# 1999–2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They finished the regular season with a record of 22–15, 8-8. The team's sole loss was by a 61–75 score against Wake Forest in the NIT Tournament. The team was coached by Matt Doherty in his first year at the school.
Forward Troy Murphy was the team's captain and leading scorer, averaging 22.7 points per game.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 16* | | at No. 4 Ohio State | W 59–57 | 1–0 | Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| November 18* | | Siena | W 107–96 | 2–0 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| November 21* | | Saint Francis (PA) | W 73–60 | 3–0 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| November 24* | | vs. No. 8 Arizona NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinal | L 60–76 | 3–1 | Madison Square Garden New York |
| November 26* | | vs. No. 24 Maryland NIT Season Tip-Off Consolation | L 67–72 | 3–2 | Madison Square Garden New York |
| November 30* | | at Indiana | L 64–81 $^{OT}$ | 3–3 | Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana |
| December 4* | | Vanderbilt | L 85–87 $^{OT}$ | 3–4 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| December 8* | | Valparaiso | W 65–42 | 4–4 | Joyce Center (10,382) Notre Dame, IN |
| December 11* | | at Miami (OH) | L 55–71 | 4–5 | Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio |
| December 18* | | Virginia Military Institute | W 79–66 | 5–5 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| December 22* | | Rider | W 75–62 | 6–5 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| December 28* | | Elon | W 97–71 | 7–5 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| December 31* | | Saint Peter's | W 85–67 | 8–5 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| January 2* | | Loyola Marymount | W 75–57 | 9–5 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| January 5 WTXX | | at No. 2 Connecticut | W 75–70 | 10–5 (1—0) | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (16,294) Mansfield, Connecticut |
| January 12 | | Boston College | W 86–77 | 11–5 (2—0) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| January 16 | | at No. 7 Syracuse | L 57–80 | 11–6 (2—1) | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY |
| January 18 | | at Rutgers | L 51–76 | 11–7 (2—2) | Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ |
| January 22 | | Pittsburgh | W 81–66 | 12–7 (3—2) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| January 25 7:30 pm | | Miami (FL) | L 49–63 | 12–8 (3—3) | Joyce Center (8,834) Notre Dame, IN |
| January 29 | | No. 25 St. John's | W 73–60 | 13–8 (4—3) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| February 2 | | West Virginia | W 79–65 | 14–8 (5—3) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| February 6 | | at Pittsburgh | L 66–72 | 14–9 (5—4) | Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| February 8 | | at Villanova | L 69–86 | 14–10 (5—5) | Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| February 12 WTXX | | No. 13 Connecticut | W 68–66 | 15–10 (6—5) | Joyce Center (11,418) Notre Dame, IN |
| February 19 | | at Seton Hall | W 76–74 | 16–10 (7—5) | Izod Center East Rutherford, NJ |
| February 23 | | Providence | L 79–89 | 16–11 (7—6) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| February 26 7:00 pm | | at Miami (FL) | L 52–55 | 16–12 (7—7) | Miami Arena (6,189) Miami, Florida |
| March 1 | | No. 9 Syracuse | L 71–73 | 16–13 (7—8) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| March 4 | | at Georgetown | W 77–54 | 17–13 (8—8) | MCI Center (14,304) Washington, D.C. |
| Big East tournament ||||||
| March 8 | (7) | vs. (10) Rutgers First Round | W 74–62 | 18–13 (9–8) | Madison Square Garden New York |
| March 9 7:00 pm | (7) | vs. (2) No. 23 Miami (FL) Quarterfinals | L 58–61 | 18–14 (9–9) | Madison Square Garden (19,472) New York |
| NIT ||||||
| March 15 | | Michigan First Round | W 75–65 | 19–14 (9–9) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| March 20 | | Xavier Second Round | W 76–64 | 20–14 (9–9) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| March 22 | | BYU Quarterfinal | W 64–52 | 21–14 (9–9) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN |
| March 28 | | vs. Penn State Semifinals | W 73–52 | 22–14 (9–9) | Madison Square Garden New York |
| March 30 | | vs. Wake Forest Finals | L 61–71 | 23–15 (9–9) | Madison Square Garden New York |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Players selected in NBA drafts

| Year | Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 2001 | 1 | 14 | Troy Murphy | Golden State Warriors |