1999–2000 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

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.

1999–00 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Hawkeye Challenge champion
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	14–16 (6–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Alford (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Brian Jones Greg Lansing
MVPs	Jacob Jaacks Dean Oliver
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye Arena
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*	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]

Roster

1999–2000 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
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) Brian Jones (Northern Iowa) Greg Lansing (South Dakota) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule/Results

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[2]	1–0	Madison Square Garden (19,548) New York, NY
11/12/1999*		vs. No. 13 Stanford Coaches vs. Cancer Classic	L 58–72[3]	1–1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
11/21/1999*	No. 22	Eastern Illinois	W 95–79[4]	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[5]	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[6]	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[7]	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[8]	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[9]	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[10][11]	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[12]	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[13]	14–16	United Center  Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

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