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1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team

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1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Runner-up
SEC Regular Season Co-Champions
and Eastern Division champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEast
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 13
Record29–8 (12–4 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coachJohn Pelphrey
Anthony Grant
Donnie Jones
Home arenaO'Connell Center
Seasons
1999–2000 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 13 Florida 12 4   .750 29 8   .784
No. 11 Tennessee 12 4   .750 26 7   .788
No. 19 Kentucky 12 4   .750 23 10   .697
Vanderbilt 8 8   .500 19 11   .633
South Carolina 5 11   .313 15 17   .469
Georgia 3 13   .188 10 20   .333
West
No. 10 LSU 12 4   .750 28 6   .824
No. 24 Auburn 9 7   .563 24 10   .706
Arkansas 7 9   .438 19 15   .559
Alabama 6 10   .375 13 16   .448
Ole Miss 5 11   .313 19 14   .576
Mississippi State 5 11   .313 14 16   .467
2000 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 1999–2000 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.

The Gators were the SEC regular season champions, winning a share of the title with a 12–4 conference record. They earned a five seed in the 2000 NCAA tournament where they advanced to the Final Four and then made the school's first ever appearance in the NCAA championship game where they lost to Michigan State.[1] Florida ended the season No. 2 in the final USA Today/ESPN Rankings and were ranked wire-to-wire for the first time in school history.

Roster

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1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 00 Brent Wright 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Miami Senior Miami, Florida
G 2 Ronnie King 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Armwood Brandon, Florida
F 4 Donnell Harvey 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 216 lb (98 kg) Fr Randolph-Clay Shellman, Georgia
G 5 Teddy Dupay 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 178 lb (81 kg) So Mariner Fort Myers, Florida
G 10 Brett Nelson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 182 lb (83 kg) So Saint Albans St. Albans, West Virginia
G 12 Justin Hamilton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Fr Booker Sarasota, Florida
G/F 13 Mike Miller 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Mitchell Mitchell, South Dakota
F 15 Matt Bonner 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 237 lb (108 kg) Fr Concord Concord, New Hampshire
G 20 David Kliewer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr   Tarpon Springs, Florida
F 23 LaDarius Halton 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr   New Smyrna Beach, Florida
F 25 Major Parker 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Jr   Fort Lauderdale, Florida
F 33 Adriel Davis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Fr   Tallahassee, Florida
C 50 Udonis Haslem 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Miami Senior Miami, Florida
G 52 Kenyan Weaks 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Sr   Concord, North Carolina
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

