1999–2000_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team

1999–2000 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1999–2000 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 21
Record	22–10 (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lon Kruger;
Assistant coaches	Robert McCullum; Rob Judson; Steve Henson;
MVP	Cory Bradford
Captain	Victor Chukwudebe
Home arena	Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

1999–2000 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1999–2000 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
11/19/1999* no, ESPN+	No. 17	Western Illinois	W 76–53	1–0	Assembly Hall (14,421) Champaign, IL
11/22/1999* no, MVCN	No. 15	at Bradley	W 72–62	2–0	Carver Arena (11,430) Peoria, IL
11/30/1999* no, ESPN	No. 16	vs. No. 17 Duke Big Ten-ACC Challenge	L 69–72	2–1	United Center (20,143) Chicago, IL
12/4/1999* no, MASN	No. 16	vs. Maryland BB&T Classic Basketball Tournament	L 67–69	2–2	Verizon Center (13,536) Washington, D.C.
12/5/1999* no, no	No. 16	vs. Seton Hall BB&T Classic Basketball Tournament	W 72–61	3–2	Verizon Center (13,703) Washington, D.C.
12/8/1999* no, no		Texas-Pan American	W 98–61	4–2	Assembly Hall (11,705) Champaign, IL
12/11/1999* no, ESPN2	No. 22	Kansas State	W 81–48	5–2	Assembly Hall (14,022) Champaign, IL
12/18/1999* no, ESPN	No. 20	vs. No. 8 Kansas	W 84–70	6–2	United Center (16,714) Chicago, IL
12/21/1999* no, ESPN+	No. 15	vs. Missouri Braggin' Rights	L 72–78	6–3	Scottrade Center (22,484) St. Louis, MO
12/28/1999* no, no	No. 20	Bethune-Cookman	W 97–47	7–3	Assembly Hall (12,070) Champaign, IL
12/30/1999* no, no	No. 20	Loyola (Chicago)	W 107–71	8–3	Assembly Hall (12,462) Champaign, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/6/2000 no, ESPN	No. 19	No. 13 Ohio State	W 80–77	9–3 (1–0)	Assembly Hall (13,756) Champaign, IL
1/8/2000 no, Raycom	No. 19	at Wisconsin	L 59–63	9–4 (1–1)	Kohl Center (17,142) Madison, WI
1/12/2000 no, ESPN2	No. 22	Purdue	L 66–69	9–5 (1–2)	Assembly Hall (15,473) Champaign, IL
1/16/2000 no, CBS	No. 22	at Michigan	L 91–95 ^ot	9–6 (1–3)	Crisler Arena (11,367) Ann Arbor, MI
1/22/2000 no, ESPN+		Penn State	W 87–76	10–6 (2–3)	Assembly Hall (16,038) Champaign, IL
1/26/2000 no, ESPN+		at Iowa Rivalry	W 69–58	11–6 (3–3)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
1/30/2000 no, CBS		at No. 9 Michigan State	L 66–91	11–7 (3–4)	Breslin Student Events Center (14,659) East Lansing, MI
2/2/2000 no, ESPN+		Minnesota	W 73–59	12–7 (4–4)	Assembly Hall (12,977) Champaign, IL
2/6/2000 no, ESPN+		at Penn State	W 51–50	13–7 (5–4)	Bryce Jordan Center (13,001) University Park, PA
2/9/2000 no, no		Michigan	W 75–59	14–7 (6–4)	Assembly Hall (15,539) Champaign, IL
2/12/2000 no, IowaSports		Iowa Rivalry	W 78–50	15–7 (7–4)	Assembly Hall (16,450) Champaign, IL
2/17/2000 no, ESPN		at Minnesota	W 89–80	16–7 (8–4)	Williams Arena (13,795) Minneapolis, MN
2/19/2000 no, ESPN+		at Northwestern	W 63–30	17–7 (9–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL
2/22/2000 no, ESPN		No. 16 Indiana Rivalry	W 87–63	18–7 (10–4)	Assembly Hall (16,450) Champaign, IL
2/27/2000 4:00 pm, CBS		at No. 6 Ohio State	L 51–64	18–8 (10–5)	Value City Arena (19,100) Columbus, OH
3/4/2000 no, ESPN+	No. 25	Northwestern	W 73–44	19–8 (11–5)	Assembly Hall (16,450) Champaign, IL
Big Ten tournament
3/10/2000 no, ESPN2	(4) No. 21	vs. (5) No. 13 Indiana Quarterfinals	W 72–69	20–8	United Center (21,141) Chicago, IL
3/11/2000 2:30 pm, CBS	(4) No. 21	vs. (9) Penn State Semifinals	W 94–84	21–8	United Center (22,011) Chicago, IL
3/12/2000 4:00 pm, CBS	(4) No. 21	vs. (2) No. 5 Michigan State Championship	L 61–76	21–9	United Center (19,663) Chicago, IL
NCAA tournament^[5]
3/17/2000 no, CBS	(4E) No. 21	vs. (13E) Penn First Round	W 68–58	22–9	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (14,252) Winston-Salem, NC
3/19/2000 no, CBS	(4E) No. 21	vs. (5E) Florida Second Round	L 76–93	22–10	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (14,252) Winston-Salem, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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Player	Games Played	2 pt. Field Goals	3 pt. Field Goals	Free Throws	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks	Steals	Points
Cory Bradford^[6]	32	60	96	82	80	63	1	31	490
Frank Williams^[7]	32	83	42	70	135	20	41	16	366
Marcus Griffin^[8]	27	110	0	70	135	20	41	16	290
Brian Cook^[9]	32	100	12	51	143	24	28	22	287
Cleotis Brown^[10]	32	60	21	40	113	33	4	24	223
Sergio McClain^[11]	29	67	4	51	109	71	5	53	197
Lucas Johnson^[12]	32	21	29	67	106	62	7	25	196
Damir Krupalija^[13]	27	38	5	16	112	28	6	20	107
Robert Archibald^[14]	30	35	0	31	97	15	7	12	101
Sean Harrington^[15]	30	6	20	20	15	29	1	9	92
Victor Chukwedebe	23	18	0	15	45	7	9	3	51
Nate Mast	21	2	1	8	8	16	1	6	15
Joe Cross	10	3	1	0	3	0	0	2	9

1999–2000_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team

1999–2000 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Regular season

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NCAA basketball tournament

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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*	11	–	3	.786	5	–	1	.833

† 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)^[1]