1999–2000 Big East Conference men's basketball season

American college basketball season April 2025 1999–2000 Big East Conference Men's Basketball Season #072E67 #EFE3BB NCAA Division I Basketball Big East Conference 20th anniversary logo 1999.png 250px November 11, 1999through March 11, 2000 13 ESPN Regular Season Miami and Syracuse (13–3) Champion Troy Murphy – Notre Dame Big East Men's Basketball Player of the Year Tournament 2000 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament St. John's Bootsy Thornton – St. John's Most Valuable Player Basketball 1998–99 2000–01 The 1999–2000 Big East Conference men's basketball season was the 21st in conference history, and involved its 13 full-time member schools. Miami and Syracuse were the regular-season co-champions with identical records of 13–3. St. John's won the Big East tournament championship. Season summary & highlights Miami and Syracuse were the regular-season co-champions with identical records of 13–3. It was Miami's first and Syracuse's seventh regular-season championship or co-championship. St. John's won its third Big East tournament championship. Jim Boeheim of Syracuse received his third Big East Coach of the Year award. Head coaches SchoolCoachSeasonNotes Boston College Al Skinner 3rd Connecticut Jim Calhoun 14th Georgetown Craig Esherick 2nd Miami Leonard Hamilton 10th Resigned June 14, 2000 Notre Dame Matt Doherty 1st Resigned July 11, 2000 Pittsburgh Ben Howland 1st Providence Tim Welsh 2nd Rutgers Kevin Bannon 3rd St. John's Mike Jarvis 2nd Seton Hall Tommy Amaker 3rd Syracuse Jim Boeheim 24th Big East Coach of the Year (3rd award) Villanova Steve Lappas 8th West Virginia Gale Catlett 22nd Rankings Ranked No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press poll, Connecticut remained in the Top 25 all season, finishing at No. 20. Syracuse also was in the Top 25 all season. Miami, St. John's, and Seton Hall also appeared in the Top 25. + 1999–2000 Big East Conference Weekly RankingsKey: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. AP Pollhttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-east/men/2000.html 1999-2000 Men's Big East Conference Season Summary April 15, 2025 sports-reference.com Pre 11/15 11/22 11/29 12/6 12/13 12/20 12/27 1/3 1/10 1/17 1/24 1/31 2/7 2/14 2/21 2/28 3/6 FinalBoston College Connecticut 1 8 7 5 6 3 2 2 2 5 8 6 7 13 18 22 24 21 20 Georgetown Miami 25 23 23 Notre Dame Pittsburgh Providence Rutgers St. John's 18 15 19 25 18 19 9 Seton Hall 23 Syracuse 17 13 14 14 12 10 9 7 7 7 6 4 4 4 9 13 9 12 16 Villanova West Virginia Regular-season statistical leaders 18em start ScoringNameSchoolPPG Troy Murphy ND 22.7 Troy Bell BC 18.8 Ricardo Greer Pitt 18.8 Johnny Hemsley Mia 18.1 Erick Barkley SJU 16.0 18em break ReboundingNameSchoolRPG Troy Murphy ND 10.3 Ricardo Greer Pitt 9.8 Etan Thomas Syr 9.3 Marcus Goree WVU 8.2 Erron Maxey Prov 8.0 18em break AssistsNameSchoolAPG Vernon Jennings Mia 6.8 Jason Hart Syr 6.5 Jimmy Dillon ND 5.8 Shaheen Holloway SHU 5.6 Brandin Knight Pitt 5.5 18em break StealsNameSchoolSPG Erick Barkley SJU 3.0 Brandin Knight Pitt 2.8 Kevin Braswell GU 2.6 Bootsy Thornton SJU 2.4 Vernon Jennings Mia 2.3 18em break BlocksNameSchoolBPG Etan Thomas Syr 3.7 Samuel Dalembert SHU 3.6 Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje GU 2.5 Marcus Goree WVU 2.5 Malik Allen Vill 1.9 18em break Field GoalsNameSchoolFG% Etan Thomas Syr .602 Marcus Goree WVU .532 Malik Allen Vill .511 Troy Murphy ND .492 Bootsy Thornton SJU .486 18em break 3-Pt Field GoalsNameSchool3FG% Darius Lane SHU .358(no other qualifiers) 18em break Free ThrowsNameSchoolFT% Troy Bell BC .894 Khalid