# 1999–2000 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team represented Winthrop University during the 1999–2000 college basketball season. This was head coach Gregg Marshall's second season at Winthrop. The Eagles competed in the Big South Conference and played their home games at Winthrop Coliseum. They finished the season 21–9, 11–3 in Big South play to finish second in the conference regular season standings. They won the 2000 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as No. 14 seed in the West region. The Eagles lost to No. 3 seed Oklahoma in the opening round.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

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* All times are Eastern
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 20, 1999* | | Lee (TN) | W 97–73 | 1–0 | Winthrop Coliseum (1,179) Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Nov 23, 1999* | | Central Florida | W 78–54 | 2–0 | Winthrop Coliseum (1,166) Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Nov 27, 1999* | | The Citadel | W 71–51 | 3–0 | Winthrop Coliseum (1,168) Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Dec 2, 1999* | | at Georgia Southern | W 80–72 | 4–0 | Hanner Fieldhouse (1,769) Statesboro, Georgia |
| Dec 4, 1999* | | at Dayton | L 49–76 | 4–1 | University of Dayton Arena (11,606) Dayton, Ohio |
| Dec 7, 1999* | | at No. 21 Maryland | L 65–76 $^{OT}$ | 4–2 | Cole Fieldhouse (10,107) College Park, Maryland |
| Dec 16, 1999* | | at Campbell | L 58–62 | 4–3 | Carter Gymnasium (359) Buies Creek, North Carolina |
| Dec 18, 1999* | | at Clemson | L 59–64 | 4–4 | Littlejohn Coliseum (8,000) Clemson, South Carolina |
| Dec 21, 1999* | | UNC Greensboro | L 88–93 $^{2OT}$ | 4–5 | Winthrop Coliseum (1,056) Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Dec 29, 1999* | | USC Aiken | W 87–63 | 5–5 | Winthrop Coliseum (910) Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Jan 4, 2000* | | at Missouri | W 51–46 | 6–5 | Hearnes Center (6,766) Columbia, Missouri |
| Jan 7, 2000* | | Lees-McRae | W 86–54 | 7–5 | Winthrop Coliseum (916) Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Jan 10, 2000* | | William & Mary | W 71–64 | 8–5 | Winthrop Coliseum (1,560) Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Big South Regular Season ||||||
| Jan 15, 2000 | | at Radford | L 52–55 | 8–6 (0–1) | Donald N. Dedmon Center (1,873) Radford, Virginia |
| Jan 17, 2000 | | at Liberty | W 73–71 | 9–6 (1–1) | Vines Center (4,173) Lynchburg, Virginia |
| Jan 22, 2000 | | High Point | W 75–57 | 10–6 (2–1) | Winthrop Coliseum (1,236) Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Jan 27, 2000 | | Coastal Carolina | W 83–70 | 11–6 (3–1) | Winthrop Coliseum (1,181) Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Jan 29, 2000 | | at UNC Asheville | L 63–64 | 11–7 (3–2) | Justice Center (850) Asheville, North Carolina |
| Feb 2, 2000 | | Charleston Southern | W 75–41 | 12–7 (4–2) | Winthrop Coliseum (1,276) Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Feb 5, 2000 | | Liberty | W 80–63 | 13–7 (5–2) | Winthrop Coliseum (1,921) Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Feb 9, 2000 | | Radford | W 81–78 | 14–7 (6–2) | Winthrop Coliseum (2,011) Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Feb 12, 2000 | | at High Point | W 60–55 | 15–7 (7–2) | Millis Center (1,586) High Point, North Carolina |
| Feb 14, 2000 | | at Elon | W 82–68 | 16–7 (8–2) | Alumni Gym (757) Elon, North Carolina |
| Feb 16, 2000 | | Elon | W 87–82 $^{OT}$ | 17–7 (9–2) | Winthrop Coliseum (1,206) Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Feb 19, 2000 | | at Charleston Southern | W 79–65 | 18–7 (10–2) | Buccaneer Field House (1,389) North Charleston, South Carolina |
| Feb 23, 2000 | | at Coastal Carolina | L 58–73 | 18–8 (10–3) | Kimbel Arena (1,133) Conway, South Carolina |
| Feb 26, 2000 | | UNC Asheville | W 90–50 | 19–8 (11–3) | Winthrop Coliseum (3,266) Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Big South tournament ||||||
| Mar 3, 2000* | | vs. Charleston Southern Semifinals | W 90–65 | 20–8 | Asheville Civic Center (3,044) Asheville, North Carolina |
| Mar 4, 2000* | | at UNC Asheville Championship game | W 75–62 | 21–8 | Asheville Civic Center (4,226) Asheville, North Carolina |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 16, 2000* | (14 W) | vs. (3 W) No. 12 Oklahoma First Round | L 50–74 | 21–9 | McKale Center (13,500) Tucson, Arizona |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern. ||||||