1999–2000 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball represented Ohio State University during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Jim O'Brien, the Buckeyes finished 23–7 (13–3 Big Ten) and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament.^[1]

1999–2000 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big Ten
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 8
Record	5–1 (23–7 unadjusted) (11–3 (13–3 unadjusted) Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim O'Brien (3rd season)
Home arena	Value City 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*	5	–	1		.833			11	–	3		.786
† 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)

Roster

1999–2000 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 12 Scoonie Penn 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Salem, Massachusetts C 32 Ken Johnson 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Detroit, Michigan G 35 Michael Redd 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Columbus, Ohio	Head coach Jim O'Brien (Boston College) Assistant coach(es) 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
Regular Season
Nov 16, 1999*	No. 4	Notre Dame	L 57–59	0–1	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Nov 29, 1999*	No. 15	Vermont	W 74–51	1–1	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 4, 1999*	No. 15	Duquesne	W 87–55	2–1	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 11, 1999*	No. 13	Florida A&M	W 99–47	3–1	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 13, 1999*	No. 12	Coastal Carolina	W 83–75	4–1	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 16, 1999*	No. 12	at No. 8 Kansas	L 67–80	4–2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
Dec 19, 1999*	No. 12	Eastern Kentucky	W 72–40	5–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 22, 1999*	No. 16	Toledo	W 64–61	6–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 27, 1999*	No. 15	Oakland	W 76–50	7–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 29, 1999*	No. 15	American	W 79–43	8–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 6, 2000	No. 13	at No. 19 Illinois	L 77–80	8–3 (0–1)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, Illinois
Jan 9, 2000	No. 13	Minnesota	W 71–63	9–3 (1–1)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 13, 2000	No. 17	at Wisconsin	W 53–51	10–3 (2–1)	Kohl Center  Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 15, 2000	No. 17	at Northwestern	W 58–44	11–3 (3–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
Jan 20, 2000	No. 13	No. 10 Michigan State	W 78–67	12–3 (4–1)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 22, 2000*  CBS	No. 13	at No. 19 St. John's	W 65–64	13–3	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
Jan 29, 2000	No. 8	Purdue	W 68–59	14–3 (5–1)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 2, 2000	No. 5	Wisconsin	W 51–48	15–3 (6–1)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 6, 2000  CBS	No. 5	at Michigan	W 88–67	16–3 (7–1)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 9, 2000	No. 5	Iowa	L 64–67	16–4 (7–2)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 12, 2000	No. 5	Penn State	W 88–75	17–4 (8–2)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 15, 2000	No. 7	at No. 6 Michigan State	L 72–83	17–5 (8–3)	Breslin Student Events Center  East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 19, 2000	No. 7	at No. 10 Indiana	W 82–71	18–5 (9–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
Feb 23, 2000	No. 6	Northwestern	W 69–49	19–5 (10–3)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 27, 2000	No. 6	Illinois	W 64–51	20–5 (11–3)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Mar 1, 2000	No. 6	at Penn State	W 79–73	21–5 (12–3)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
Mar 4, 2000	No. 6	at Minnesota	W 82–72	22–5 (13–3)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 10, 2000*	No. 4	vs. Penn State Quarterfinals	L 66–71	22–6	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 2000*	(3 S) No. 8	vs. (14 S) Appalachian State First Round	W 87–61^[3]	23–6	Gaylord Entertainment Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 19, 2000*	(3 S) No. 8	vs. (6 S) No. 23 Miami (FL) Second Round	L 62–75	23–7	Gaylord Entertainment Center  Nashville, Tennessee
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Eastern.

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Rankings

See also: 1999-2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

NBA draft selections

Main article: 2000 NBA draft

Round	Overall	Player	NBA Club
2	43	Michael Redd	Milwaukee Bucks
2	57	Scoonie Penn	Atlanta Hawks

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References

1. "Hemsley, Tyler power Hurricanes". ESPN. March 19, 2000. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
2. "1999-00 Ohio State Buckeyes Roster and Stats". Retrieved August 29, 2021.
3. "Penn, Redd school Appalachian State". ESPN. March 17, 2000. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
4. "1999–00 Men's Basketball Schedule". Ohio State University Athletics. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
5. "2000 NBA Draft". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2021.