# 1999–2000 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1999-00 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1999–2000. The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center.

## Preseason

The preseason poll was announced by the league office on October 21, 1999.

### Preseason men's basketball poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

#### East Division

* Akron (15) 230
* Kent State (17) 220
* Bowling Green 173
* Marshall (2) 150
* Ohio (4) 146
* Miami 103
* Buffalo 40

#### West Division

* Toledo (20) 189
* Ball State (11) 162
* Northern Illinois (3) 123
* Western Michigan (3) 117
* Central Michigan (1) 116
* Eastern Michigan 87

#### Tournament champs

Kent State (15), Akron (12), Bowling Green (3), Ohio (4), Marshall (2), Toledo (1), Northern Illinois (1)

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/20/99* 8:00 pm | Cleveland State | W 87–82 | 1–0 | Convocation Center (6,213) Athens, OH |
| 11/26/99* 8:30 pm | at Princeton | W 68–60 | 2–0 | Jadwin Gymnasium (5,431) Princeton, NJ |
| 11/30/99* 7:00 pm | George Washington | W 95–77 | 3–0 | Convocation Center (5,118) Athens, OH |
| 12/3/99* 7:05 pm | vs. Houston Hawkeye Invitational 1st Round | W 73–65 | 4–0 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (13,155) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/4/99* 9:05 pm | at Iowa Hawkeye Invitational Championship Game | L 66–86 | 4–1 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (13,375) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/16/99 2:00 pm | at Eastern Michigan | L 55–65 | 4–2 (0–1) | Convocation Center (1,450) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 12/11/99* 7:00 pm | at West Virginia | W 75–64 | 5–2 (0–1) | WVU Coliseum (5,055) Morgantown, WV |
| 12/13/99* 7:00 pm | Central Florida | W 77–57 | 6–2 (0–1) | Convocation Center (6,056) Athens, OH |
| 12/18/99 8:00 pm | Toledo | W 66–57 | 7–2 (1–1) | Convocation Center (6,592) Athens, OH |
| 12/22/99* 11:00 pm | Portland | L 66–68 | 7–3 (1–1) | Chiles Center (1,098) Portland, OR |
| 12/28/99* 10:00 pm | vs. Gonzaga Rainbow Classic 1st Round | L 55–83 | 7–4 (1–1) | Stan Sheriff Center (7,358) Honolulu, HI |
| 12/29/99* 6:30 pm | vs. No. 19 Wake Forest Rainbow Classic 2nd Round | L 78–84 $^{2OT}$ | 7–5 (1–1) | Stan Sheriff Center (839) Honolulu, HI |
| 12/30/99 4:00 pm | vs. Bradley Rainbow Classic 3rd Round | W 63–52 | 8–5 (1–1) | Stan Sheriff Center (849) Honolulu, HI |
| 1/5/00 7:00 pm | at Kent State | L 69–73 $^{2OT}$ | 8–6 (1–2) | MAC Center (3,117) Kent, OH |
| 1/8/00 12:00 pm | at Miami (OH) | W 85–67 | 9–6 (2–2) | Millet Hall (3,517) Oxford, OH |
| 1/11/00 7:00 pm | Akron | L 60–62 | 9–7 (2–3) | Convocation Center (7,108) Athens, OH |
| 1/14/00* 11:59 pm | at No. 1 Cincinnati | L 59–73 | 9–8 (2–3) | Fifth Third Arena (13,176) Cincinnati, OH |
| 1/17/00 4:00 pm | Buffalo | W 86–71 | 10–8 (3–3) | Convocation Center (6,318) Athens, OH |
| 1/20/09 7:00 pm | at Central Michigan | W 93–80 | 11–8 (4–3) | McGuirk Arena (2,447) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 1/22/00 2:00 pm | Western Michigan | L 74–78 $^{OT}$ | 11–9 (4–4) | Convocation Center (12,118) Athens, OH |
| 1/26/00 7:00 pm | Ball State | W 64–53 | 12–9 (5–4) | Convocation Center (6,018) Athens, OH |
| 1/29/00 4:00 pm | Marshall | W 77–53 | 13–9 (6–4) | Convocation Center (11,913) Athens, OH |
| 2/3/00 8:05 pm | at Northern Illinois | W 76–61 | 14–9 (7–4) | Convocation Center (1,868) DeKalb, IL |
| 2/5/00 8:05 pm | at Bowling Green | L 69–73 | 14–10 (7–5) | Stroh Center (3,907) Bowling Green, OH |
| 2/09/00 7:00 pm | Central Michigan | W 83–77 $^{OT}$ | 15–10 (8–5) | Convocation Center (7,189) Athens, OH |
| 2/12/00 4:00 pm | at Akron | L 79–81 $^{OT}$ | 15–11 (8–6) | Rhodes Arena (4,453) Akron, OH |
| 2/14/00 7:00 pm | at Marshall | L 72–78 | 15–12 (8–7) | Cam Henderson Center (4,809) Huntington, WV |
| 2/21/00 8:00 pm | Miami (OH) | W 68–65 | 16–12 (9–7) | Convocation Center (9,384) Athens, OH |
| 2/23/00 7:30 pm | at Buffalo | W 82–62 | 17–12 (10–7) | Alumni Arena (713) Buffalo, NY |
| 2/26/00 12:00 pm | Kent State | W 81–71 | 18–12 (11–7) | Convocation Center (7,519) Athens, OH |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| 3/1/00 7:00 pm | Western Michigan MAC Tournament 1st Round | W 77–52 | 19–12 (11–7) | Convocation Center (5,614) Athens, OH |
| 3/5/00 9:30 pm | vs. Kent State MAC Tournament quarterfinals | W 69–68 | 20–12 (11–7) | Gund Arena (8,127) Cleveland, OH |
| 3/5/00 9:30 | vs. Ball State MAC Tournament semifinals | L 67–70 | 20–13 (11–7) | Gund Arena (5,562) Cleveland, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Statistics
### Team statistics