El-Amin Conn .892 Rimas Kaukenas SJU .882 Johnny Hemsley Mia .849 Lavor Postell SJU .809 end Postseason Big East tournament 2000 Big East men's basketball tournament Seeding Seeding in the Big East tournament was based on conference record, with tiebreakers applied as necessary. Teams seeded fourth through thirteenth played a first-round game, and the other three teams received a bye into the second round. The tournament's seeding was as follows: (1) Syracuse, (2) Miami, (3) St. John's, (4) Connecticut, (5) Seton Hall, (6) Villanova, (7) Notre Dame, (8) West Virginia, (9) Georgetown, (10) Rutgers, (11) Pittsburgh, (12) Providence, (13) Boston College. Bracket First roundMarch 8, 2000 QuarterfinalsMarch 9, 2000 SemifinalsMarch 10, 2000 Championship GameMarch 11, 2000 8 1999-2000 West Virginia Mountaineers West Virginia University West Virginia 67 9 Georgetown 70 5 Seton Hall 85 12 1999-2000 Providence Friars Providence College Providence 65 4 #21 Connecticut 70 13 1999-2000 Boston College Eagles Boston College Boston College 55 6 Villanova 65 11 Pittsburgh 55 7 Notre Dame 74 10 1999-2000 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers University Rutgers 62 1 #12 Syracuse 72 9 Georgetown 76 5 Seton Hall 64 4 #21 Connecticut 79 3 #19 St. John's 75 6 Villanova 70 2 #23 Miami 61 7 Notre Dame 58 9 Georgetown 55 4 #21 Connecticut 70 3 #19 St. John's 58 2 #23 Miami 57 4 #21 Connecticut 70 3 #19 St. John's 80 NCAA tournament 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Five Big East teams received bids to the NCAA Tournament. Connecticut and St. John's lost in the second round and Miami, Seton Hall, and Syracuse in the regional semifinals. Ohio State, which Miami defeated in the second round, vacated 16 games, including all NCAA Tournament wins from the 1999–2000 season, due to the Jim O’Brien scandal.http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=2362496 OSU gets probation 2006-03-10 ESPN.com 2017-06-05https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/friv/forfeits.cgi Forfeits and Vacated Games Sports-Reference.com April 30, 2024 School Region Seed Round 1 Round 2 Sweet 16 Syracuse Midwest 4 13 Samford, W 79–66 5 Kentucky, W 52–50 1 Michigan State, L 75–58 Miami South 6 11 Arkansas, W 75–71 3 Ohio State, W 75–62 7 Tulsa, L 80–71 Seton Hall East 10 7 Oregon, W 72–71(OT) 2 Temple, W 67–65(OT) 3 Oklahoma State, L 68–66 St. John's West 2 15 Northern Arizona, W 61–56 10 Gonzaga, L 82–76 Connecticut South 5 12 Utah State, W 75–67 4 Tennessee, L 65–51 National Invitation Tournament 2000 National Invitation Tournament Four Big East teams received bids to the National Invitation Tournament, which did not yet have seeding. They played in three of the tournament's four unnamed brackets. Kent State knocked both Rutgers and Villanova out of the tournament, Rutgers in the first round and Villanova in the second. Georgetown also lost in the second round, but Notre Dame reached the championship game, losing to Wake Forest and finishing as the tournament's runner-up. Georgetown's grueling three-and-a-half-hour, triple-overtime defeat of Virginia in the first round on March 15, 2000, is considered one of the greatest games in both NIT and Georgetown history.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/longest.