1999–2000 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Quakers, led by 11th-year head coach Fran Dunphy, played their home games at The Palestra as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 21–8, 14–0 in Ivy League play to win the regular season championship. They received the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the First Round to Illinois.^[2]

1999–2000 Penn Quakers men's basketball
Ivy League champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Ivy League
Record	21–8 (14–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Fran Dunphy (11th season)
Home arena	The Palestra
Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

1999–2000 Ivy League men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Penn	14	–	0		1.000			21	–	8		.724
Princeton	11	–	3		.786			19	–	11		.633
Columbia	7	–	7		.500			13	–	14		.481
Harvard	7	–	7		.500			12	–	15		.444
Dartmouth	5	–	9		.357			9	–	18		.333
Yale	5	–	9		.357			7	–	20		.259
Brown	4	–	10		.286			8	–	19		.296
Cornell	3	–	11		.214			10	–	17		.370
Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Roster

1999–2000 Penn Quakers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Ugonna Onyekwe 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Mercersburg Academy Lagos, Nigeria G 20 Matt Langel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Sr     G 23 Michael-Hakim Jordan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — Sr Abington Philadelphia, Pennsylvania F 51 Geoff Owens 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) — Sr	Head coach Fran Dunphy (Ursinus) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 17, 1999*		at No. 14 Kentucky	L 50–67	0–1	Rupp Arena  Lexington, Kentucky
Dec 3, 1999*		Army	W 71–56	1–1	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 4, 1999*		Penn State	L 56–59	1–2	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 7, 1999*		at La Salle	L 76–83	1–3	Tom Gola Arena  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 11, 1999*		vs. No. 8 Auburn Arby's Hardwood Classic	L 70–77	1–4	BJCC Arena  Birmingham, Alabama
Dec 28, 1999*		vs. Portland State	W 84–74	2–4	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Dec 29, 1999*		at California	W 74–71	3–4	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Jan 4, 2000*		at No. 9 Kansas	L 59–105	3–5	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
Jan 9, 2000*		Villanova	L 65–67	3–6	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 11, 2000*		Lafayette	W 80–76	4–6	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 15, 2000*		at Lehigh	W 59–54	5–6	Stabler Arena  Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Jan 20, 2000*		at Temple	L 40–44	5–7	Liacouras Center  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 25, 2000*		Drexel	W 54–46	6–7	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 28, 2000		at Columbia	W 63–37	7–7 (1–0)	Levien Gymnasium  New York, New York
Jan 29, 2000		at Cornell	W 50–47	8–7 (2–0)	Newman Arena  Ithaca, New York
Feb 1, 2000*		Saint Joseph's	W 68–65	9–7	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 4, 2000		at Yale	W 61–36	10–7 (3–0)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium  New Haven, Connecticut
Feb 5, 2000		at Brown	W 83–48	11–7 (4–0)	Pizzitola Sports Center  Providence, Rhode Island
Feb 11, 2000		Harvard	W 79–52	12–7 (5–0)	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 12, 2000		Dartmouth	W 75–61	13–7 (6–0)	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 15, 2000		at Princeton	W 55–46	14–7 (7–0)	Jadwin Gymnasium  Princeton, New Jersey
Feb 18, 2000		Cornell	W 73–63	15–7 (8–0)	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 19, 2000		Columbia	W 81–58	16–7 (9–0)	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 25, 2000		at Dartmouth	W 69–55	17–7 (10–0)	Leede Arena  Hanover, New Hampshire
Feb 26, 2000		at Harvard	W 62–61	18–7 (11–0)	Lavietes Pavilion  Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mar 3, 2000		Brown	W 85–62	19–7 (12–0)	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 4, 2000		Yale	W 69–52	20–7 (13–0)	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 7, 2000		Princeton	W 73–52	21–7 (14–0)	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 2000*	(13 E)	vs. (4 E) No. 21 Illinois First Round	L 58–68	21–8	Lawrence Joel Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Awards and honors

• Michael-Hakim Jordan – Ivy League Player of the Year
• Ugonna Onyekwe – Ivy League Rookie of the Year

References

1. sports-reference.com 1999-00 Ivy League Season Summary
2. "Frosh powers Illinois past Penn". ESPN. March 17, 2000. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
3. "1999-00 Men's Basketball Roster". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
4. "1999–2000 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved September 5, 2021.