    Final 1999–2000 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2386 | 2255 |
| Scoring Average | 72.30 | 68.33 |
| Field goals – Att | 782–1804 | 788–1854 |
| 3-pt. Field goals – Att | 221–647 | 171–511 |
| Free throws – Att | 601–895 | 508–750 |
| Rebounds | 1280 | 1096 |
| Assists | 517 | 417 |
| Turnovers | 565 | 519 |
| Steals | 243 | 256 |
| Blocked Shots | 103 | 79 |
Source

### Player statistics

| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | | | | | |
| Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | PF | TO | Stl | Blk |
| Sanjay Adell | 33 | - | - | - | 532 | 16.1 | 167 | 411 | 0.406 | 53 | 155 | 0.342 | 145 | 204 | 0.711 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 5.1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 16 |
| Shaun Stonerook | 33 | - | - | - | 518 | 15.7 | 147 | 322 | 0.457 | 44 | 121 | 0.364 | 180 | 246 | 0.732 | 0 | 0 | 387 | 11.7 | 140 | 0 | 133 | 57 | 15 |
| Brandon Hunter | 33 | - | - | - | 374 | 11.4 | 149 | 290 | 0.514 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 138 | 0.551 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 4.3 | 35 | 93 | 91 | 19 | 11 |
| Dustin Ford | 33 | - | - | - | 278 | 11.3 | 88 | 220 | 0.4 | 67 | 167 | 0.401 | 35 | 53 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 6.2 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 |
| Steve Esterkamp | 33 | - | - | - | 267 | 8.4 | 79 | 219 | 0.361 | 42 | 129 | 0.326 | 67 | 86 | 0.779 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 1.6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| Anthony Jones | 13 | - | - | - | 148 | 8.1 | 50 | 128 | 0.391 | 6 | 35 | 0.171 | 42 | 64 | 0.656 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 2.8 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 |
| Patrick Flomo | 31 | - | - | - | 113 | 3.6 | 49 | 72 | 0.681 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 34 | 0.441 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 37 |
| Corey Reed | 33 | - | - | - | 70 | 2.1 | 25 | 65 | 0.385 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 36 | 0.556 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 2.1 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9 |
| Jason Crawford | 24 | - | - | - | 29 | 1.3 | 11 | 30 | 0.367 | 2 | 11 | 0.182 | 5 | 8 | 0.625 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Adam Howell | 24 | - | - | - | 24 | 1.2 | 8 | 28 | 0.286 | 7 | 20 | 0.35 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Shaun McVicker | 19 | - | - | - | 24 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 0.467 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 0.556 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Asa Jewett | 11 | - | - | - | 9 | 0.8 | 2 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 33 | - | - | - | 2386 | 72.3 | 782 | 1804 | 0.433 | 221 | 647 | 0.342 | 601 | 895 | 0.672 | 441 | 839 | 1280 | 38.8 | 517 | 694 | 565 | 243 | 103 |
| Opponents | 33 | - | - | - | 2255 | 68.3 | 788 | 1854 | 0.425 | 171 | 511 | 0.335 | 508 | 750 | 0.489 | 360 | 736 | 1096 | 33.2 | 417 | 745 | 519 | 256 | 79 |
Source

## Awards and honors
### All-MAC Awards

Postseason All-MAC teams :
| Team | Player | Position | Year |
| All-MAC First Team | Shaun Stonerook | F | Sr. |
| All-MAC Honorable Mention | Sanjay Adell | G | Sr. |
| All-MAC First team | Brandon Hunter | F | Fr. |
Source