# 1999–2000 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team

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.
Guard Justin Love (18.2) and forward Justin Tatum (8.3) led the team in scoring.

## Schedule and results

| 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 | 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. ||||||