1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team

1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball
1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball
SEC Regular Season Co-Champions; and Eastern Division champions
NCAA tournament Runner-up
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	East
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 13
Record	29–8 (12–4 SEC)
Head coach	Billy Donovan (4th season);
Assistant coach	John Pelphrey; Anthony Grant; Donnie Jones
Home arena	O'Connell Center
	Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

1999–2000 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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[edit]

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

Billy Donovan (Providence)

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[edit]

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[edit]

NBA draft[edit]

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

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References[edit]

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

[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.

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