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Longest Games 2014-04-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20140407083640/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/longest.htm 2014-04-07 dead The game broke a number of Georgetown scoring records, and Georgetown's and Virginia's combined 226 points set a record for total points scored in an NIT game, breaking the previous record of 213 set by Connecticut and Saint Louis in the 1955 NIT. School Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Notre Dame Michigan, W 75–65 Xavier, W 76–64 BYU, W 64–52 Penn State, W 73–52 Wake Forest, L 71–61 Georgetown Virginia, W 115–1113OT California, L 60–49 Villanova Delaware, W 72–63 Kent State, L 81–67 Rutgers Kent State, L 73–62 Awards and honors Big East Conference Player of the Year: Troy Murphy, Notre Dame, F, So. Defensive Player of the Year: Etan Thomas, Syracuse, C, Sr. Rookie of the Year: Troy Bell, Boston College, G, Fr. Co-Most Improved Players: Ricardo Greer, Pittsburgh, F, Jr. Shaheen Holloway, Seton Hall, G, Sr. Coach of the Year: Jim Boeheim, Syracuse (24th season) All-Big East First Team Khalid El-Amin, Connecticut, G, Jr., 5 ft 10 in cm 0, 200 lb 0, Minneapolis, Minn. Troy Murphy, Notre Dame, F, So., 6 ft 11 in cm 0, 245 lb 0, Morristown, N.J. Erick Barkley, St. John's, G, So., 6 ft 1 in cm 0, 177 lb 0, Queens, N.Y. Etan Thomas, St. John's, G, Sr., 6 ft 10 in cm 0, 260 lb 0, New York, N.Y. Jason Hart, Syracuse, G, Sr., 6 ft 3 in cm 0, 180 lb 0, Los Angeles, Calif. All-Big East Second Team: Johnny Hemsley, Miami, G, Sr., 6 ft 5 in cm 0, 195 lb 0, Baltimore, Md. Ricardo Greer, Pittsburgh, F, Jr., 6 ft 5 in cm 0, 200 lb 0, New York, N.Y. Shaheen Holloway, Seton Hall, G, Sr., 5 ft 10 in cm 0, 173 lb 0, Queens, N.Y. Lavor Postell, St. John's, F, Sr., 6 ft 6 in cm 0, 215 lb 0, Albany, Ga. Malik Allen, Villanova, C, Sr., 6 ft 10 in cm 0, 255 lb 0, Willingboro Township, N.J. All-Big East Third Team: Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje, Georgetown, C, Jr., 7 ft 0 in cm 0, 257 lb 0, Edéa, Cameroon Mario Bland, Miami, C, Sr., 6 ft 6 in cm 0, 265 lb 0, Jackson, Miss. Bootsy Thornton, St. John's, G, Sr., 6 ft 4 in cm 0, 195 lb 0, Baltimore, Md. Ryan Blackwell, Syracuse, F, Sr., 6 ft 7 in cm 0, 243 lb 0, Champagne, Ill. Marcus Goree, West Virginia, F, Sr., 6 ft 9 in cm 0, 255 lb 0, Dallas, Tex. Big East All-Rookie Team: Troy Bell, Boston College, G, Fr., 6 ft 1 in cm 0, 180 lb 0, Minneapolis, Minn. Darius Lane, Seton Hall, G, Fr., 6 ft 4 in cm 0, 208 lb 0, Fridley, Minn. Samuel Dalembert, Seton Hall, C, Fr., 6 ft 11 in cm 0, 250 lb 0, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Anthony Glover, St. John's, F, Fr., 6 ft 6 in cm 0, 231 lb 0, The Bronx, N.Y. Gary Buchanan, Villanova, G, Fr., 6 ft 4 in cm 0, 205 lb 0, St. Louis, Mo. All-Americans The following players were selected to the 2000 Associated Press All-America teams. 2000 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans Consensus All-America First Team: Troy Murphy, Notre Dame, Key Stats: 22.7 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.4 spg, 1.0 bpg, 49.2 FG%, 32.6 3P%, 839 points First Team All-America: Troy Murphy, Notre Dame, Key Stats: 22.7 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.4 spg, 1.0 bpg, 49.2 FG%, 32.6 3P%, 839 points AP Honorable Mention Erick Barkley, St. John's Khalid El-Amin, Connecticut Etan Thomas, Syracuse See also 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season 1999–2000 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team 1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team 1999–2000 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team 1999–2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team 1999–2000 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team 1999–2000 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team 1999–2000 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team 1999–2000 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team References