1999–2000 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team

1999–2000 Conference USA men's basketball standings
	American
	National
	† 2000 Conference USA Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

1999–2000 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball
1999–2000 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Conference USA
	American
1999–2000 record	21–12 (9-7 CUSA)
Head coach	Pat Kennedy (3rd season);
Home arena	Allstate Arena
	Seasons ← →

1999–2000 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 1999–2000 men's college basketball season. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Kansas.

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 20*	Howard	W 105–61	1–0	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
November 25*	vs. American-Puerto Rico	W 114–69	2–0	San Juan, Puerto Rico
November 26*	vs. Texas	L 64–68	2–1	Eugene Guerra Sports Complex San Juan, Puerto Rico
November 27*	vs. South Carolina	W 58–46	3–1	Eugene Guerra Sports Complex San Juan, Puerto Rico
December 1*	Chicago State	W 104–57	4–1	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
December 4*	at Duke	L 83–84 ^OT	4–2	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
December 6*	Monmouth	W 69–62	5–2	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
December 9*	Nicholls State	W 67–43	6–2	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
December 14*	St. John’s	W 71–65	7–2	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
December 18*	at UCLA	L 58–76	7–3	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
December 23*	Northern Illinois	W 82–61	8–3	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
December 28	at Memphis	W 71–65	9–3 (1–0)	The Pyramid Memphis, Tennessee
December 30*	Elon	W 80–56	10–3 (1–0)	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
January 8	Charlotte	W 77–75	11–3 (2–0)	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
January 12	Marquette	L 60–69	11–4 (2–1)	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
January 16	at Houston	W 77–68	12–4 (3–1)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
January 20	at Louisville	L 59–72	12–5 (3–2)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
January 22	St. Louis	L 69–75 ^OT	12–6 (3–3)	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
January 26*	Florida	W 71–69	13–6 (3–3)	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
January 29	at UAB	L 68–69	13–7 (3–4)	Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama
February 2	Tulane	W 85–54	14–7 (4–4)	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
February 6	at UNC Charlotte	W 80–66	15–7 (5–4)	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
February 9	South Florida	W 81–69	16–7 (6–4)	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
February 13	at Cincinnati	L 64–87	16–8 (6–5)	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, Ohio
February 16	at Marquette	W 55–35	17–8 (7–5)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
February 19	Louisville	L 54–71	17–9 (7–6)	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
February 26	at St. Louis	W 55–54	18–9 (8–6)	Scottrade Center St. Louis, Missouri
March 2	Cincinnati	L 62–64	18–10 (8–7)	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
March 4	Southern Mississippi	W 82–51	19–10 (9–7)	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
Conference USA Tournament
March 9	at Memphis	W 80–76	20–10 (9–7)	The Pyramid Memphis, Tennessee
March 10	vs. Charlotte	W 56–49	21–10 (9–7)	The Pyramid Memphis, Tennessee
March 11	vs. St. Louis	L 49–56	21–11 (9–7)	The Pyramid Memphis, Tennessee
2000 NCAA Tournament
March 17	vs. Kansas First round	L 77–81 ^OT	21–12 (9–7)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[]

^ sports-reference.com 1999-00 Conference USA Season Summary
^ "1999–2000 DePaul Blue Demons Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[1] sports-reference.com 1999-00 Conference USA Season Summary

[2] "1999–2000 DePaul Blue Demons Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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v t DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball
Venues	University Auditorium (1923–1956) Alumni Hall (1956–1980) Allstate Arena (1980–2017) Wintrust Arena (2017–present) McGrath-Phillips Arena (practice/alternate 2000–2017)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1983–84 1988–89 1990–91 1991–92 1999–2000 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1999–2000 Conference USA men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
American
No. 7 Cincinnati	16	–	0	1.000	29	–	4	.879
Louisville	10	–	6	.625	19	–	12	.613
DePaul	9	–	7	.563	21	–	12	.636
Marquette	8	–	8	.500	15	–	14	.517
Saint Louis †	7	–	9	.438	19	–	14	.576
Charlotte	7	–	9	.438	17	–	16	.515
National
Tulane	8	–	8	.500	20	–	11	.645
South Florida	8	–	8	.500	17	–	14	.548
Southern Miss	7	–	9	.438	17	–	12	.586
UAB	7	–	9	.438	14	–	14	.500
Memphis	7	–	9	.438	15	–	16	.484
Houston	2	–	14	.125	9	–	22	.290

† 2000 Conference USA Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]