 (3–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
1/18/2000	No. 11	Iowa	W 74–71	14–2 (4–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
1/22/2000 2:00 pm, CBS	No. 11	at Purdue Rivalry	L 77–83	14–3 (4–2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
1/25/2000	No. 14	Michigan	W 85–50	15–3 (5–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/2/2000	No. 11	Penn State	W 87–77	16–3 (6–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/5/2000	No. 11	at Northwestern	W 89–67	17–3 (7–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
2/9/2000	No. 10	at Minnesota	L 75–77	17–4 (7–3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis
2/13/2000 1:00 pm, CBS	No. 10	at Michigan	W 86–65	18–4 (8–3)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
2/19/2000	No. 10	Ohio State	L 71–82	18–5 (8–4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/22/2000	No. 16	at Illinois Rivalry	L 63–87	18–6 (8–5)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
2/26/2000 2:00 pm, CBS	No. 16	Michigan State	W 81–79	19–6 (9–5)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/29/2000	No. 14	No. 20 Purdue Rivalry	W 79–65	20–6 (10–5)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
3/5/2000 4:00, CBS	No. 14	at Wisconsin	L 53–56	20–7 (10–6)	Kohl Center Madison, Wisconsin
Big Ten tournament
3/10/2000	(5) No. 18	vs. (4) No. 21 Illinois Quarterfinals	L 69–72	20–8	United Center Chicago
NCAA tournament
3/17/2000* CBS	(6 E) No. 22	vs. (11 E) Pepperdine First Round	L 57–77	20–9	HSBC Arena Buffalo, New York
*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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