1999–2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

1999–2000 Big East men's basketball standings
	† 2000 Big East Tournament winner ; As of April 3, 2000[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
1999–2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
NIT, Finals
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
1999–2000 record	22–15 (8–8 Big East)
Head coach	Matt Doherty (1st season);
Captain	Troy Murphy
Home arena	Joyce Center

The 1999–2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They finished the regular season with a record of 22–15, 8-8. The team's sole loss was by a 61–75 score against Wake Forest in the NIT Tournament. The team was coached by Matt Doherty in his first year at the school.

Forward Troy Murphy was the team's captain and leading scorer, averaging 22.7 points per game.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 16*	at Ohio State	W 59–57	1–0	Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
November 18*	Siena	W 107–96	2–0	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
November 21*	Saint Francis (PA)	W 73–60	3–0	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
November 24*	vs. Arizona	L 60–76	3–1	Madison Square Garden New York
November 26*	vs. Maryland	L 67–72	3–2	Madison Square Garden New York
November 30*	at Indiana	L 64–81 ^OT	3–3	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
December 4*	Vanderbilt	L 85–87 ^OT	3–4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 8*	Valparaiso	W 65–42	4–4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 11*	at Miami (OH)	L 55–71	4–5	Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio
December 18*	Virginia Military Institute	W 79–66	5–5	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 22*	Rider	W 75–62	6–5	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 28*	Elon	W 97–71	7–5	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 31*	Saint Peter's	W 85–67	8–5	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 2*	Loyola Marymount	W 75–57	9–5	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 5	at Connecticut	W 75–70	10–5 (1—0)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Mansfield, Connecticut
January 12	Boston College	W 86–77	11–5 (2—0)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 16	at Syracuse	L 57–80	11–6 (2—1)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 18	at Rutgers	L 51–76	11–7 (2—2)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
January 22	Pittsburgh	W 81–66	12–7 (3—2)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 25	Miami	L 49–63	12–8 (3—3)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 29	St. John's	W 73–60	13–8 (4—3)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 2	West Virginia	W 79–65	14–8 (5—3)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 6	at Pittsburgh	L 66–72	14–9 (5—4)	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 8	at Villanova	L 69–86	14–10 (5—5)	Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 12	Connecticut	W 68–66	15–10 (6—5)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 19	at Seton Hall	W 76–74	16–10 (7—5)	Izod Center East Rutherford, NJ
February 23	Providence	L 79–89	16–11 (7—6)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 26	at Miami (FL)	L 52–55	16–12 (7—7)	Miami Arena Miami, Florida
March 1	Syracuse	L 71–73	16–13 (7—8)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
March 4	Georgetown	W 77–54	17–13 (8—8)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
Big East Tournament
March 8	vs. Rutgers First Round	W 74–62	18–13 (9–8)	Madison Square Garden New York
March 9	vs. No. 23 Miami (FL) Quarterfinal	L 58–61	18–14 (9–9)	Madison Square Garden New York
NIT
March 15	Michigan First Round	W 75–65	19–14 (9–9)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
March 20	Xavier Second Round	W 76–64	20–14 (9–9)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
March 22	BYU Quarterfinal	W 64–52	21–14 (9–9)	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
March 28	vs. Penn State Semifinals	W 73–52	22–14 (9–9)	Madison Square Garden New York
March 30	vs. Wake Forest Finals	L 61–71	23–15 (9–9)	Madison Square Garden New York
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

[2][3]

Players selected in NBA drafts

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2001	1	14	Troy Murphy	Golden State Warriors

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References

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-east/2000.html
"1999-2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
"2018_19_MBB_Media_Guide_season" (PDF). Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
"Notre Dame draft history at basketball-reference.com". Retrieved March 3, 2019.

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[1] ttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-east/2000.html

[2] "1999-2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2019.

[3] "2018_19_MBB_Media_Guide_season" (PDF). Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved September 5, 2019.

[4] "Notre Dame draft history at basketball-reference.com". Retrieved March 3, 2019.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Venues	Notre Dame Fieldhouse (1898–1968) Joyce Center (1968–present)
Rivalries	UCLA
Culture & lore	Notre Dame Leprechaun Crossroads Classic
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1907 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 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
Helms national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

1999–2000 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 16 Syracuse	13	–	3	.813	26	–	6	.813
No. 23 Miami	13	–	3	.813	23	–	11	.676
No. 9 St. John's†	12	–	4	.750	25	–	8	.758
No. 20 Connecticut	10	–	6	.625	25	–	10	.714
Seton Hall	10	–	6	.625	22	–	10	.688
Villanova	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Notre Dame	8	–	8	.500	22	–	15	.595
West Virginia	6	–	10	.375	14	–	14	.500
Georgetown	6	–	10	.375	19	–	15	.559
Rutgers	6	–	10	.375	15	–	16	.484
Pittsburgh	5	–	11	.313	13	–	15	.464
Providence	4	–	12	.250	11	–	19	.367
Boston College	3	–	13	.188	11	–	19	.367

† 2000 Big East Tournament winner As of April 3, 2000[1]; Rankings from AP Poll