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1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Runner-up
SEC Regular Season Co-Champions
and Eastern Division champions
National Championship Game,
L 76-89 vs. Michigan State
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEast
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 13
Record29–8 (12–4 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coachJohn Pelphrey
Anthony Grant
Donnie Jones
Home arenaO'Connell Center
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 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 1999–2000 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida, campus.

The Gators were the SEC regular season champions, winning a share of the title with a 12–4 conference record. They earned a five seed in the 2000 NCAA tournament where they advanced to the Final Four and then made the school's first ever appearance in the NCAA championship game where they lost to Michigan State.[1] Florida ended the season No. 2 in the final USA Today/ESPN Rankings and were ranked wire-to-wire for the first time in school history.

Roster

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1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 15 Matt Bonner 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 237 lb (108 kg) Fr Concord H.S. Concord, New Hampshire
F 33 Adriel Davis (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Fr James Rickards Tallahassee, Florida
G 5 Teddy Dupay 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 178 lb (81 kg) So Mariner Fort Myers, Florida
F 23 LaDarius Halton Injured Current redshirt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So New Smyrna Beach H.S. New Smyrna Beach, Florida
G 12 Justin Hamilton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Fr Booker H.S. Sarasota, Florida
F 4 Donnell Harvey 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 216 lb (98 kg) Fr Randolph-Clay Shellman, Georgia
C 50 Udonis Haslem 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Miami Senior High Miami, Florida
G 2 Ronnie King (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Armwood Brandon, Florida
G 20 David Kliewer (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Tarpon Springs H.S. Tarpon Springs, Florida
G/F 13 Mike Miller 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Mitchell H.S. Mitchell, South Dakota
G 10 Brett Nelson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Fr St. Albans H.S. St. Albans, West Virginia
F 25 Major Parker (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Jr Cardinal Gibbons Fort Lauderdale, Florida
G 52 Kenyan Weaks (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Sr Fork Union Concord, North Carolina
F 00 Brent Wright (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Miami Senior High Miami, Florida
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

