1999–2000 Temple Owls men's basketball team
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1999–00 Temple Owls men's basketball | |
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Atlantic 10 Season & Tournament Champions | |
NCAA Tournament, Second round | |
Conference | Atlantic 10 Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 10 |
AP | No. 5 |
1999–00 record | 27–6 (14–2 A-10) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Dan Leibovitz (4th season) |
Home arena | Liacouras Center |
1999–2000 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 5 Temple † | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 27 | – | 6 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Joseph's | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Washington | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La Salle | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duquesne | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2000 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
The 1999–2000 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University in the 1999–00 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach John Chaney in his 18th year. The Owls were undefeated at home, both in Atlantic-10 games and overall. After winning the Atlantic-10 Tournament, the Owls received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and were seeded #2 in the East Region. They played at the First Niagara Center and defeated the Lafayette Leopards 73–47 in the first round. However, in the second round the Owls were upset by 10th seeded Seton Hall in a close overtime game (65–67).
Roster[]
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Schedule and results[]
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
November 21, 1999* |
No. 6 | Miami (OH) | W 60–47 | 1–0 |
Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
November 26, 1999* |
No. 5 | vs. Indiana | L 59–67 | 1–1 |
Springfield Civic Center Springfield, Massachusetts | ||||||
November 29, 1999* |
No. 5 | at Florida State | W 69–58 | 2–1 |
Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida | ||||||
December 4, 1999* |
No. 10 | at Wake Forest | L 72–77 | 2–2 |
Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||||||
December 8, 1999* |
No. 19 | vs. No. 24 Gonzaga | W 64–48 | 3–2 |
United Center Chicago, Illinois | ||||||
December 15, 1999* |
No. 17 | Villanova Philadelphia Big 5 |
W 69–66 | 4–2 |
Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
December 22, 1999* |
No. 19 | Penn State | W 66–51 | 5–2 |
Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
December 27, 1999* |
No. 19 | at Cleveland State | W 79–66 | 6–2 |
CSU Convocation Center Cleveland, Ohio | ||||||
December 29, 1999* |
No. 17 | at Wisconsin | L 44–62 | 6–3 |
Kohl Center Madison, Wisconsin | ||||||
January 5, 2000 |
Rhode Island | W 88-45 | 7–3 (1–0) |
Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
January 8, 2000 |
St. Joseph's Philadelphia Big 5 |
W 64-51 | 8–3 (2–0) |
Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
January 12, 2000 |
No. 23 | at Fordham | W 78–61 | 9–3 (3–0) |
Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, New York | ||||||
January 15, 2000 |
No. 23 | at St. Bonaventure | L 56–57 | 9–4 (3–1) |
Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York | ||||||
January 18, 2000 |
at La Salle Philadelphia Big 5 |
W 72–50 | 10–4 (4–1) |
Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
January 20, 2000* |
Penn Philadelphia Big 5 |
W 44–40 | 11–4 |
Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
January 22, 2000 |
Virginia Tech | W 66–46 | 12–4 (5–1) |
Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
January 25, 2000 |
No. 23 | Xavier | W 59–40 | 13–4 (6–1) |
Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
January 29, 2000 |
No. 23 | Duquesne | W 81–37 | 14–4 (7–1) |
Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
February 1, 2020 |
No. 21 | at Massachusetts | W 75–48 | 15–4 (8–1) |
Mullins Center Amherst, Massachusetts | ||||||
February 5, 2000 |
No. 21 | at Rhode Island | W 74–40 | 16–4 (9–1) |
Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island | ||||||
February 10, 2000 |
No. 19 | Fordham | W 75–61 | 17–4 (10–1) |
Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
February 13, 2000* |
No. 19 | No. 23 Maryland | W 73–65 | 18–4 |
Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
February 17, 2000 |
No. 15 | at Dayton | W 64–58 | 19–4 (11–1) |
University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio | ||||||
February 15, 2000* |
No. 15 | at No. 1 Cincinnati | W 77–69 | 20–4 |
Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, Ohio | ||||||
February 24, 2000 |
No. 8 | St. Bonaventure | W 75–58 | 21–4 (12–1) |
Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
February 26, 2000 |
No. 8 | Massachusetts | W 72–54 | 22–4 (13–1) |
Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
February 29, 2000 |
No. 5 | at St. Joseph's Philadelphia Big 5 |
L 59–62 | 22–5 (13–2) |
The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
March 4, 2000 |
No. 5 | at George Washington | W 98–67 | 23–5 (14–2) |
Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. | ||||||
Atlantic 10 Tournament | |||||||||||
March 9, 2000 |
No. 6 | vs. Virginia Tech Atlantic 10 Tournament Quarterfinals |
W 71–52 | 24–5 |
First Union Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
March 10, 2000 |
No. 6 | vs. Massachusetts Atlantic 10 Tournament Semifinals |
W 54–47 | 25–5 |
First Union Spectrom Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
March 11, 2000 |
No. 6 | vs. St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 Tournament Finals |
W 65–44 | 26–5 |
First Union Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
March 17, 2000* |
(2 E) No. 5 | vs. (15 E) Lafayette First Round |
W 73–47 | 27–5 |
HSBC Arena Buffalo, New York | ||||||
March 19, 2000 |
(2 E) No. 5 | vs. (10 E) Seton Hall Second Round |
L 65–67 OT | 27–6 |
HSBC Arena Buffalo, New York | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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Rankings[]
Awards and honors[]
- Pepe Sanchez – Atlantic 10 Player of the Year
References[]
- ^ sports-reference.com 1999-00 Atlantic 10 Conference Season Summary
- ^ "1999–00 Temple Owls Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "2019-20 Temple Owls Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Temple Owls. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
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