1999–2000 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1999–2000 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1999–2000 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 25
Record	24–10 (12–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady;
Assistant coaches	Todd Foster; Jay Price; Jim Thrash;
Home arena	Mackey Arena
	Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

1999–2000 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Michigan State†	13	–	3	.813	32	–	7	.821
No. 25 Purdue	12	–	4	.750	24	–	10	.706
No. 21 Illinois	11	–	5	.688	22	–	10	.688
No. 22 Indiana	10	–	6	.625	20	–	9	.690
Wisconsin	8	–	8	.500	22	–	14	.611
Iowa	6	–	10	.375	14	–	16	.467
Michigan	6	–	10	.375	15	–	14	.517
Penn State	5	–	11	.313	19	–	16	.543
Minnesota	4	–	12	.250	12	–	16	.429
Northwestern	0	–	16	.000	5	–	25	.167
No. 8 Ohio State*	11	–	3	.786	5	–	1	.833

† 2000 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Ohio State: 14 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed record: Ohio State (23–7) (13–3)^[1]

The 1999–2000 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by Gene Keady and played its home games at Mackey Arena.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	11	Chad Kerkhof	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr		Greenfield, Indiana
G	12	Maynard Lewis	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	So		Terre Haute, Indiana
G	20	Kenny Lowe	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	Fr		Gary, Indiana
C	21	Adam Wetzel	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr		Keokuk, Iowa
G	22	Jaraan Cornell	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Clay	South Bend, Indiana
F	23	Mike Robinson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Richwoods	Peoria, Illinois
G	31	Rodney Smith	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	So		Indianapolis, Indiana
C	32	Greg McQuay	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr		Gary, Indiana
F	35	Brian Cardinal	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Unity	Tolono, Illinois
G	43	Carson Cunningham	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	Jr	Oregon State	Ogden Dunes, Indiana
C	54	John Allison	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	242 lb (110 kg)	So		New Palestine, Indiana

Head coach

Gene Keady (Kansas State)

Assistant coach(es)

Todd Foster (Purdue)
Jay Price (Kansas)
Jim Thrash (Eastern New Mexico)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
Nov 3, 1999* 8:00 PM	No. 23	Athletes in Action	W 105–90	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 14, 1999* 4:00 PM	No. 23	CIMEBA All-Stars	W 80–61	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Regular season
Nov 22, 1999* 2:00 PM	No. 22	at Chaminade Maui Invitational Tournament	W 96–78	1–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
Nov 23, 1999* 5:00 PM	No. 22	vs. No. 6 Florida Maui Invitational Tournament	W 79–68	2–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
Nov 24, 1999*	No. 22	vs. No. 4 North Carolina Maui Invitational Tournament	L 75–90	2–1	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
Dec 1, 1999* 7:30 PM	No. 19	NC State ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 59–61	2–2	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 4, 1999* 6:00 PM	No. 19	Akron	W 75–66	3–2	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 7, 1999* 8:00 PM	No. 25	at Illinois State	W 86–75	4–2	Redbird Arena Normal, Illinois
Dec 9, 1999* 8:00 PM	No. 25	Western Illinois	W 83–48	5–2	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 11, 1999* 4:00 PM	No. 25	Coppin State	W 86–65	6–2	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 18, 1999* 7:00 PM	No. 24	vs. Ball State Boilermaker Blockbuster	L 52–72	6–3	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Dec 22, 1999* 8:00 PM		Central Michigan	W 92–61	7–3	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 27, 1999* 10:30 PM		at Santa Clara	W 70–55	8–3	Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, California
Dec 30, 1999* 10:30 PM		at UCLA	L 53–55	8–4	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Jan 3, 2000* 8:00 PM		Murray State	W 95–67	9–4	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 8, 2000 2:31 PM		Michigan	L 86–88 ^2OT	9–5 (0–1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 12, 2000 8:00 PM		at No. 22 Illinois	W 69–66	10–5 (1–1)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
Jan 15, 2000 2:31 PM		Wisconsin	W 63–52	11–5 (2–1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 19, 2000 8:00 PM		at Minnesota	W 74–69	12–5 (3–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 22, 2000 2:00 PM		No. 11 Indiana Rivalry	W 83–77	13–5 (4–1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 26, 2000 8:00 PM		at Wisconsin	L 45–55	13–6 (4–2)	Kohl Center Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 29, 2000 8:00 PM		at No. 8 Ohio State	L 59–68	13–7 (4–3)	Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
Feb 2, 2000 6:00 PM		Northwestern	W 70–51	14–7 (5–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 5, 2000 8:00 PM		at Iowa	W 84–58	15–7 (6–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 8, 2000 7:00 PM		No. 6 Michigan State	W 70–67	16–7 (7–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 12, 2000 2:31 PM		at Northwestern	W 77–58	17–7 (8–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Feb 16, 2000 8:00 PM	No. 25	Iowa	W 67–59	18–7 (9–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 19, 2000 2:31 PM	No. 25	Minnesota	W 97–61	19–7 (10–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 24, 2000 7:00 PM	No. 21	at Michigan	W 78–75	20–7 (11–3)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 27, 2000 12:07 PM	No. 21	Penn State	W 88–71	21–7 (12–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 29, 2000 7:00 PM	No. 20	at No. 14 Indiana Rivalry	L 65–79	21–8 (12–4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 10, 2000* 9:00 PM	(3) No. 22	vs. (6) Wisconsin Quarterfinals	L 66–78	21–9	United Center Chicago, Illinois
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 2000* 3:00 PM	(6 W) No. 22	vs. (11 W) Dayton First Round	W 62–61^[3]	22–9	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Mar 18, 2000* 5:30 PM	(6 W) No. 22	vs. (3 W) No. 12 Oklahoma Second Round	W 66–62^[4]	23–9	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Mar 23, 2000* 7:55 PM	(6 W) No. 22	vs. (10 W) Gonzaga West Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 75–66	24–9	The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mar 25, 2000* 4:40 PM	(6 W) No. 22	vs. (8 W) Wisconsin West Regional Final – Elite Eight	L 60–64	24–10	The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern.

NCAA basketball tournament

During the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Purdue qualified for the Elite Eight, where they lost to the Wisconsin Badgers.

West
- Purdue (#6 seed) 62, Dayton (#11 seed) 61
- Purdue 66, Oklahoma (#3 seed) 62
- Purdue 75, Gonzaga (#10 seed) 66
- Wisconsin (#8 seed) 64, Purdue 60

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Rankings

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	44	Brian Cardinal	Detroit Pistons

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References

^ "Forfeits and Vacated Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
^ "1999–00 Purdue Boilermakers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
^ "Purdue Sneaks By In 1st Round". CBS News. March 16, 2000. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
^ "Pur-doomed Cold shooting haunts OU in loss to Boilermakers". The Oklahoman. March 19, 2000. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1075–1076. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ "2000 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved May 7, 2009.

[1] "Forfeits and Vacated Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.

[2] "1999–00 Purdue Boilermakers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2021.

[3] "Purdue Sneaks By In 1st Round". CBS News. March 16, 2000. Retrieved September 5, 2021.

[4] "Pur-doomed Cold shooting haunts OU in loss to Boilermakers". The Oklahoman. March 19, 2000. Retrieved September 5, 2021.

[5] "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".

[ESPN-6] *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1075–1076. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[7] "2000 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved May 7, 2009.

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