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Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
Nov 19, 1999*
No. 7 Florida State W 96–61  1–0
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Nov 22, 1999*
No. 6 vs. Utah State
Maui Invitational Tournament
W 60–58  2–0
Lahaina Civic Center 
Maui, Hawaii
Nov 23, 1999*
No. 6 vs. No. 22 Purdue
Maui Invitational Tournament
L 68–79  2–1
Lahaina Civic Center 
Maui, Hawaii
Nov 24, 1999*
No. 6 vs. Georgetown
Maui Invitational Tournament
W 72–62  3–1
Lahaina Civic Center 
Maui, Hawaii
Nov 29, 1999*
No. 11 New Hampshire W 131–72  4–1
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Dec 4, 1999*
No. 11 Florida A&M W 96–44  5–1
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Dec 11, 1999*
No. 9 Bethune-Cookman W 93–77  6–1
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Dec 19, 1999*
No. 9 High Point W 109–60  7–1
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Dec 21, 1999*
No. 8 vs. Rutgers W 85–65  8–1
Continental Airlines Arena 
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Dec 23, 1999*
No. 8 UNC Wilmington W 80–53  9–1
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Dec 28, 1999*
No. 6 VMI W 113–68  10–1
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Dec 30, 1999*
No. 6 South Alabama W 82–61  11–1
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Jan 5, 2000
No. 6 at Vanderbilt L 77–87  11–2
(0–1)
Memorial Gymnasium 
Nashville, Tennessee
Jan 8, 2000
No. 6 at Ole Miss W 75–71  12–2
(1–1)
Tad Smith Coliseum 
Oxford, Mississippi
Jan 12, 2000
No. 10 No. 24 LSU W 82–57  13–2
(2–1)
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Jan 18, 2000
No. 9 No. 16 Tennessee L 79–81 2OT 13–3
(2–2)
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Jan 22, 2000
No. 9 at Alabama W 77–73  14–3
(3–2)
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Jan 26, 2000*
No. 10 at DePaul L 69–71  14–4
Allstate Arena 
Rosemont, Illinois
Jan 29, 2000
No. 10 No. 20 Vanderbilt W 89–63  15–4
(4–2)
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Feb 2, 2000
No. 12 at South Carolina W 86–82  16–4
(5–2)
Carolina Coliseum 
Columbia, South Carolina
Feb 5, 2000
No. 12 at Georgia W 85–66  17–4
(6–2)
Stegeman Coliseum 
Athens, Georgia
Feb 8, 2000
No. 12 No. 11 Kentucky W 90–73  18–4
(7–2)
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Feb 12, 2000
No. 12 at No. 8 Tennessee L 73–76 OT 18–5
(7–3)
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Feb 15, 2000
No. 11 at Arkansas W 80–71  19–5
(8–3)
Bud Walton Arena 
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Feb 19, 2000
No. 11 Mississippi State W 88–58  20–5
(9–3)
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Feb 23, 2000
No. 9 at Georgia W 90–68  21–5
(10–3)
Stegeman Coliseum 
Athens, Georgia
Feb 27, 2000
No. 9 No. 11 Auburn W 88–59  22–5
(11–3)
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Mar 1, 2000
No. 8 South Carolina W 87–67  23–5
(12–3)
O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Mar 4, 2000
No. 8 at No. 22 Kentucky L 70–85  23–6
(12–4)
Rupp Arena 
Lexington, Kentucky
SEC Tournament
Mar 9, 2000*
No. 11 vs. Ole Miss
SEC Tournament Quarterfinal
W 89–67  24–6
Georgia Dome 
Atlanta, GA
Mar 10, 2000*
No. 11 vs. Auburn
SEC Tournament Semifinal
L 70–78  24–7
Georgia Dome 
Atlanta, GA
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 2000*
2:37 pm, CBS
(5 E) No. 13 vs. (12 E) Butler
First Round
W 69–68 OT[3] 25–7
Lawrence Joel Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
Mar 19, 2000*
2:30 pm, CBS
(5 E) No. 13 vs. (4 E) No. 21 Illinois
Second Round
W 93–76  26–7
Lawrence Joel Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
Mar 24, 2000*
7:38 pm, CBS
(5 E) No. 13 vs. (1 E) No. 1 Duke
Sweet Sixteen
W 87–78  27–7
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
Mar 26, 2000*
5:00 pm, CBS
(5 E) No. 13 vs. (3 E) No. 14 Oklahoma State
Elite Eight
W 77–65[4]  28–7
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
Apr 1, 2000*
8:17 pm, CBS
(5 E) No. 13 vs. (8 S) North Carolina
Final Four
W 71–59[5]  29–7
RCA Dome 
Indianapolis, IN
Apr 3, 2000*
9:00 pm, CBS
(5 E) No. 13 vs. (1 MW) No. 2 Michigan State
National Championship
L 76–89  29–8
RCA Dome 
Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
E=East.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

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NBA draft

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Round Overall Player NBA Club
1 5 Mike Miller Orlando Magic
1 22 Donnell Harvey New York Knicks

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References

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  1. ^ "Gators Fail to Press On". The Washington Post. April 4, 2000. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "1999-00 Men's Basketball Roster". University of Florida Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "After Butler Loses Its Poise, A Wary Florida Advances". The New York Times. March 18, 2000. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Florida advances to second Final Four". ESPN. March 26, 2000. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "North Carolina Falls To Florida's Waves". The New York Times. April 2, 2000. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  6. ^ "2000 NBA Draft". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC.