1999–2000 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team

The 1999–2000 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Jerry Green, and played their home games at Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference. After finishing as one of four SEC teams with a 12–4 conference record, they were invited to the NCAA tournament where they reached the Sweet Sixteen.

1999–2000 Tennessee Volunteers basketball
SEC Regular season champions SEC East champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	East
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 11
Record	26–7 (12–4 SEC)
Head coach	Jerry Green (3rd season)
Home arena	Thompson–Boling Arena
Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

1999–2000 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
No. 13 Florida	12	–	4		.750			29	–	8		.784
No. 11 Tennessee	12	–	4		.750			26	–	7		.788
No. 19 Kentucky	12	–	4		.750			23	–	10		.697
Vanderbilt	8	–	8		.500			19	–	11		.633
South Carolina	5	–	11		.313			15	–	17		.469
Georgia	3	–	13		.188			10	–	20		.333
West
No. 10 LSU	12	–	4		.750			28	–	6		.824
No. 24 Auburn	9	–	7		.563			24	–	10		.706
Arkansas †	7	–	9		.438			19	–	15		.559
Alabama	6	–	10		.375			13	–	16		.448
Ole Miss	5	–	11		.313			19	–	14		.576
Mississippi State	5	–	11		.313			14	–	16		.467
† 2000 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1999–2000 Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 5 Harris Walker 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Fr Hargrave Military Academy Chattanooga, Tennessee F 12 Marcus Haislip 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) — Fr Marshall County Lewisburg, Tennessee G 14 Tony Harris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — Jr East Memphis, Tennessee F 22 Vincent Yarbrough 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — So Cleveland Cleveland, Tennessee G 24 Jenis Grindstaff 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — So - Spruce Pine, North Carolina G 31 Terrence Woods 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Fr Treadwell Memphis, Tennessee G 32 Del Baker 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Jr Cleveland Cleveland, Tennessee G 34 Vegas Davis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Sr Parker Parker, Arizona F 35 Ron Slay 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Oak Hill Academy Nashville, Tennessee G 42 Jon Higgins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Fr Shaker Heights Shaker Heights, Ohio F 43 C.J. Black 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Sr Brainerd Chattanooga, Tennessee F 44 Isiah Victor 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Jr University Heights Hopkinsville, Kentucky F 55 Charles Hathaway 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) — Sr Hillwood Nashville, Tennessee	Head coach Jerry Green Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 22, 1999*	No. 17	Elon	W 95–56	1–0	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Nov 24, 1999*	No. 17	UNC Asheville	W 79–63	2–0	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Nov 26, 1999*	No. 17	Long Island University	W 86–47	3–0	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Nov 29, 1999*	No. 18	South Florida	W 102–90	4–0	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 1, 1999*	No. 18	Miami (OH)	W 78–59	5–0	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 4, 1999*	No. 18	at Pittsburgh	W 76–50	6–0	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dec 8, 1999*	No. 16	West Virginia	W 94–54	7–0	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 10, 1999*	No. 16	Middle Tennessee	W 78–77	8–0	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 18, 1999*	No. 13	at Memphis	W 74–69	9–0	The Pyramid  Memphis, Tennessee
Dec 21, 1999*	No. 11	at American-Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Holiday Classic	W 102–58	10–0	Eugene Guerra Sports Complex  San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dec 22, 1999*	No. 11	vs. Southern Illinois Puerto Rico Holiday Classic	W 87–74	11–0	Eugene Guerra Sports Complex  San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dec 23, 1999*	No. 11	vs. Tulsa Puerto Rico Holiday Classic	L 68–88	11–1	Eugene Guerra Sports Complex  San Juan, Puerto Rico
Jan 2, 2000*	No. 16	Radford	W 72–46	12–1	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan 5, 2000	No. 15	at South Carolina	W 60–52	13–1 (1–0)	Carolina Coliseum  Columbia, South Carolina
Jan 8, 2000	No. 15	at No. 21 LSU	W 64–59	14–1 (2–0)	Maravich Assembly Center  Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jan 12, 2000	No. 12	Vanderbilt	L 73–76	14–2 (2–1)	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan 15, 2000	No. 12	Ole Miss	W 98–60	15–2 (3–1)	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan 18, 2000	No. 16	at No. 9 Florida	W 81–79 ^2OT	16–2 (4–1)	Stephen C. O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Jan 25, 2000	No. 11	No. 7 Auburn	W 105–76	17–2 (5–1)	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan 29, 2000	No. 11	South Carolina	W 73–66	18–2 (6–1)	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Feb 1, 2000	No. 6	at No. 14 Kentucky	L 68–81	18–3 (6–2)	Rupp Arena  Lexington, Kentucky
Feb 6, 2000	No. 6	at Mississippi State	W 88–81	19–3 (7–2)	Humphrey Coliseum  Starkville, Mississippi
Feb 9, 2000	No. 8	Georgia	W 110–83	20–3 (8–2)	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Feb 12, 2000	No. 8	No. 12 Florida	W 76–73 ^OT	21–3 (9–2)	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Feb 19, 2000	No. 5	Vanderbilt	L 72–85	21–4 (9–3)	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Feb 23, 2000	No. 7	No. 18 Kentucky	W 74–67	22–4 (10–3)	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Feb 26, 2000	No. 7	at Alabama	L 75–80	22–5 (10–4)	Coleman Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Mar 1, 2000	No. 11	at Arkansas	W 73–66	23–5 (11–4)	Bud Walton Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
Mar 4, 2000	No. 11	at Georgia	W 83–66	24–5 (12–4)	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
SEC tournament
Mar 10, 2000*	No. 8	vs. South Carolina	L 68–75	24–6	Georgia Dome  Atlanta, Georgia
NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 2000*	(4 SE) No. 11	vs. (13 SE) Louisiana-Lafayette First round	W 63–58	25–6	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center  Birmingham, Alabama
Mar 19, 2000*	(4 SE) No. 11	vs. (5 SE) No. 20 Connecticut Second Round	W 65–51	26–6	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center  Birmingham, Alabama
Mar 24, 2000*	(4 SE) No. 11	vs. (8 SE) North Carolina Southeast Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 69–74	26–7	Frank Erwin Center  Austin, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[1][2]

Rankings

Main article: 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	19	19	17	18	16	13	11	16	15	12	16	11	6	8	5	7	11	8	11	Not released
Coaches	16	16^	18	18	15	12	12	13	13	12	14	13	9	9 т	6	7	10	8	10	14

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References

1. "2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
2. "2019-20 Tennessee Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2021.