1999–2000 Temple Owls men's basketball team
1999–00 Temple Owls men's basketball | |
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Atlantic 10 Season & tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, Second round | |
Conference | Atlantic 10 Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 10 |
AP | No. 5 |
Record | 27–6 (14–2 A-10) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Dan Leibovitz (4th season) |
Home arena | The Apollo of Temple / Liacouras Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 5 Temple † | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 27 | – | 6 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Joseph's | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Washington | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La Salle | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duquesne | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2000 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
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.[2] However, in the second round the Owls were upset by 10th seeded Seton Hall in a close overtime game (65–67).[3]
Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
November 21, 1999* | No. 6 | Miami (OH) | W 60–47 | 1–0 | The Apollo of Temple 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 | The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
December 22, 1999* | No. 19 | Penn State | W 66–51 | 5–2 | The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
December 27, 1999* | No. 19 | at Cleveland State | W 79–66 | 6–2 | CSU Convocation Center 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) | The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
January 8, 2000 | St. Joseph's Philadelphia Big 5 | W 64-51 | 8–3 (2–0) | The Apollo of Temple 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 | The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
January 22, 2000 | Virginia Tech | W 66–46 | 12–4 (5–1) | The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
January 25, 2000 | No. 23 | Xavier | W 59–40 | 13–4 (6–1) | The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
January 29, 2000 | No. 23 | Duquesne | W 81–37 | 14–4 (7–1) | The Apollo of Temple 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) | The Apollo of Temple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
February 13, 2000* | No. 19 | No. 23 Maryland | W 73–65[5] | 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 20, 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 Spectrum 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
[edit]Awards and honors
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ sports-reference.com 1999-00 Atlantic 10 Conference Season Summary
- ^ "Sanchez directs Temple past Lafayette". ESPN. March 17, 2000. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ "Seton Hall beats long odds, second-seeded Temple in OT". The Baltimore Sun. March 19, 2000. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ "1999–00 Temple Owls Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Temple dooms Terps in Philly". The Washington Post. February 14, 2000. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ "2019-20 Temple Owls Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Temple Owls. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- ^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1084–1085. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.