1999–2000_Saint_Louis_Billikens_men's_basketball_team

1999–2000 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball
1999–2000 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball
Conference USA tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Conference USA
Record	19–14 (7–9 C-USA)
Head coach	Lorenzo Romar (1st season);
Home arena	Scottrade Center
	Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

1999–2000 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1999–2000 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team represented Saint Louis University in the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Billikens were led by head coach Lorenzo Romar who was in his first season at Saint Louis. The team played their home games at Scottrade Center. They were a member of Conference USA. The Billikens finished the season 19–14, 7–9 in C-USA play to finish 5th in the conference standings. They won the C-USA tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they were defeated by Utah in the opening round.

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Guard Justin Love (18.2) and forward Justin Tatum (8.3) led the team in scoring.^[2]^[3]

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 13, 1999*		Air Force Earth Grains Classic	W 78–70	1–0	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Nov 14, 1999*		Alabama Earth Grains Classic	W 78–70	2–0	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Nov 21, 1999*		UNC Asheville	W 84–72	3–0	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Nov 27, 1999*		Louisiana Tech	L 60–68	3–1	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Dec 1, 1999*		at Kansas State	L 68–69	3–2	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 4, 1999*		Texas State	W 76–52	4–2	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Dec 12, 1999*		Missouri	W 75–72	5–2	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Dec 16, 1999		No. 1 Cincinnati	L 64–79	5–3 (0–1)	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Dec 19, 1999*		UMKC	W 66–64	6–3	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Dec 23, 1999*		at Dayton	W 83–74	7–3	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
Dec 30, 1999*		vs. No. 10 Kansas Sprint Shootout	L 60–71	7–4	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Jan 2, 2000*		at Southwest Missouri State	L 62–71	7–5	Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri
Jan 5, 2000		at Marquette	L 38–56	7–6 (0–2)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jan 8, 2000		Memphis	W 75–67	8–6 (1–2)	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Jan 11, 2000*		Southern Illinois	W 76–64	9–6	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Jan 15, 2000		at Charlotte	L 51–72	9–7 (1–3)	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina
Jan 22, 2000		at No. 23 DePaul	W 75–69 ^OT	10–7 (2–3)	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
Jan 26, 2000		Marquette	W 67–52	11–7 (3–3)	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Jan 29, 2000		Louisville	W 52–48	12–7 (4–3)	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Feb 5, 2000		at South Florida	L 55–58	12–8 (4–4)	Sun Dome Tampa, Florida
Feb 9, 2000		UAB	W 78–61	13–8 (5–4)	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Feb 12, 2000		Houston	W 82–70	14–8 (6–4)	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Feb 16, 2000		at Southern Miss	L 48–71	14–9 (6–5)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Feb 19, 2000		at Tulane	L 58–62	14–10 (6–6)	Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
Feb 23, 2000		at Louisville	L 56–68	14–11 (6–6)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Feb 26, 2000		DePaul	L 54–55	14–12 (6–8)	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Mar 1, 2000		Charlotte	W 72–63	15–12 (7–8)	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Mar 4, 2000		at No. 2 Cincinnati	L 41–84	15–13 (7–9)	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
C-USA tournament
Mar 8, 2000*	(9)	vs. (8) Southern Miss First Round	W 59–51	16–13	The Pyramid Memphis, Tennessee
Mar 9, 2000*	(9)	vs. (1) No. 1 Cincinnati Quarterfinals	W 68–58^[5]	17–13	The Pyramid Memphis, Tennessee
Mar 10, 2000*	(9)	vs. (4) Tulane Semifinals	W 64–46	18–13	The Pyramid Memphis, Tennessee
Mar 11, 2000*	(9)	vs. (3) DePaul Championship Game	W 56–49	19–13	The Pyramid Memphis, Tennessee
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 2000*	(9 MW)	vs. (8 MW) Utah First Round	L 45–48	19–14	CSU Convocation Center Cleveland, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest.

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sports-reference.com 1999-00 Conference USA Season Summary

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DeCourcy, Mike (February 9, 2022). "Do you know the name Harry Statham? If you are a college basketball fan, you should know the McKendree legend". The Sporting News. Retrieved December 22, 2023. Tatum had been the second-leading scorer for the Billikens' Conference USA championship team in 2000.

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"1999-00 Men's Basketball Roster". Saint Louis University Athletics. Retrieved September 3, 2021.

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
American
No. 7 Cincinnati	16	–	0	1.000	29	–	4	.879
Louisville	10	–	6	.625	19	–	12	.613
DePaul	9	–	7	.563	21	–	12	.636
Marquette	8	–	8	.500	15	–	14	.517
Saint Louis †	7	–	9	.438	19	–	14	.576
Charlotte	7	–	9	.438	17	–	16	.515
National
Tulane	8	–	8	.500	20	–	11	.645
South Florida	8	–	8	.500	17	–	14	.548
Southern Miss	7	–	9	.438	17	–	12	.586
UAB	7	–	9	.438	14	–	14	.500
Memphis	7	–	9	.438	15	–	16	.484
Houston	2	–	14	.125	9	–	22	.290

† 2000 Conference USA Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

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