1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
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 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 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	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

^ sports-reference.com 1999-00 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary
^ 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.
^ "1999-2000 Indiana State Sycamores Schedule". sports-reference.com.

[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.

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