1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats Arizona Wildcats logo.svg 125 Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 8 4 27–7 15–3 Lute Olson 17th Jim Rosborough 11th Rodney Tention 3rd McKale Center NIT Season Tip-Off Champions Pac-10 Regular-Season Co-Champions NCAA tournament Round of 32 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.http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112700aac.html 2000–01 season statistics Arizona July 25, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120322091819/http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112700aac.html March 22, 2012 Arizona reached the Second Round in the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, losing to Wisconsin 66–59 and finishing the season with a 27–7 record.http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/2000_01schedule.html 1999-2000 schedule Arizona July 25, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120322091822/http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/2000_01schedule.html March 22, 2012 Roster 2000 Arizona Wildcats y Gilbert Arenas y 0 G 6 3 188 FR North Hollywood, California Luke Recker 2 F 6 6 200 JR Auburn, Indiana Loren Woods y 3 C 7 1 244 JR St. Louis, Missouri Luke Walton y 4 F 6 8 233 FR San Diego, California Ruben Douglas 5 G 6 4 190 SO Altadena, California Josh Pastner y 12 G 6 0 180 SR Glen Dale, West Virginia Mike Schwertley 14 F 6 5 224 FR Phoenix, Arizona John Ash 15 G 5 11 179 JR Tucson, Arizona Michael Wright basketball y 21 F 6 7 238 SO Chicago, Illinois Jason Gardner y 22 G 5 10 181 FR Indianapolis, Indiana Lamont Frazier 23 G 6 2 182 JR Los Angeles, California Russell Harris 24 G 5 11 165 FR Mundelein, Illinois Justin Wessel 30 F 6 8 240 JR Cedar Rapids, Iowa Rick Anderson 35 F 6 9 213 SO Long Beach, California Richard Jefferson y 44 F 6 7 222 SO Phoenix, Arizona Robertas Javtokas 54 C 6 10 230 FR Šiauliai, Lithuania Lute Olson (Augsburg) Jim Rosborough (Iowa) Rodney Tention (San Francisco) Jay John (Arizona) http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/2000/6/6/207916044.aspx Schedule 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1999 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Arizona Wildcats 1; color:white;"| Regular season Nov. 16, 1999 yes 10 Kansas State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 88–69 1–0 Nov. 19, 1999 yes 10 New Mexico State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 84–60 2–0 Nov. 24, 1999 yes yes 8 Notre Dame Madison Square Garden New York, New York NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinal 76–60 3–0 Nov. 26, 1999 yes yes 8 Kentucky 11 Madison Square Garden New York, New York NIT Season Tip-Off Championship 63–51 4–0 Dec. 1, 1999 yes 4 Brigham Young McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 86–62 5–0 Dec. 4, 1999 yes yes 4 Texas 9 Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas 88–81 6–0 Dec. 7, 1999 yes yes 2 Connecticut 6 United Center Chicago, Illinois Great Eight Basketball Classic 69–78 6–1 Dec. 11, 1999 yes 2 Michigan State 4 McKale Center Tucson, Arizona CBS 79–68 7–1 Dec. 13, 1999 yes 2 IUPUI McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 70–41 8–1 Dec. 18, 1999 yes yes 4 Nebraska Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada 80–59 9–1 Dec. 21, 1999 yes 3 New Mexico McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 68–70 9–2 Dec. 28, 1999 yes 5 North Carolina-Wilmington McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 66–51 10–2 Dec. 30, 1999 yes 5 Delaware McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 89–77 11–2 Jan. 6, 2000 yes 5 California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California 65–61 12–2 1–0 Jan. 8, 2000 yes 5 Stanford 1 Maples Pavilion Stanford, California 68–65 13–2 2–0 Jan. 13, 2000 2 Washington State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 80–75 14–2 3–0 Jan. 15, 2000 2 Washington McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 69–62 15–2 4–0 Jan. 20, 2000 yes 2 UCLA 25 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California Rivalry 76–61 16–2 5–0 Jan. 22, 2000 yes 2 Southern California Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, California 72–80 16–3 5–1 Jan. 26, 2000 yes 5 Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona Rivalry 82–55 17–3 6–1 Jan. 29, 2000 yes yes 5 Louisiana State Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana 60–86 17–4 Feb. 3, 2000 9 Oregon 23 McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 77–71 18–4 7–1 Feb. 5, 2000 yes 9 Oregon State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 90–73 19–4 8–1 Feb. 10, 2000 yes 7 Washington KeyArena Seattle, Washington 65–56 20–4 9–1 Feb. 12, 2000 7 Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington 73–50 21–4 10–1 Feb. 17, 2000 4 Southern California McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 92–85 22–4 11–1 Feb. 19, 2000 4 UCLA McKale Center Tucson, Arizona Rivalry 99–84 23–4 12–1 Feb. 26, 2000 4 Arizona State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona Rivalry 89–82 24–4 13–1 Mar. 2, 2000 yes 3 Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon 69–70 OT 24–5 13–2 Mar. 4, 2000 yes 3 Oregon McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon 81–86 24–6 13–3 Mar. 9, 2000 9 Stanford 2 McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 86–81 25–6 14–3 Mar. 11, 2000 9 California McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 70–61 26–6 15–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Arizona Wildcats 1;"| NCAA tournament Mar. 16, 2000 yes yes 1 W Jackson State 16 W Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah First Round CBS 71–47 27–6 Mar. 18, 2000 yes yes 1 W Wisconsin 8 W John M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah Second Round CBS 59–66 27–7 |- AP Poll Mountain Time https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/arizona/2000-schedule.html 1999-00 Arizona Wildcats Schedule and Results College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com NCAA Division I tournament West Arizona (#1 seed) 71, Jackson State 47 Arizona 59, Wisconsin 66 Rankings 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings References Category:Arizona Wildcats men's basketball seasons Arizona Wildcats Arizona Arizona Wildcats Arizona Wildcats