1999–2000 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by Gene Keady and played its home games at Mackey Arena.

1999–2000 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 25
Record	24–10 (12–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady
Assistant coaches	Todd Foster Jay Price Jim Thrash
Home arena	Mackey 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 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 11 Chad Kerkhof 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr   Greenfield, Indiana G 12 Maynard Lewis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 187 lb (85 kg) So   Terre Haute, Indiana G 20 Kenny Lowe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Fr   Gary, Indiana C 21 Adam Wetzel 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr   Keokuk, Iowa G 22 Jaraan Cornell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Clay South Bend, Indiana F 23 Mike Robinson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Richwoods Peoria, Illinois G 31 Rodney Smith 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 231 lb (105 kg) So   Indianapolis, Indiana C 32 Greg McQuay 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr   Gary, Indiana F 35 Brian Cardinal 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Unity Tolono, Illinois G 43 Carson Cunningham 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Jr Oregon State Ogden Dunes, Indiana C 54 John Allison 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 242 lb (110 kg) So   New Palestine, Indiana	Head coach Gene Keady (Kansas State) Assistant coach(es) Todd Foster (Purdue) Jay Price (Kansas) Jim Thrash (Eastern New Mexico) 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
Exhibition
Nov 3, 1999* 8:00 PM	No. 23	Athletes in Action	W 105–90	–	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 14, 1999* 4:00 PM	No. 23	CIMEBA All-Stars	W 80–61	–	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Regular season
Nov 22, 1999* 2:00 PM	No. 22	at Chaminade Maui Invitational Tournament	W 96–78	1–0	Lahaina Civic Center  Lahaina, Hawaii
Nov 23, 1999* 5:00 PM	No. 22	vs. No. 6 Florida Maui Invitational Tournament	W 79–68	2–0	Lahaina Civic Center  Lahaina, Hawaii
Nov 24, 1999*	No. 22	vs. No. 4 North Carolina Maui Invitational Tournament	L 75–90	2–1	Lahaina Civic Center  Lahaina, Hawaii
Dec 1, 1999* 7:30 PM	No. 19	NC State ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 59–61	2–2	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 4, 1999* 6:00 PM	No. 19	Akron	W 75–66	3–2	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 7, 1999* 8:00 PM	No. 25	at Illinois State	W 86–75	4–2	Redbird Arena  Normal, Illinois
Dec 9, 1999* 8:00 PM	No. 25	Western Illinois	W 83–48	5–2	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 11, 1999* 4:00 PM	No. 25	Coppin State	W 86–65	6–2	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 18, 1999* 7:00 PM	No. 24	vs. Ball State Boilermaker Blockbuster	L 52–72	6–3	Conseco Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, Indiana
Dec 22, 1999* 8:00 PM		Central Michigan	W 92–61	7–3	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 27, 1999* 10:30 PM		at Santa Clara	W 70–55	8–3	Toso Pavilion  Santa Clara, California
Dec 30, 1999* 10:30 PM		at UCLA	L 53–55	8–4	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, California
Jan 3, 2000* 8:00 PM		Murray State	W 95–67	9–4	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 8, 2000 2:31 PM		Michigan	L 86–88 2OT	9–5 (0–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 12, 2000 8:00 PM		at No. 22 Illinois	W 69–66	10–5 (1–1)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, Illinois
Jan 15, 2000 2:31 PM		Wisconsin	W 63–52	11–5 (2–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 19, 2000 8:00 PM		at Minnesota	W 74–69	12–5 (3–1)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 22, 2000 2:00 PM		No. 11 Indiana Rivalry	W 83–77	13–5 (4–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 26, 2000 8:00 PM		at Wisconsin	L 45–55	13–6 (4–2)	Kohl Center  Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 29, 2000 8:00 PM		at No. 8 Ohio State	L 59–68	13–7 (4–3)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 2, 2000 6:00 PM		Northwestern	W 70–51	14–7 (5–3)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 5, 2000 8:00 PM		at Iowa	W 84–58	15–7 (6–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 8, 2000 7:00 PM		No. 6 Michigan State	W 70–67	16–7 (7–3)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 12, 2000 2:31 PM		at Northwestern	W 77–58	17–7 (8–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
Feb 16, 2000 8:00 PM	No. 25	Iowa	W 67–59	18–7 (9–3)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 19, 2000 2:31 PM	No. 25	Minnesota	W 97–61	19–7 (10–3)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 24, 2000 7:00 PM	No. 21	at Michigan	W 78–75	20–7 (11–3)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 27, 2000 12:07 PM	No. 21	Penn State	W 88–71	21–7 (12–3)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 29, 2000 7:00 PM	No. 20	at No. 14 Indiana Rivalry	L 65–79	21–8 (12–4)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 10, 2000* 9:00 PM	(3) No. 22	vs. (6) Wisconsin Quarterfinals	L 66–78	21–9	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 2000* 3:00 PM	(6 W) No. 22	vs. (11 W) Dayton First Round	W 62–61[3]	22–9	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Mar 18, 2000* 5:30 PM	(6 W) No. 22	vs. (3 W) No. 12 Oklahoma Second Round	W 66–62[4]	23–9	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Mar 23, 2000* 7:55 PM	(6 W) No. 22	vs. (10 W) Gonzaga West Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 75–66	24–9	The Pit  Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mar 25, 2000* 4:40 PM	(6 W) No. 22	vs. (8 W) Wisconsin West Regional Final – Elite Eight	L 60–64	24–10	The Pit  Albuquerque, New Mexico
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern.

NCAA basketball tournament

During the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Purdue qualified for the Elite Eight, where they lost to the Wisconsin Badgers.

• West
  • Purdue (#6 seed) 62, Dayton (#11 seed) 61
  • Purdue 66, Oklahoma (#3 seed) 62
  • Purdue 75, Gonzaga (#10 seed) 66
  • Wisconsin (#8 seed) 64, Purdue 60

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Rankings

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

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Main article: 2000 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	44	Brian Cardinal	Detroit Pistons

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