1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
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NCAA Tournament National champions
Big Ten regular season co-champions Big Ten Tournament champions Coca Cola Spartan Classic champions |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
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| Coaches | No. 1 |
| AP | No. 2 |
| 1999–2000 record | 32–7 (13–3 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Tom Izzo (5th year) |
| Assistant coach | Stan Heath (4th year) |
| Assistant coach | Mike Garland (4th year) |
| Assistant coach | Brian Gregory (1st year) |
| Captain | Mateen Cleaves |
| Captain | A.J. Granger |
| Captain | Morris Peterson |
| Home arena | Breslin Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #2 Michigan State † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 32 | – | 7 | .821 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #25 Purdue | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #21 Illinois | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #8 Ohio State* | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 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) |
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The 1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, MI. They were coached by Tom Izzo, in his fifth year, and were members of the Big Ten Conference. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 32–7, 13–3 to win a share of the Big Ten regular season championship for the third consecutive year. They won the Big Ten Tournament championship for the second consecutive year. As a result, they received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Final Four for the second consecutive year. After a win in the National Semifinal, MSU won the National Championship over Florida. The win marked the school's second National Championship and Izzo's only championship to date.
The Spartans finished the 1998–99 season with an overall record of 33–5, 15–1 to finish in first place in Big Ten play. Michigan State received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, their second consecutive trip to the Tournament, and advanced to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Tom Izzo.
The Spartans were looking to build on their Final Four appearance the year before with seniors, Mateen Cleaves (12.1 PPG , 1.8 RPG, 6.9 APG) and Morris Peterson (16.8 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 1.3 APG), leading the way. However, despite starting the season ranked No. 3 in the country, the Spartans began the season without starting point guard and team captain, Cleaves, who sustained a stress fracture in his right foot during the off-season. Without Cleaves, the Spartans had some troubles through the non-conference schedule, finishing at 9–4 and ranked No. 11 in the country. The Spartans did defeat No. 2 North Carolina on the road as part of the inaugural ACC–Big Ten Challenge and No. 5 Kansas in the Great Eight. However, MSU lost games to No. 20 Texas at the Puerto Rico Shootout and on the road to No. 2 Arizona,Kentucky, and Wright State.
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