1999–2000 Temple Owls men's basketball team

1999–00 Temple Owls men's basketball
1999–00 Temple Owls men's basketball
Atlantic 10 Season & tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Second round
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 5
Record	27–6 (14–2 A-10)
Head coach	John Chaney (18th season);
Assistant coach	Dan Leibovitz (4th season)
Home arena	The Apollo of Temple / Liacouras Center
	Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

1999–2000 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
No. 5 Temple †	14	–	2	.875	27	–	6	.818
St. Bonaventure	11	–	5	.688	21	–	10	.677
UMass	9	–	7	.563	17	–	16	.515
Fordham	7	–	9	.438	14	–	15	.483
Saint Joseph's	7	–	9	.438	13	–	16	.448
Rhode Island	2	–	14	.125	5	–	25	.167
West
Dayton	11	–	5	.688	22	–	9	.710
Xavier	9	–	7	.563	21	–	12	.636
George Washington	9	–	7	.563	15	–	15	.500
Virginia Tech	8	–	8	.500	16	–	15	.516
La Salle	5	–	11	.313	11	–	17	.393
Duquesne	4	–	12	.250	9	–	20	.310

† 2000 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1999–2000 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University in the 1999–00 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach John Chaney in his 18th year. The Owls were undefeated at home, both in Atlantic-10 games and overall. After winning the Atlantic-10 Tournament, the Owls received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and were seeded #2 in the East Region. They played at the First Niagara Center and defeated the Lafayette Leopards 73–47 in the first round.^[2] However, in the second round the Owls were upset by 10th seeded Seton Hall in a close overtime game (65–67).^[3]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	4	Pepe Sanchez	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr	Bahía Blanca, Argentina
G	14	Lynn Greer	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G/F	25	Mark Karcher	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Baltimore, Maryland
F/C	32	Lamont Barnes	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Head coach

John Chaney

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
November 21, 1999*	No. 6	Miami (OH)	W 60–47	1–0	The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 26, 1999*	No. 5	vs. Indiana	L 59–67	1–1	Springfield Civic Center Springfield, Massachusetts
November 29, 1999*	No. 5	at Florida State	W 69–58	2–1	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida
December 4, 1999*	No. 10	at Wake Forest	L 72–77	2–2	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
December 8, 1999*	No. 19	vs. No. 24 Gonzaga	W 64–48	3–2	United Center Chicago, Illinois
December 15, 1999*	No. 17	Villanova Philadelphia Big 5	W 69–66	4–2	The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 22, 1999*	No. 19	Penn State	W 66–51	5–2	The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 27, 1999*	No. 19	at Cleveland State	W 79–66	6–2	CSU Convocation Center Cleveland, Ohio
December 29, 1999*	No. 17	at Wisconsin	L 44–62	6–3	Kohl Center Madison, Wisconsin
January 5, 2000		Rhode Island	W 88-45	7–3 (1–0)	The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 8, 2000		St. Joseph's Philadelphia Big 5	W 64-51	8–3 (2–0)	The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 12, 2000	No. 23	at Fordham	W 78–61	9–3 (3–0)	Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, New York
January 15, 2000	No. 23	at St. Bonaventure	L 56–57	9–4 (3–1)	Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York
January 18, 2000		at La Salle Philadelphia Big 5	W 72–50	10–4 (4–1)	Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 20, 2000*		Penn Philadelphia Big 5	W 44–40	11–4	The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 22, 2000		Virginia Tech	W 66–46	12–4 (5–1)	The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 25, 2000	No. 23	Xavier	W 59–40	13–4 (6–1)	The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 29, 2000	No. 23	Duquesne	W 81–37	14–4 (7–1)	The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 1, 2020	No. 21	at Massachusetts	W 75–48	15–4 (8–1)	Mullins Center Amherst, Massachusetts
February 5, 2000	No. 21	at Rhode Island	W 74–40	16–4 (9–1)	Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island
February 10, 2000	No. 19	Fordham	W 75–61	17–4 (10–1)	The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 13, 2000*	No. 19	No. 23 Maryland	W 73–65^[5]	18–4	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 17, 2000	No. 15	at Dayton	W 64–58	19–4 (11–1)	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
February 20, 2000*	No. 15	at No. 1 Cincinnati	W 77–69	20–4	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, Ohio
February 24, 2000	No. 8	St. Bonaventure	W 75–58	21–4 (12–1)	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 26, 2000	No. 8	Massachusetts	W 72–54	22–4 (13–1)	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 29, 2000	No. 5	at St. Joseph's Philadelphia Big 5	L 59–62	22–5 (13–2)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 4, 2000	No. 5	at George Washington	W 98–67	23–5 (14–2)	Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C.
Atlantic 10 tournament
March 9, 2000	No. 6	vs. Virginia Tech Atlantic 10 Tournament quarterfinals	W 71–52	24–5	First Union Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 10, 2000	No. 6	vs. Massachusetts Atlantic 10 Tournament semifinals	W 54–47	25–5	First Union Spectrom Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 11, 2000	No. 6	vs. St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 Tournament finals	W 65–44	26–5	First Union Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NCAA tournament
March 17, 2000*	(2 E) No. 5	vs. (15 E) Lafayette First Round	W 73–47	27–5	HSBC Arena Buffalo, New York
March 19, 2000	(2 E) No. 5	vs. (10 E) Seton Hall Second Round	L 65–67 ^OT	27–6	HSBC Arena Buffalo, New York
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

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Awards and honors

Pepe Sanchez – Atlantic 10 Player of the Year

References

^ sports-reference.com 1999-00 Atlantic 10 Conference Season Summary
^ "Sanchez directs Temple past Lafayette". ESPN. March 17, 2000. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
^ "Seton Hall beats long odds, second-seeded Temple in OT". The Baltimore Sun. March 19, 2000. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
^ "1999–00 Temple Owls Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
^ "Temple dooms Terps in Philly". The Washington Post. February 14, 2000. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
^ "2019-20 Temple Owls Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Temple Owls. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1084–1085. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[1] sports-reference.com 1999-00 Atlantic 10 Conference Season Summary

[2] "Sanchez directs Temple past Lafayette". ESPN. March 17, 2000. Retrieved July 4, 2022.

[3] "Seton Hall beats long odds, second-seeded Temple in OT". The Baltimore Sun. March 19, 2000. Retrieved July 4, 2022.

[4] "1999–00 Temple Owls Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2021.

[5] "Temple dooms Terps in Philly". The Washington Post. February 14, 2000. Retrieved July 4, 2022.

[6] "2019-20 Temple Owls Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Temple Owls. Retrieved September 4, 2021.

[ESPN-7] *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1084–1085. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

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