1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
NIT Season Tip-Off Champions ; Pac-10 Regular-Season Co-Champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 4
Record	27–7 (15–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Lute Olson (17th season);
Assistant coaches	Jim Rosborough (11th season); Rodney Tention (3rd season);
Home arena	McKale Center
	Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Wildcats finished the season in first place in the Pacific-10 conference with a 15–3 record.^[2] Arizona reached the Second Round in the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, losing to Wisconsin 59-66 and finishing the season with a 27–7 record.^[3]

1999–2000 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Arizona	15	–	3	.833	27	–	7	.794
No. 5 Stanford	15	–	3	.833	27	–	4	.871
Oregon	13	–	5	.722	22	–	8	.733
No. 23 UCLA	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
Arizona State	10	–	8	.556	18	–	12	.600
USC	9	–	9	.500	16	–	14	.533
California	7	–	11	.389	16	–	14	.533
Oregon State	5	–	13	.278	13	–	16	.448
Washington	5	–	13	.278	10	–	20	.333
Washington State	1	–	17	.056	6	–	22	.214

As of July 26, 2011 Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Roster

2000–01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	0	Gilbert Arenas	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	Fr	North Hollywood, California
F	2	Luke Recker	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Auburn, Indiana
C	3	Loren Woods	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	Jr	St. Louis, Missouri
F	4	Luke Walton	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	Fr	San Diego, California
G	5	Ruben Douglas	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Altadena, California
G	12	Josh Pastner	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Glen Dale, West Virginia
F	14	Mike Schwertley	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Phoenix, Arizona
G	15	John Ash	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	Jr	Tucson, Arizona
F	21	Michael Wright	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	So	Chicago, Illinois
G	22	Jason Gardner	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Indianapolis, Indiana
G	23	Lamont Frazier	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	Jr	Los Angeles, California
G	24	Russell Harris	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Mundelein, Illinois
F	30	Justin Wessel	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
F	35	Rick Anderson	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	So	Long Beach, California
F	44	Richard Jefferson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	So	Phoenix, Arizona
C	54	Robertas Javtokas	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Šiauliai, Lithuania

Head coach

Lute Olson (Augsburg)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov. 16, 1999*	No. 10	Kansas State	W 88–69	1–0	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Nov. 19, 1999*	No. 10	New Mexico State	W 84–60	2–0	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Nov. 24, 1999*	No. 8	vs. Notre Dame NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinal	W 76–60	3–0	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Nov. 26, 1999*	No. 8	vs. No. 11 Kentucky NIT Season Tip-Off Championship	W 63–51	4–0	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Dec. 1, 1999*	No. 4	Brigham Young	W 86–62	5–0	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 4, 1999*	No. 4	at No. 9 Texas	W 88–81	6–0	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Dec. 7, 1999*	No. 2	vs. No. 6 Connecticut Great Eight Basketball Classic	L 69–78	6–1	United Center Chicago, Illinois
Dec. 11, 1999* CBS	No. 2	No. 4 Michigan State	W 79–68	7–1	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 13, 1999*	No. 2	IUPUI	W 70–41	8–1	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 18, 1999*	No. 4	vs. Nebraska	W 80–59	9–1	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada
Dec. 21, 1999*	No. 3	New Mexico	L 68–70	9–2	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 28, 1999*	No. 5	North Carolina-Wilmington	W 66–51	10–2	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 30, 1999*	No. 5	Delaware	W 89–77	11–2	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 6, 2000	No. 5	at California	W 65–61	12–2 (1–0)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Jan. 8, 2000	No. 5	at No. 1 Stanford	W 68–65	13–2 (2–0)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Jan. 13, 2000	No. 2	Washington State	W 80–75	14–2 (3–0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 15, 2000	No. 2	Washington	W 69–62	15–2 (4–0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 20, 2000	No. 2	at No. 25 UCLA Rivalry	W 76–61	16–2 (5–0)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Jan. 22, 2000	No. 2	at Southern California	L 72–80	16–3 (5–1)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Jan. 26, 2000	No. 5	at Arizona State Rivalry	W 82–55	17–3 (6–1)	Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona
Jan. 29, 2000*	No. 5	at Louisiana State	L 60–86	17–4	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Feb. 3, 2000	No. 9	No. 23 Oregon	W 77–71	18–4 (7–1)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb. 5, 2000	No. 9	at Oregon State	W 90–73	19–4 (8–1)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb. 10, 2000	No. 7	at Washington	W 65–56	20–4 (9–1)	KeyArena Seattle, Washington
Feb. 12, 2000	No. 7	Washington State	W 73–50	21–4 (10–1)	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington
Feb. 17, 2000	No. 4	Southern California	W 92–85	22–4 (11–1)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb. 19, 2000	No. 4	UCLA Rivalry	W 99–84	23–4 (12–1)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb. 26, 2000	No. 4	Arizona State Rivalry	W 89–82	24–4 (13–1)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Mar. 2, 2000	No. 3	at Oregon State	L 69–70 ^OT	24–5 (13–2)	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
Mar. 4, 2000	No. 3	at Oregon	L 81–86	24–6 (13–3)	McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon
Mar. 9, 2000	No. 9	No. 2 Stanford	W 86–81	25–6 (14–3)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Mar. 11, 2000	No. 9	California	W 70–61	26–6 (15–3)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
NCAA tournament
Mar. 16, 2000* CBS	(1 W)	vs. (16 W) Jackson State First Round	W 71–47	27–6	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar. 18, 2000* CBS	(1 W)	vs. (8 W) Wisconsin Second Round	L 59–66	27–7	John M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

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NCAA Division I tournament

West
- Arizona (#1 seed) 71, Jackson State 47
- Arizona 59, Wisconsin 66

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Rankings

References

^ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=2000
^ "2000–01 season statistics". Arizona. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
^ "1999-2000 schedule". Arizona. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "1999-00 Arizona Wildcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[1] ttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=2000

[2] "2000–01 season statistics". Arizona. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2011.

[3] "1999-2000 schedule". Arizona. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2011.

[sports-reference.com-4] "1999-00 Arizona Wildcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball

NIT Season Tip-Off Champions Pac-10 Regular-Season Co-Champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 4
Record	27–7 (15–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Lute Olson (17th season)
Assistant coaches	Jim Rosborough (11th season) Rodney Tention (3rd season)
Home arena	McKale Center
Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →