# 1999–2000 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University as a member of the Pac-10 Conference during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Mike Montgomery and played their home games at Maples Pavilion. Stanford spent a total of five weeks as the top-ranked team in the AP poll, finished tied atop the Pac-10 regular season standings, and received an at-large bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament as No. 1 seed in the South Region. After an opening round win over South Carolina State, the Cardinal were upset by No. 8 seed North Carolina. Stanford finished with an overall record of 27–4 (15–3 Pac-10).

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 11, 1999* | No. 13 | vs. No. 10 Duke Coaches vs. Cancer Classic | W 80–79 $^{OT}$ | 1–0 | Madison Square Garden New York, New York |
| Nov 12, 1999* | No. 13 | vs. Iowa Coaches vs. Cancer Classic | W 72–58 | 2–0 | Madison Square Garden New York, New York |
| Nov 20, 1999* | No. 9 | at UC Santa Barbara | W 62–49 | 3–0 | The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, California |
| Nov 24, 1999* | No. 9 | Cal State Bakersfield | W 72–31 | 4–0 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Nov 27, 1999* | No. 9 | vs. No. 2 Auburn John R. Wooden Classic | W 67–58 | 5–0 | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Anaheim, California |
| Dec 11, 1999* | No. 3 | at Georgia Tech | W 64–61 $^{OT}$ | 6–0 | Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia |
| Dec 16, 1999* | No. 2 | Nevada | W 68–39 | 7–0 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Dec 18, 1999* | No. 2 | Sacramento State | W 78–56 | 8–0 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Dec 21, 1999* | No. 1 | vs. Mississippi State | W 76–56 | 9–0 | The Arena in Oakland Oakland, California |
| Dec 29, 1999* | No. 1 | New Hampshire | W 119–60 | 10–0 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Dec 30, 1999* | No. 1 | Davidson | W 87–61 | 11–0 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Jan 6, 2000* | No. 1 | Arizona State | W 86–67 | 12–0 (1–0) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Jan 8, 2000* | No. 1 | No. 5 Arizona | L 65–68 | 12–1 (1–1) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Jan 13, 2000 | No. 3 | at Oregon State | W 73–45 | 13–1 (2–1) | Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon |
| Jan 15, 2000 | No. 3 | at Oregon | W 85–71 | 14–1 (3–1) | McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon |
| Jan 22, 2000 | No. 3 | at California | W 81–70 | 15–1 (4–1) | Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California |
| Jan 27, 2000 | No. 2 | Washington | W 92–62 | 16–1 (5–1) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Jan 29, 2000 | No. 2 | Washington State | W 63–38 | 17–1 (6–1) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Feb 3, 2000 | No. 2 | at UCLA | W 78–63 | 18–1 (7–1) | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
| Feb 5, 2000 | No. 2 | at USC | W 67–57 | 19–1 (8–1) | L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California |
| Feb 10, 2000 | No. 2 | No. 24 Oregon | W 76–61 | 20–1 (9–1) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Feb 12, 2000 | No. 2 | Oregon State | W 82–56 | 21–1 (10–1) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Feb 19, 2000 | No. 2 | California | W 101–50 | 22–1 (11–1) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Feb 24, 2000 | No. 1 | at Washington State | W 89–52 | 23–1 (12–1) | Friel Court Pullman, Washington |
| Feb 26, 2000 | No. 1 | at Washington | W 77–52 | 24–1 (13–1) | Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington |
| Mar 2, 2000 | No. 1 | USC | W 111–68 | 25–1 (13–1) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Mar 4, 2000 | No. 1 | UCLA | L 93–94 $^{OT}$ | 25–2 (13–2) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Mar 9, 2000 | No. 2 | at No. 9 Arizona | L 81–86 | 25–3 (14–3) | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Mar 11, 2000 | No. 2 | at Arizona State | W 65–57 | 26–3 (15–3) | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 17, 2000* | (1 S) No. 3 | vs. (16 S) South Carolina State Second Round | W 84–65 | 27–3 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama |
| Mar 19, 2000* | (1 S) No. 3 | vs. (8 S) North Carolina Second Round | L 53–60 | 27–4 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Pacific Time. (#) during NCAA is seed within region. ||||||
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## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Not released |
| Coaches | 13 | 13^ | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings ^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll

## 2000 NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Team |
| 1 | 29 | Mark Madsen | Los Angeles Lakers |