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1999–2000 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team

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1999–2000 Tennessee Volunteers basketball
SEC Regular season champions
SEC East champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEast
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 11
Record26–7 (12–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home arenaThompson–Boling Arena
Seasons
1999–2000 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 13 Florida 12 4   .750 29 8   .784
No. 11 Tennessee 12 4   .750 26 7   .788
No. 19 Kentucky 12 4   .750 23 10   .697
Vanderbilt 8 8   .500 19 11   .633
South Carolina 5 11   .313 15 17   .469
Georgia 3 13   .188 10 20   .333
West
No. 10 LSU 12 4   .750 28 6   .824
No. 24 Auburn 9 7   .563 24 10   .706
Arkansas 7 9   .438 19 15   .559
Alabama 6 10   .375 13 16   .448
Ole Miss 5 11   .313 19 14   .576
Mississippi State 5 11   .313 14 16   .467
2000 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999–2000 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Jerry Green, and played their home games at Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference. After finishing as one of four SEC teams with a 12–4 conference record, they were invited to the NCAA tournament where they reached the Sweet Sixteen.

Roster

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1999–2000 Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 5 Harris Walker 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Fr Hargrave Military Academy Chattanooga, Tennessee
F 12 Marcus Haislip 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Fr Marshall County Lewisburg, Tennessee
G 14 Tony Harris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Jr East Memphis, Tennessee
F 22 Vincent Yarbrough 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
So Cleveland Cleveland, Tennessee
G 24 Jenis Grindstaff 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
So - Spruce Pine, North Carolina
G 31 Terrence Woods 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Fr Treadwell Memphis, Tennessee
G 32 Del Baker 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Jr Cleveland Cleveland, Tennessee
G 34 Vegas Davis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Sr Parker Parker, Arizona
F 35 Ron Slay 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Oak Hill Academy Nashville, Tennessee
G 42 Jon Higgins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Fr Shaker Heights Shaker Heights, Ohio
F 43 C.J. Black 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Sr Brainerd Chattanooga, Tennessee
F 44 Isiah Victor 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Jr University Heights Hopkinsville, Kentucky
F 55 Charles Hathaway 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Sr Hillwood Nashville, Tennessee
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
Nov 22, 1999*
No. 17 Elon W 95–56  1–0
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Nov 24, 1999*
No. 17 UNC Asheville W 79–63  2–0
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Nov 26, 1999*
No. 17 Long Island University W 86–47  3–0
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Nov 29, 1999*
No. 18 South Florida W 102–90  4–0
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 1, 1999*
No. 18 Miami (OH) W 78–59  5–0
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 4, 1999*
No. 18 at Pittsburgh W 76–50  6–0
Fitzgerald Field House 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dec 8, 1999*
No. 16 West Virginia W 94–54  7–0
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 10, 1999*
No. 16 Middle Tennessee W 78–77  8–0
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 18, 1999*
No. 13 at Memphis W 74–69  9–0
The Pyramid 
Memphis, Tennessee
Dec 21, 1999*
No. 11 at American-Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Holiday Classic
W 102–58  10–0
Eugene Guerra Sports Complex 
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dec 22, 1999*
No. 11 vs. Southern Illinois
Puerto Rico Holiday Classic
W 87–74  11–0
Eugene Guerra Sports Complex 
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dec 23, 1999*
No. 11 vs. Tulsa
Puerto Rico Holiday Classic
L 68–88  11–1
Eugene Guerra Sports Complex 
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Jan 2, 2000*
No. 16 Radford W 72–46  12–1
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan 5, 2000
No. 15 at South Carolina W 60–52  13–1
(1–0)
Carolina Coliseum 
Columbia, South Carolina
Jan 8, 2000
No. 15 at No. 21 LSU W 64–59  14–1
(2–0)
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jan 12, 2000
No. 12 Vanderbilt L 73–76  14–2
(2–1)
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan 15, 2000
No. 12 Ole Miss W 98–60  15–2
(3–1)
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan 18, 2000
No. 16 at No. 9 Florida W 81–79 2OT 16–2
(4–1)
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Jan 25, 2000
No. 11 No. 7 Auburn W 105–76  17–2
(5–1)
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan 29, 2000
No. 11 South Carolina W 73–66  18–2
(6–1)
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Feb 1, 2000
No. 6 at No. 14 Kentucky L 68–81  18–3
(6–2)
Rupp Arena 
Lexington, Kentucky
Feb 6, 2000
No. 6 at Mississippi State W 88–81  19–3
(7–2)
Humphrey Coliseum 
Starkville, Mississippi
Feb 9, 2000
No. 8 Georgia W 110–83  20–3
(8–2)
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Feb 12, 2000
No. 8 No. 12 Florida W 76–73 OT 21–3
(9–2)
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Feb 19, 2000
No. 5 Vanderbilt L 72–85  21–4
(9–3)
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Feb 23, 2000
No. 7 No. 18 Kentucky W 74–67  22–4
(10–3)
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Feb 26, 2000
No. 7 at Alabama L 75–80  22–5
(10–4)
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Mar 1, 2000
No. 11 at Arkansas W 73–66  23–5
(11–4)
Bud Walton Arena 
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Mar 4, 2000
No. 11 at Georgia W 83–66  24–5
(12–4)
Stegeman Coliseum 
Athens, Georgia
SEC tournament
Mar 10, 2000*
No. 8 vs. South Carolina L 68–75  24–6
Georgia Dome 
Atlanta, Georgia
NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 2000*
(4 SE) No. 11 vs. (13 SE) Louisiana-Lafayette
First round
W 63–58  25–6
Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center 
Birmingham, Alabama
Mar 19, 2000*
(4 SE) No. 11 vs. (5 SE) No. 20 Connecticut
Second Round
W 65–51  26–6
Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center 
Birmingham, Alabama
Mar 24, 2000*
(4 SE) No. 11 vs. (8 SE) North Carolina
Southeast Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen
L 69–74  26–7
Frank Erwin Center 
Austin, Texas
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SE=Southeast.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[1][2]

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
AP191917181613111615121611685711811Not released
Coaches1616^1818151212131312141399 т671081014

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References

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  1. ^ "2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "2019-20 Tennessee Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2021.