1999–2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

1999–2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
1999–2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
NIT, Finals
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Record	22–15 (8–8 Big East)
Head coach	Matt Doherty (1st season);
Captains	Troy Murphy; Todd Palmer; Skylard Owens;
Home arena	Joyce Center
	Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They finished the regular season with a record of 22–15, 8-8. The team's sole loss was by a 61–75 score against Wake Forest in the NIT Tournament. The team was coached by Matt Doherty in his first year at the school.

1999–2000 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 16 Syracuse	13	–	3	.813	26	–	6	.813
No. 23 Miami (FL)	13	–	3	.813	23	–	11	.676
No. 9 St. John's†	12	–	4	.750	25	–	8	.758
No. 20 Connecticut	10	–	6	.625	25	–	10	.714
Seton Hall	10	–	6	.625	22	–	10	.688
Villanova	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Notre Dame	8	–	8	.500	22	–	15	.595
West Virginia	6	–	10	.375	14	–	14	.500
Georgetown	6	–	10	.375	19	–	15	.559
Rutgers	6	–	10	.375	15	–	16	.484
Pittsburgh	5	–	11	.313	13	–	15	.464
Providence	4	–	12	.250	11	–	19	.367
Boston College	3	–	13	.188	11	–	19	.367

† 2000 Big East tournament winner As of April 3, 2000^[1] Rankings from AP poll

Forward Troy Murphy was the team's captain and leading scorer, averaging 22.7 points per game.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
November 16*		at No. 4 Ohio State	W 59–57	1–0	Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
November 18*		Siena	W 107–96	2–0	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
November 21*		Saint Francis (PA)	W 73–60	3–0	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
November 24*		vs. No. 8 Arizona NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinal	L 60–76	3–1	Madison Square Garden New York
November 26*		vs. No. 24 Maryland NIT Season Tip-Off Consolation	L 67–72	3–2	Madison Square Garden New York
November 30*		at Indiana	L 64–81 ^OT	3–3	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
December 4*		Vanderbilt	L 85–87 ^OT	3–4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 8*		Valparaiso	W 65–42	4–4	Joyce Center (10,382) Notre Dame, IN
December 11*		at Miami (OH)	L 55–71	4–5	Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio
December 18*		Virginia Military Institute	W 79–66	5–5	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 22*		Rider	W 75–62	6–5	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 28*		Elon	W 97–71	7–5	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 31*		Saint Peter's	W 85–67	8–5	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 2*		Loyola Marymount	W 75–57	9–5	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 5 WTXX		at No. 2 Connecticut	W 75–70	10–5 (1—0)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (16,294) Mansfield, Connecticut
January 12		Boston College	W 86–77	11–5 (2—0)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 16		at No. 7 Syracuse	L 57–80	11–6 (2—1)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 18		at Rutgers	L 51–76	11–7 (2—2)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
January 22		Pittsburgh	W 81–66	12–7 (3—2)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 25 7:30 pm		Miami (FL)	L 49–63	12–8 (3—3)	Joyce Center (8,834) Notre Dame, IN
January 29		No. 25 St. John's	W 73–60	13–8 (4—3)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 2		West Virginia	W 79–65	14–8 (5—3)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 6		at Pittsburgh	L 66–72	14–9 (5—4)	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 8		at Villanova	L 69–86	14–10 (5—5)	Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 12 WTXX		No. 13 Connecticut	W 68–66	15–10 (6—5)	Joyce Center (11,418) Notre Dame, IN
February 19		at Seton Hall	W 76–74	16–10 (7—5)	Izod Center East Rutherford, NJ
February 23		Providence	L 79–89	16–11 (7—6)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 26 7:00 pm		at Miami (FL)	L 52–55	16–12 (7—7)	Miami Arena (6,189) Miami, Florida
March 1		No. 9 Syracuse	L 71–73	16–13 (7—8)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
March 4		at Georgetown	W 77–54	17–13 (8—8)	MCI Center (14,304) Washington, D.C.
Big East tournament
March 8	(7)	vs. (10) Rutgers First Round	W 74–62	18–13 (9–8)	Madison Square Garden New York
March 9 7:00 pm	(7)	vs. (2) No. 23 Miami (FL) Quarterfinals	L 58–61	18–14 (9–9)	Madison Square Garden (19,472) New York
NIT
March 15		Michigan First Round	W 75–65	19–14 (9–9)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
March 20		Xavier Second Round	W 76–64	20–14 (9–9)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
March 22		BYU Quarterfinal	W 64–52	21–14 (9–9)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
March 28		vs. Penn State Semifinals	W 73–52	22–14 (9–9)	Madison Square Garden New York
March 30		vs. Wake Forest Finals	L 61–71	23–15 (9–9)	Madison Square Garden New York
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Players selected in NBA drafts

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2001	1	14	Troy Murphy	Golden State Warriors

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References

^ https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-east/2000.html
^ "1999-2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
^ "2018_19_MBB_Media_Guide_season" (PDF). Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
^ "Notre Dame draft history at basketball-reference.com". Retrieved March 3, 2019.

[1] ttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-east/2000.html

[2] "1999-2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2019.

[3] "2018_19_MBB_Media_Guide_season" (PDF). Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved September 5, 2019.

[4] "Notre Dame draft history at basketball-reference.com". Retrieved March 3, 2019.

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