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Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Non–Conference Regular Season
November 19, 1999*
 No. 7 Florida State
Sunshine Showdown 		W 96–61  1–0
  18 – Haslem   10 – Haslem   5 – Miller  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (12,487)
Gainesville, Florida
November 22, 1999*
 No. 6 vs. Utah State
Maui Invitational – First Round 		W 60–58  2–0
  19 – Weaks   6 – Harvey   5 – Miller  Lahaina Civic Center (2,400)
Maui, Hawai'i
November 23, 1999*
7:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 6 vs. No. 22 Purdue
Maui Invitational – Semifinals 		L 68–79  2–1
  16 – Miller   9 – Harvey   4 – Weaks  Lahaina Civic Center (2,400)
Maui, Hawai'i
November 24, 1999*
 No. 6 vs. Georgetown
Maui Invitational – 3rd Place Game 		W 72–62  3–1
  18 – Miller   9 – Tied   4 – Weaks  Lahaina Civic Center (2,400)
Maui, Hawai'i
November 29, 1999*
 No. 11 New Hampshire W 131–72  4–1
  19 – Miller   12 – Miller   6 – Harvey  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (8,114)
Gainesville, Florida
December 4, 1999*
 No. 11 Florida A&M W 96–44  5–1
  23 – Weaks   9 – Harvey   5 – Nelson  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (7,476)
Gainesville, Florida
December 11, 1999*
 No. 9 Bethune–Cookman W 93–77  6–1
  18 – Weaks   10 – Tied   4 – Tied  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (7,312)
Gainesville, Florida
December 19, 1999*
 No. 9 High Point W 109–60  7–1
  20 – Miller   15 – Harvey   8 – Tied  Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
December 21, 1999*
9:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 8 vs. Rutgers
Jimmy V Classic 		W 85–65  8–1
  16 – Tied   7 – Wright   6 – Weaks  Continental Airlines Arena (15,608)
East Rutherford, New Jersey
December 23, 1999*
 No. 8 UNC Wilmington W 80–53  9–1
  20 – Tied   7 – Harvey   5 – Tied  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (7,776)
Gainesville, Florida
December 28, 1999*
 No. 6 VMI W 113–68  10–1
  22 – Harvey   10 – Harvey   5 – Tied  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (7,122)
Gainesville, Florida
December 30, 1999*
 No. 6 South Alabama W 82–61  11–1
  17 – Weaks   9 – Harvey   5 – Weaks  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (7,157)
Gainesville, Florida
SEC Regular Season
January 5, 2000
 No. 6 at Vanderbilt L 77–87  11–2
(0–1) 		 18 – Miller   7 – Miller   3 – Tied  Memorial Gymnasium (12,490)
Nashville, Tennessee
January 8, 2000
 No. 6 at Ole Miss W 75–71  12–2
(1–1) 		 21 – Haslem   8 – Haslem   5 – Miller  Tad Smith Coliseum (7,691)
Oxford, Mississippi
January 12, 2000
 No. 10 No. 24 LSU W 82–57  13–2
(2–1) 		 14 – Nelson   7 – Harvey   6 – Dupay  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (12,002)
Gainesville, Florida
January 18, 2000
9:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 9 No. 16 Tennessee L 79–81 2OT 13–3
(2–2) 		 19 – Harvey   12 – Harvey   4 – Miller  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (11,872)
Gainesville, Florida
January 22, 2000
 No. 9 at Alabama W 77–73  14–3
(3–2) 		 25 – Miller   9 – Miller   6 – Dupay  Coleman Coliseum (9,507)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
January 26, 2000*
9:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 10 at DePaul L 69–71  14–4
  22 – Miller   9 – Haslem   4 – Nelson  Allstate Arena (10,515)
Rosemont, Illinois
January 29, 2000
 No. 10 No. 20 Vanderbilt W 89–63  15–4
(4–2) 		 13 – Miller   9 – Miller   5 – Weaks  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (11,329)
Gainesville, Florida
February 2, 2000
 No. 12 at South Carolina W 86–82  16–4
(5–2) 		 22 – Weaks   8 – Miller   6 – Miller  Carolina Coliseum (8,804)
Columbia, South Carolina
February 5, 2000
 No. 12 Georgia W 85–66  17–4
(6–2) 		 17 – Nelson   10 – Haslem   3 – Tied  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (11,105)
Gainesville, Florida
February 8, 2000
9:00 pm, ESPN2 		No. 12 No. 11 Kentucky W 90–73  18–4
(7–2) 		 14 – Dupay   18 – Miller   4 – Harvey  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (11,818)
Gainesville, Florida
February 12, 2000
 No. 12 at No. 8 Tennessee L 73–76 OT 18–5
(7–3) 		 24 – Haslem   9 – Harvey   3 – Tied  Thompson-Boling Arena (22,141)
Knoxville, Tennessee
February 15, 2000
9:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 11 at Arkansas W 80–71  19–5
(8–3) 		 19 – Miller   8 – Miller   5 – Tied  Bud Walton Arena (19,134)
Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 19, 2000
 No. 11 Mississippi State W 88–58  20–5
(9–3) 		 21 – Dupay   8 – Miller   4 – Nelson  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (11,156)
Gainesville, Florida
February 23, 2000
 No. 9 at Georgia W 90–68  21–5
(10–3) 		 25 – Miller   5 – Tied   4 – Nelson  Stegeman Coliseum (8,015)
Athens, Georgia
February 27, 2000
12:00 pm, CBS 		No. 9 No. 11 Auburn W 88–59  22–5
(11–3) 		 15 – Harvey   12 – Harvey   6 – Nelson  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (12,457)
Gainesville, Florida
March 1, 2000
 No. 8 South Carolina W 87–67  23–5
(12–3) 		 15 – Miller   6 – Harvey   6 – Miller  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (11,005)
Gainesville, Florida
March 4, 2000
12:00 pm, CBS 		No. 8 at No. 22 Kentucky L 70–85  23–6
(12–4) 		 20 – Miller   8 – Bonner   3 – Dupay  Rupp Arena (23,916)
Lexington, Kentucky
SEC Tournament
March 9, 2000*
7:30 pm, JP Sports 		(3 E) No. 11 vs. (6 W) Ole Miss W 89–67  24–6
  18 – Weaks   12 – Harvey   5 – Nelson  Georgia Dome 
Atlanta, Georgia
March 10, 2000*
7:30 pm, JP Sports 		(3 E) No. 11 vs. (2 W) Auburn L 70–78  24–7
  15 – Harvey   11 – Miller   5 – Weaks  Georgia Dome 
Atlanta, Georgia
NCAA Tournament
March 17,2000*
12:45 pm, CBS 		(5 E) No. 13 vs. (12 E) Butler
First Round 		W 69–68 OT[3] 25–7
  16 – Miller   13 – Miller   3 – Wright  Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (14,252)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
March 19, 2000*
2:30 pm, CBS 		(5 E) No. 13 vs. (4 E) No. 21 Illinois
Second Round 		W 93–76[4]  26–7
  19 – Miller   9 – Miller   4 – Nelson  Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (14,252)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
March 24, 2000*
7:28 pm, CBS 		(5 E) No. 13 vs. (1 E) No. 1 Duke
Sweet Sixteen 		W 87–78[5]  27–7
  15 – Nelson   9 – Miller   4 – Tied  Carrier Dome (30,163)
Syracuse, New York
March 26, 2000*
5:00 PM, CBS 		(5 E) No. 13 vs. (3 E) No. 14 Oklahoma State
Elite Eight 		W 77–65[6]  28–7
  14 – Miller   6 – Harvey   4 – Nelson  Carrier Dome (30,388)
Syracuse, New York
April 1, 2000*
8:18 pm, CBS 		(5 E) No. 13 vs. (8 S) North Carolina
Final Four 		W 71–59[7]  29–7
  13 – Nelson   7 – Tied   4 – Nelson  RCA Dome (43,116)
Indianapolis, Indiana
April 3, 2000*
9:18 pm, CBS 		(5 E) No. 13 vs. (1 MW) No. 2 Michigan State
National Championship Game 		L 76–89  29–8
  27 – Haslem   10 – Wright   4 – Wright  RCA Dome (43,116)
Indianapolis, Indiana
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. E = East, W = West, S = South, MW = Mid-West.

Rankings

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

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NBA draft

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Main article: 2000 NBA draft
Round Overall Player NBA Club
1 5 Mike Miller Orlando Magic
1 22 Donnell Harvey New York Knicks

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References

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  1. ^ "Gators Fail to Press On". The Washington Post. April 4, 2000. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "1999-00 Men's Basketball Roster". University of Florida Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "After Butler Loses Its Poise, A Wary Florida Advances". The New York Times. March 18, 2000. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Florida 93, Illinois 76". The Tampa Bay Times. March 20, 2000. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  5. ^ "Florida's Win Is a Slam Duke". The Los Angeles Times. March 25, 2000. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  6. ^ "Florida advances to second Final Four". ESPN. March 26, 2000. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  7. ^ "North Carolina Falls To Florida's Waves". The New York Times. April 2, 2000. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  8. ^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1086–1087. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  9. ^ "2000 NBA Draft". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC.
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