1999–2000 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1999–00 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
1999–00 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Hawkeye Challenge Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	14–16 (6–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Alford (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Brian Jones; Greg Lansing;
MVP	Jacob Jaacks; Dean Oliver
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye Arena; (Capacity: 15,500)
	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)

The 1999–2000 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Steve Alford and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 14–16 overall and 6–10 in Big Ten play.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	1	Rob Griffin	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Jr	Belleville, Michigan
G	11	Jason Price	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Jr	Chicago, Illinois
F	13	Joe Fermino	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr	Essex, Maryland
C	14	Jacob Jaacks	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Sr	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
G	20	Dean Oliver	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	Jr	Mason City, Iowa
F	23	Duez Henderson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So	Detroit, Michigan
G	24	Ryan Luehrsmann	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	Sr	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
F	25	Rod Thompson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So	Galesburg, Illinois
G	30	Kyle Galloway	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS So	Sioux City, Iowa
C	45	John Carl Williams	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	RS So	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

Head coach

Steve Alford (Indiana)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule/Results[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/11/1999* ESPN2		vs. No. 1 Connecticut Coaches vs. Cancer Classic	W 70-68^[1]	1-0	Madison Square Garden (19,548) New York, NY
11/12/1999*		vs. No. 13 Stanford Coaches vs. Cancer Classic	L 58-72^[2]	1-1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
11/21/1999*	No. 22	Eastern Illinois	W 95-79^[3]	2-1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
11/27/1999*	No. 23	at Creighton	L 76-85	2-2	Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, NE
11/30/1999* ESPN2		at No. 24 Maryland ACC – Big Ten Challenge	L 65-83^[4]	2-3	Baltimore Arena (12,310) Baltimore, MD
12/3/1999*		Texas Southern Hawkeye Challenge	W 73-51	3-3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/4/1999*		Ohio Hawkeye Challenge	W 86-66^[5]	4-3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/7/1999*		at Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	W 67-59	5-3	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA
12/11/1999*		at Iowa State Rivalry	L 66-79^[6]	5-4	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
12/18/1999*		at Missouri	L 61-72	5-5	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
12/28/1999*		Drake Iowa Big Four	W 83-76 ^2OT	6-5	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Regular Season
1/5/2000		Northwestern	W 58-52	7-5 (1–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/8/2000 ESPN Plus		No. 11 Michigan State	L 53-75^[7]	7-6 (1–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/12/2000		at Minnesota	L 82-85	7-7 (1–2)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/15/2000		at Penn State	L 61-73	7-8 (1–3)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
1/18/2000		at No. 11 Indiana	L 71-74^[8]	7-9 (1–4)	Assembly Hall (17,348) Bloomington, IN
1/22/2000		Michigan	W 83-78	8-9 (2–4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/26/2000		Illinois	L 58-69	8-10 (2–5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/29/2000		at Wisconsin	W 61-55	9-10 (3–5)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
2/3/2000*		No. 15 Kansas	W 77-69^[9]^[10]	10-10 (3–5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/5/2000		Purdue	L 58-84	10-11 (3–6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/9/2000		at No. 5 Ohio State	W 67-64^[11]	11-11 (4–6)	Value City Arena (19,100) Columbus, OH
2/12/2000		at Illinois	L 50-78	11-12 (4–7)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/16/2000		at No. 25 Purdue	L 59-67	11-13 (4–8)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
2/23/2000		Wisconsin	L 45-54	11-14 (4–9)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/27/2000		Minnesota	W 71-59	12-14 (5–9)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/29/2000		at Michigan	L 78-87	12-15 (5–10)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
3/4/2000		Penn State	W 86-83	13-15 (6–10)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Big Ten tournament
3/9/2000		vs. Minnesota First Round	W 81-78	14-15	United Center Chicago, IL
3/10/2000		vs. No. 5 Michigan State Quarterfinals	L 65-75^[12]	14-16	United Center Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Iowa Shocks No. 1 UConn". CBS News. November 12, 1999. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "Stanford Tops Iowa In Classic". CBS News. November 13, 1999. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "Dynamic duo dazzles" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 22, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "Poor shooting hampers Hawkeyes" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 1, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "Defense carries Hawks to title" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 6, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "All signs point towards Cyclone dominance" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 13, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
^ "Spartans pound Hawks". The Des Moines Register. January 9, 2000. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "Iowa vs. Indiana". USA Today. January 18, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "Iowa Downs No. 15 Kansas". CBS News. February 3, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "TOTO DOMINATION" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 4, 2000. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "GIANT KILLERS" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 10, 2000. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "Whew! Spartans survive scare in opener". Detroit Free Press. March 11, 2000. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[1] "Iowa Shocks No. 1 UConn". CBS News. November 12, 1999. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[2] "Stanford Tops Iowa In Classic". CBS News. November 13, 1999. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[3] "Dynamic duo dazzles" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 22, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[4] "Poor shooting hampers Hawkeyes" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 1, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[5] "Defense carries Hawks to title" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 6, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[6] "All signs point towards Cyclone dominance" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 13, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved March 27, 2017.

[7] "Spartans pound Hawks". The Des Moines Register. January 9, 2000. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[8] "Iowa vs. Indiana". USA Today. January 18, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[9] "Iowa Downs No. 15 Kansas". CBS News. February 3, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[10] "TOTO DOMINATION" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 4, 2000. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[11] "GIANT KILLERS" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 10, 2000. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[12] "Whew! Spartans survive scare in opener". Detroit Free Press. March 11, 2000. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

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v t e Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) First Iowa Armory (1905–1922) Second Iowa Armory (1922–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series) Illinois
Culture & lore	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" First 5-on-5 college basketball game
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1892–93 1893–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–1901 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics