1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

1999–2000 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	As of July 26, 2011; Rankings from Coaches Poll

1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
NIT Season Tip-Off Champions ; Pac-10 Regular-Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 4
1999–2000 record	27–7 (15–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Lute Olson;
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]

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	Siauliai, Lithuanian SSR

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*	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	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*	(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*	(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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v t Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
Venues	Bear Down Gym (1926–1973) McKale Center (1973–present)
Rivalries	Arizona State UCLA
Culture & lore	Bear Down Wilbur and Wilma "Fight! Wildcats! Fight!" 2017–18 corruption scandal
People	Statistical leaders NBA draftees
Seasons	1904–05 1975–76 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball

NIT Season Tip-Off Champions Pac-10 Regular-Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 4
1999–2000 record	27–7 (15–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Lute Olson
Assistant coaches	Jim Rosborough (11th season) Rodney Tention (3rd season)
Home arena	McKale Center
Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

1999–2000 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
v t	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 Coaches Poll^[1]