1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Wildcats finished the season in first place in the Pacific-10 conference with a 15–3 record.^[2] Arizona reached the Second Round in the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, losing to Wisconsin 66–59 and finishing the season with a 27–7 record.^[3]

1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
NIT Season Tip-Off Champions Pac-10 Regular-Season Co-Champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 4
Record	27–7 (15–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Lute Olson (17th season)
Assistant coaches	Jim Rosborough (11th season) Rodney Tention (3rd season)
Home arena	McKale Center
Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

1999–2000 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Arizona	15	–	3		.833			27	–	7		.794
No. 5 Stanford	15	–	3		.833			27	–	4		.871
Oregon	13	–	5		.722			22	–	8		.733
No. 23 UCLA	10	–	8		.556			21	–	12		.636
Arizona State	10	–	8		.556			18	–	12		.600
USC	9	–	9		.500			16	–	14		.533
California	7	–	11		.389			16	–	14		.533
Oregon State	5	–	13		.278			13	–	16		.448
Washington	5	–	13		.278			10	–	20		.333
Washington State	1	–	17		.056			6	–	22		.214
As of July 26, 2011 Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Roster

2000–01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 0 Gilbert Arenas 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Fr North Hollywood, California F 2 Luke Recker 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Auburn, Indiana C 3 Loren Woods 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 244 lb (111 kg) Jr St. Louis, Missouri F 4 Luke Walton 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 233 lb (106 kg) Fr San Diego, California G 5 Ruben Douglas 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Altadena, California G 12 Josh Pastner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Glen Dale, West Virginia F 14 Mike Schwertley 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Fr Phoenix, Arizona G 15 John Ash 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Jr Tucson, Arizona F 21 Michael Wright 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 238 lb (108 kg) So Chicago, Illinois G 22 Jason Gardner 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 181 lb (82 kg) Fr Indianapolis, Indiana G 23 Lamont Frazier 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Jr Los Angeles, California G 24 Russell Harris 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Mundelein, Illinois F 30 Justin Wessel 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Cedar Rapids, Iowa F 35 Rick Anderson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 213 lb (97 kg) So Long Beach, California F 44 Richard Jefferson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 222 lb (101 kg) So Phoenix, Arizona C 54 Robertas Javtokas 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Šiauliai, Lithuania	Head coach Lute Olson (Augsburg) Assistant coach(es) Jim Rosborough (Iowa) Rodney Tention (San Francisco) Jay John (Arizona) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov. 16, 1999*	No. 10	Kansas State	W 88–69	1–0	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Nov. 19, 1999*	No. 10	New Mexico State	W 84–60	2–0	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Nov. 24, 1999*	No. 8	vs. Notre Dame NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinal	W 76–60	3–0	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
Nov. 26, 1999*	No. 8	vs. No. 11 Kentucky NIT Season Tip-Off Championship	W 63–51	4–0	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
Dec. 1, 1999*	No. 4	Brigham Young	W 86–62	5–0	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 4, 1999*	No. 4	at No. 9 Texas	W 88–81	6–0	Frank Erwin Center  Austin, Texas
Dec. 7, 1999*	No. 2	vs. No. 6 Connecticut Great Eight Basketball Classic	L 69–78	6–1	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
Dec. 11, 1999* CBS	No. 2	No. 4 Michigan State	W 79–68	7–1	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 13, 1999*	No. 2	IUPUI	W 70–41	8–1	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 18, 1999*	No. 4	vs. Nebraska	W 80–59	9–1	Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, Nevada
Dec. 21, 1999*	No. 3	New Mexico	L 68–70	9–2	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 28, 1999*	No. 5	North Carolina-Wilmington	W 66–51	10–2	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 30, 1999*	No. 5	Delaware	W 89–77	11–2	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 6, 2000	No. 5	at California	W 65–61	12–2 (1–0)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Jan. 8, 2000	No. 5	at No. 1 Stanford	W 68–65	13–2 (2–0)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Jan. 13, 2000	No. 2	Washington State	W 80–75	14–2 (3–0)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 15, 2000	No. 2	Washington	W 69–62	15–2 (4–0)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 20, 2000	No. 2	at No. 25 UCLA Rivalry	W 76–61	16–2 (5–0)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, California
Jan. 22, 2000	No. 2	at Southern California	L 72–80	16–3 (5–1)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Jan. 26, 2000	No. 5	at Arizona State Rivalry	W 82–55	17–3 (6–1)	Wells Fargo Arena  Tempe, Arizona
Jan. 29, 2000*	No. 5	at Louisiana State	L 60–86	17–4	Maravich Assembly Center  Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Feb. 3, 2000	No. 9	No. 23 Oregon	W 77–71	18–4 (7–1)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb. 5, 2000	No. 9	at Oregon State	W 90–73	19–4 (8–1)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb. 10, 2000	No. 7	at Washington	W 65–56	20–4 (9–1)	KeyArena  Seattle, Washington
Feb. 12, 2000	No. 7	Washington State	W 73–50	21–4 (10–1)	Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, Washington
Feb. 17, 2000	No. 4	Southern California	W 92–85	22–4 (11–1)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb. 19, 2000	No. 4	UCLA Rivalry	W 99–84	23–4 (12–1)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb. 26, 2000	No. 4	Arizona State Rivalry	W 89–82	24–4 (13–1)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Mar. 2, 2000	No. 3	at Oregon State	L 69–70 OT	24–5 (13–2)	Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, Oregon
Mar. 4, 2000	No. 3	at Oregon	L 81–86	24–6 (13–3)	McArthur Court  Eugene, Oregon
Mar. 9, 2000	No. 9	No. 2 Stanford	W 86–81	25–6 (14–3)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Mar. 11, 2000	No. 9	California	W 70–61	26–6 (15–3)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
NCAA tournament
Mar. 16, 2000* CBS	(1 W)	vs. (16 W) Jackson State First Round	W 71–47	27–6	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar. 18, 2000* CBS	(1 W)	vs. (8 W) Wisconsin Second Round	L 59–66	27–7	John M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

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NCAA Division I tournament

• West
  • Arizona (#1 seed) 71, Jackson State 47
  • Arizona 59, Wisconsin 66

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Rankings

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