1999–2000 Temple Owls men's basketball team

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).

1999–00 Temple Owls men's basketball
Atlantic 10 Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Second round
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 5
1999–00 record27–6 (14–2 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coachDan Leibovitz (4th season)
Home arenaLiacouras Center
1999–2000 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
No. 5 Temple142 .875  276  .818
St. Bonaventure115 .688  2110  .677
UMass97 .563  1716  .515
Fordham79 .438  1415  .483
Saint Joseph's79 .438  1316  .448
Rhode Island214 .125  525  .167
West
Dayton115 .688  229  .710
Xavier97 .563  2112  .636
George Washington97 .563  1515  .500
Virginia Tech88 .500  1615  .516
La Salle511 .313  1117  .393
Duquesne412 .250  920  .310
2000 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
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
Henry J. Goodman Arena 
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 Spectrumm 
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.

Rankings

References

  • 2015–16 Temple Owls Men's Basketball Media Guide
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