1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 1999–2000 men's college basketball season. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas.

1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
MVC Champions
NCAA tournament, first round, L 61–77 vs. Texas
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	22–10 (14–4 MVC)
Head coach	Royce Waltman (3th season)
Home arena	Hulman Center
Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

1999–2000 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Indiana State	14	–	4		.778			22	–	10		.688
Southwest Missouri State	13	–	5		.722			23	–	11		.676
Southern Illinois	12	–	6		.667			20	–	13		.606
Creighton †	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
Bradley	10	–	8		.556			14	–	16		.467
Evansville	9	–	9		.500			18	–	12		.600
Northern Iowa	7	–	11		.389			14	–	15		.483
Illinois State	5	–	13		.278			10	–	20		.333
Wichita State	5	–	13		.278			12	–	17		.414
Drake	4	–	14		.222			11	–	18		.379
† 2000 MVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Royce Waltman was MVC coach of the year award and Nate Green was the conference player of the year award.^[2]

Roster

1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 3 Djibril Kante 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — So Bloomington, Indiana F 4 Nate Green 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Des Moines, Iowa G 5 Michael Menser 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) — Jr F 32 Matt Renn 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Jr	Head coach Royce Waltman Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 19*		vs. George Washington	L 74–80	0–1	Carlson Center  Fairbanks, Alaska
November 20*		vs. Montana State	W 81–64	1–1	Carlson Center  Fairbanks, Alaska
November 21*		vs. TCU	W 89–77	2–1	Carlson Center  Fairbanks, Alaska
November 27*		at Ball State	L 55–64	2–2	Worthen Arena  Muncie, Indiana
December 1*		at Butler	L 55–77	2–3	Hinkle Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, Indiana
December 4*		at Austin Peay	L 68–82	2–4	Dunn Center  Clarksville, Tennessee
December 7*		Western Illinois	W 53–51	3–4	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
December 10*		vs. North Texas	W 77–63	4–4	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
December 11*		at Indiana	W 63–60	5–4	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
December 19*		Eastern Illinois	W 102–91 ^2OT	6–4	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
December 22*		Tennessee State	W 89–62	7–4	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
December 30		Wichita State	W 58–53	8–4 (1–0)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
January 6		Creighton	W 56–46	9–4 (2–0)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
January 8		at Bradley	L 51–62	9–5 (2–1)	Carver Arena  Peoria, Illinois
January 12		at Illinois State	W 56–54	10–5 (3–1)	Redbird Arena  Normal, Illinois
January 15		Missouri State	W 62–60	11–5 (4–1)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
January 19		Southern Illinois	W 91–56	12–5 (5–1)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
January 22		Drake	W 73–56	13–5 (6–1)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
January 27		at Wichita State	W 72–65	14–5 (7–1)	Levitt Arena  Wichita, Kansas
January 29		at Drake	W 73–56	15–5 (8–1)	Knapp Center  Des Moines, Iowa
February 2		Illinois State	W 77–57	16–5 (9–1)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
February 6		at Missouri State	L 48–64	16–6 (9–2)	Hammons Student Center  Springfield, Missouri
February 9		at Northern Iowa	W 67–61	17–6 (10–2)	UNI-Dome  Cedar Falls, Iowa
February 12		Evansville	W 69–60	18–6 (11–2)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
February 16		at Creighton	L 58–64	18–7 (11–3)	Omaha Civic Auditorium  Omaha, Nebraska
February 19		Northern Iowa	W 66–55	19–7 (12–3)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
February 23		at Southern Illinois	L 61–80	19–8 (12–4)	The SIU Arena  Carbondale, Illinois
February 26		at Evansville	W 55–52	20–8 (13–4)	Roberts Stadium  Evansville, Indiana
February 28		Bradley	W 56–54	21–8 (14–4)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
Missouri Valley tournament
March 4		vs. Wichita State	W 57–50	22–8 (14–4)	Kiel Center  St. Louis, Missouri
March 5		vs. Creighton	L 69–71	22–9 (14–4)	Kiel Center  St. Louis, Missouri
2000 NCAA tournament
March 16		vs. Texas First Round	L 61–77	22–10 (14–4)	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

1. sports-reference.com 1999-00 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary
2. Bennett, Mark (March 1, 2000). "Best of the best: Nate Green picks off rare double-double, conference MVP and top defensive player". Tribune-Star. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
3. "1999-2000 Indiana State Sycamores Schedule". sports-reference.com.