1999–2000 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team American college basketball season
The 1999–2000 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . The team was led by first-year head coach Steve Alford and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena . They finished the season 14–16 overall and 6–10 in Big Ten play.
Roster
1999–2000 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Weight
Year
Hometown
F
1
Rob Griffin
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
—
Jr
Belleville, Michigan
G
11
Jason Price
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
—
Jr
Chicago, Illinois
F
13
Joe Fermino
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
—
Jr
Essex, Maryland
C
14
Jacob Jaacks
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
—
Sr
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
G
20
Dean Oliver
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
—
Jr
Mason City, Iowa
F
23
Duez Henderson
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
—
So
Detroit, Michigan
G
24
Ryan Luehrsmann
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
—
Sr
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
F
25
Rod Thompson
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
—
So
Galesburg, Illinois
G
30
Kyle Galloway
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
RS So
Sioux City, Iowa
C
45
John Carl Williams
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
275 lb (125 kg)
RS So
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Schedule/Results
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/11/1999 * ESPN2
vs. No. 1 Connecticut Coaches vs. Cancer Classic
W 70-68[ 2]
1-0
Madison Square Garden (19,548)New York, NY
11/12/1999 *
vs. No. 13 Stanford Coaches vs. Cancer Classic
L 58-72[ 3]
1-1
Madison Square Garden New York, NY
11/21/1999 *
No. 22
Eastern Illinois
W 95-79[ 4]
2-1
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
11/27/1999 *
No. 23
at Creighton
L 76-85
2-2
Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, NE
11/30/1999 * ESPN2
at No. 24 Maryland ACC – Big Ten Challenge
L 65-83[ 5]
2-3
Baltimore Arena (12,310)Baltimore, MD
12/3/1999 *
Texas Southern Hawkeye Challenge
W 73-51
3-3
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/4/1999 *
Ohio Hawkeye Challenge
W 86-66[ 6]
4-3
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/7/1999 *
at Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four
W 67-59
5-3
UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA
12/11/1999 *
at Iowa State Rivalry
L 66-79[ 7]
5-4
Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
12/18/1999 *
at Missouri
L 61-72
5-5
Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
12/28/1999 *
Drake Iowa Big Four
W 83-76 2OT
6-5
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Regular Season
1/5/2000
Northwestern
W 58-52
7-5 (1–0)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/8/2000 ESPN Plus
No. 11 Michigan State
L 53-75[ 8]
7-6 (1–1)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/12/2000
at Minnesota
L 82-85
7-7 (1–2)
Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/15/2000
at Penn State
L 61-73
7-8 (1–3)
Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
1/18/2000
at No. 11 Indiana
L 71-74[ 9]
7-9 (1–4)
Assembly Hall (17,348)Bloomington, IN
1/22/2000
Michigan
W 83-78
8-9 (2–4)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/26/2000
Illinois
L 58-69
8-10 (2–5)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/29/2000
at Wisconsin
W 61-55
9-10 (3–5)
Kohl Center Madison, WI
2/3/2000 *
No. 15 Kansas
W 77-69[ 10] [ 11]
10-10 (3–5)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/5/2000
Purdue
L 58-84
10-11 (3–6)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/9/2000
at No. 5 Ohio State
W 67-64[ 12]
11-11 (4–6)
Value City Arena (19,100)Columbus, OH
2/12/2000
at Illinois
L 50-78
11-12 (4–7)
Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/16/2000
at No. 25 Purdue
L 59-67
11-13 (4–8)
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
2/23/2000
Wisconsin
L 45-54
11-14 (4–9)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/27/2000
Minnesota
W 71-59
12-14 (5–9)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/29/2000
at Michigan
L 78-87
12-15 (5–10)
Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
3/4/2000
Penn State
W 86-83
13-15 (6–10)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Big Ten tournament
3/9/2000
vs. Minnesota First Round
W 81-78
14-15
United Center Chicago, IL
3/10/2000
vs. No. 5 Michigan State Quarterfinals
L 65-75[ 13]
14-16
United Center Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
Rankings
References
^ "Forfeits and Vacated Games" . Sports-Reference.com . Retrieved April 30, 2024 .
^ "Iowa Shocks No. 1 UConn" . CBS News . November 12, 1999. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
^ "Stanford Tops Iowa In Classic" . CBS News . November 13, 1999. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
^ "Dynamic duo dazzles" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . November 22, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
^ "Poor shooting hampers Hawkeyes" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . December 1, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
^ "Defense carries Hawks to title" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . December 6, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
^ "All signs point towards Cyclone dominance" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . December 13, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved March 27, 2017 .
^ "Spartans pound Hawks" . The Des Moines Register . January 9, 2000. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
^ "Iowa vs. Indiana" . USA Today . January 18, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
^ "Iowa Downs No. 15 Kansas" . CBS News . February 3, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
^ "TOTO DOMINATION" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . February 4, 2000. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
^ "GIANT KILLERS" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . February 10, 2000. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
^ "Whew! Spartans survive scare in opener" . Detroit Free Press . March 11, 2000. p. 1B. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
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