# 1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 1999–2000 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.
The Gators were the SEC regular season champions, winning a share of the title with a 12–4 conference record. They earned a five seed in the 2000 NCAA tournament where they advanced to the Final Four and then made the school's first ever appearance in the NCAA championship game where they lost to Michigan State. Florida ended the season No. 2 in the final USA Today/ESPN Rankings and were ranked wire-to-wire for the first time in school history.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| Nov 19, 1999* | No. 7 | Florida State | W 96–61 | 1–0 | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Nov 22, 1999* | No. 6 | vs. Utah State Maui Invitational Tournament | W 60–58 | 2–0 | Lahaina Civic Center Maui, Hawaii |
| Nov 23, 1999* | No. 6 | vs. No. 22 Purdue Maui Invitational Tournament | L 68–79 | 2–1 | Lahaina Civic Center Maui, Hawaii |
| Nov 24, 1999* | No. 6 | vs. Georgetown Maui Invitational Tournament | W 72–62 | 3–1 | Lahaina Civic Center Maui, Hawaii |
| Nov 29, 1999* | No. 11 | New Hampshire | W 131–72 | 4–1 | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Dec 4, 1999* | No. 11 | Florida A&M | W 96–44 | 5–1 | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Dec 11, 1999* | No. 9 | Bethune-Cookman | W 93–77 | 6–1 | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Dec 19, 1999* | No. 9 | High Point | W 109–60 | 7–1 | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Dec 21, 1999* | No. 8 | vs. Rutgers | W 85–65 | 8–1 | Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey |
| Dec 23, 1999* | No. 8 | UNC Wilmington | W 80–53 | 9–1 | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Dec 28, 1999* | No. 6 | VMI | W 113–68 | 10–1 | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Dec 30, 1999* | No. 6 | South Alabama | W 82–61 | 11–1 | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Jan 5, 2000 | No. 6 | at Vanderbilt | L 77–87 | 11–2 (0–1) | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee |
| Jan 8, 2000 | No. 6 | at Ole Miss | W 75–71 | 12–2 (1–1) | Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi |
| Jan 12, 2000 | No. 10 | No. 24 LSU | W 82–57 | 13–2 (2–1) | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Jan 18, 2000 | No. 9 | No. 16 Tennessee | L 79–81 $^{2OT}$ | 13–3 (2–2) | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Jan 22, 2000 | No. 9 | at Alabama | W 77–73 | 14–3 (3–2) | Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Jan 26, 2000* | No. 10 | at DePaul | L 69–71 | 14–4 | Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois |
| Jan 29, 2000 | No. 10 | No. 20 Vanderbilt | W 89–63 | 15–4 (4–2) | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Feb 2, 2000 | No. 12 | at South Carolina | W 86–82 | 16–4 (5–2) | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, South Carolina |
| Feb 5, 2000 | No. 12 | at Georgia | W 85–66 | 17–4 (6–2) | Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia |
| Feb 8, 2000 | No. 12 | No. 11 Kentucky | W 90–73 | 18–4 (7–2) | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Feb 12, 2000 | No. 12 | at No. 8 Tennessee | L 73–76 $^{OT}$ | 18–5 (7–3) | Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Feb 15, 2000 | No. 11 | at Arkansas | W 80–71 | 19–5 (8–3) | Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Feb 19, 2000 | No. 11 | Mississippi State | W 88–58 | 20–5 (9–3) | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Feb 23, 2000 | No. 9 | at Georgia | W 90–68 | 21–5 (10–3) | Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia |
| Feb 27, 2000 | No. 9 | No. 11 Auburn | W 88–59 | 22–5 (11–3) | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Mar 1, 2000 | No. 8 | South Carolina | W 87–67 | 23–5 (12–3) | O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Mar 4, 2000 | No. 8 | at No. 22 Kentucky | L 70–85 | 23–6 (12–4) | Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky |
| SEC Tournament ||||||
| Mar 9, 2000* | No. 11 | vs. Ole Miss SEC Tournament Quarterfinal | W 89–67 | 24–6 | Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA |
| Mar 10, 2000* | No. 11 | vs. Auburn SEC Tournament Semifinal | L 70–78 | 24–7 | Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| Mar 17, 2000* 2:37 pm, CBS | (5 E) No. 13 | vs. (12 E) Butler First Round | W 69–68 | 25–7 | Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| Mar 19, 2000* 2:30 pm, CBS | (5 E) No. 13 | vs. (4 E) No. 21 Illinois Second Round | W 93–76 | 26–7 | Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| Mar 24, 2000* 7:38 pm, CBS | (5 E) No. 13 | vs. (1 E) No. 1 Duke Sweet Sixteen | W 87–78 | 27–7 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY |
| Mar 26, 2000* 5:00 pm, CBS | (5 E) No. 13 | vs. (3 E) No. 14 Oklahoma State Elite Eight | W 77–65 | 28–7 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY |
| Apr 1, 2000* 8:17 pm, CBS | (5 E) No. 13 | vs. (8 S) North Carolina Final Four | W 71–59 | 29–7 | RCA Dome Indianapolis, IN |
| Apr 3, 2000* 9:00 pm, CBS | (5 E) No. 13 | vs. (1 MW) No. 2 Michigan State National Championship | L 76–89 | 29–8 | RCA Dome Indianapolis, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## NBA draft

| Round | Overall | Player | NBA Club |
| 1 | 5 | Mike Miller | Orlando Magic |
| 1 | 22 | Donnell Harvey | New York Knicks |