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1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
Georgetown Hoyas logo.svg
Conference Big East
1999–2000 record 19-15 (6-10 Big East)
Head coach Craig Esherick (2nd year)
Assistant coach Mike Riley (18th year)
Assistant coach Ronny Thompson (2nd year)
Assistant coach Chip Simms (1st year)
Captain Rhese Gibson (1st year)
Captain Jameel Watkins (1st year)
Home arena MCI Center
Seasons
← 1998–99
2000–01 →
1999–2000 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#16 Syracuse 13 3   .813     26 6   .813
#23 Miami 12 2   .857     23 11   .676
#9 St. John's 12 4   .750     25 8   .758
#20 Connecticut 10 6   .625     25 10   .714
Seton Hall 10 6   .625     22 10   .688
Villanova 8 8   .500     20 13   .606
Notre Dame 8 8   .500     22 15   .595
West Virginia 6 10   .375     14 14   .500
Georgetown 6 10   .375     19 15   .559
Rutgers 6 10   .375     15 16   .484
Pittsburgh 5 11   .313     13 15   .464
Providence 4 12   .250     11 19   .367
Boston College 3 13   .188     11 19   .367
† 2000 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 3, 2000; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Hoyas were coached by Craig Esherick in his first full season as head coach; he had replaced John Thompson, Jr. in mid-season the previous year after Thompson's resignation. The Hoyas played most of their home games at the MCI Center in Washington, DC, although they played two home games at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus. They were members of the Big East Conference and finished the season 19-15, 6-10 in Big East play. They advanced to the semifinals of the 2000 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to Connecticut. Not invited to the NCAA Tournament, they appeared in the 2000 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) – their third consecutive NIT appearance – and advanced to the second round before losing to California.

After Georgetown stumbled to a 15-16 record the previous season – the Hoyas' first losing season since 1972-73 – Esherick, with control over the team for a full season for the first time, introduced a taller lineup this year centered around 6-foot-7 (201-cm) freshman forward Victor Samnick, 6-foot-10 freshman center (208-cm) Lee Scruggs, and 6-foot-11 (211-cm) junior center Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje. This change reduced junior guard Nat Burton into a reserve role and his offensive production dropped from the previous year, but he nonetheless started 15 of the team's 34 games and averaged 7.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game for the season. He scored in double figures seven times.


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