1999–2000 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Jim O'Brien, the Buckeyes finished 23–7 (13–3 Big Ten) and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament.^[2] However, the NCAA adjusted the team's record to 11–3 due to sanctions resulting from the Jim O’Brien scandal.^[3][4]

1999–2000 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round (vacated)
Conference	Big Ten
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 8
Record	11-3 (23–7 unadjusted) (5-1 (13–3 unadjusted) Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim O'Brien (3rd season)
Home arena	Value City 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 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 12 Scoonie Penn 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Salem, Massachusetts C 32 Ken Johnson 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Detroit, Michigan G 35 Michael Redd 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Columbus, Ohio	Head coach Jim O'Brien (Boston College) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 16, 1999*	No. 4	Notre Dame	L 57–59	0–1	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Nov 29, 1999*	No. 15	Vermont	W 74–51	1–1	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 4, 1999*	No. 15	Duquesne	W 87–55	2–1	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 11, 1999*	No. 13	Florida A&M	W 99–47	3–1	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 13, 1999*	No. 12	Coastal Carolina	W 83–75	4–1	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 16, 1999*	No. 12	at No. 8 Kansas	L 67–80	4–2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
Dec 19, 1999*	No. 12	Eastern Kentucky	W 72–40	5–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 22, 1999*	No. 16	Toledo	W 64–61	6–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 27, 1999*	No. 15	Oakland	W 76–50	7–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 29, 1999*	No. 15	American	W 79–43	8–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 6, 2000	No. 13	at No. 19 Illinois	L 77–80	8–3 (0–1)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, Illinois
Jan 9, 2000	No. 13	Minnesota	W 71–63	9–3 (1–1)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 13, 2000	No. 17	at Wisconsin	W 53–51	10–3 (2–1)	Kohl Center  Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 15, 2000	No. 17	at Northwestern	W 58–44	11–3 (3–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
Jan 20, 2000	No. 13	No. 10 Michigan State	W 78–67	12–3 (4–1)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 22, 2000* CBS	No. 13	at No. 19 St. John's	W 65–64	13–3	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
Jan 29, 2000	No. 8	Purdue	W 68–59	14–3 (5–1)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 2, 2000	No. 5	Wisconsin	W 51–48	15–3 (6–1)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 6, 2000 CBS	No. 5	at Michigan	W 88–67	16–3 (7–1)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 9, 2000	No. 5	Iowa	L 64–67	16–4 (7–2)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 12, 2000	No. 5	Penn State	W 88–75	17–4 (8–2)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 15, 2000	No. 7	at No. 6 Michigan State	L 72–83	17–5 (8–3)	Breslin Student Events Center  East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 19, 2000	No. 7	at No. 10 Indiana	W 82–71	18–5 (9–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
Feb 23, 2000	No. 6	Northwestern	W 69–49	19–5 (10–3)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 27, 2000	No. 6	Illinois	W 64–51	20–5 (11–3)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Mar 1, 2000	No. 6	at Penn State	W 79–73	21–5 (12–3)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
Mar 4, 2000	No. 6	at Minnesota	W 82–72	22–5 (13–3)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 10, 2000*	No. 4	vs. Penn State Quarterfinals	L 66–71	22–6	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 2000*	(3 S) No. 8	vs. (14 S) Appalachian State First Round	W 87–61[6]	23–6	Gaylord Entertainment Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 19, 2000*	(3 S) No. 8	vs. (6 S) No. 23 Miami (FL) Second Round	L 62–75	23–7	Gaylord Entertainment Center  Nashville, Tennessee
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Eastern.

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Rankings

See also: 1999-2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

NBA draft selections

Main article: 2000 NBA draft

Round	Overall	Player	NBA Club
2	43	Michael Redd	Milwaukee Bucks
2	57	Scoonie Penn	Atlanta Hawks

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