# 1999–2000 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Quakers, led by 11th-year head coach Fran Dunphy, played their home games at The Palestra as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 21–8, 14–0 in Ivy League play to win the regular season championship. They received the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the First Round to Illinois.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 17, 1999* | | at No. 14 Kentucky | L 50–67 | 0–1 | Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky |
| Dec 3, 1999* | | Army | W 71–56 | 1–1 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Dec 4, 1999* | | Penn State | L 56–59 | 1–2 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Dec 7, 1999* | | at La Salle | L 76–83 | 1–3 | Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Dec 11, 1999* | | vs. No. 8 Auburn Arby's Hardwood Classic | L 70–77 | 1–4 | BJCC Arena Birmingham, Alabama |
| Dec 28, 1999* | | vs. Portland State | W 84–74 | 2–4 | Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California |
| Dec 29, 1999* | | at California | W 74–71 | 3–4 | Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California |
| Jan 4, 2000* | | at No. 9 Kansas | L 59–105 | 3–5 | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas |
| Jan 9, 2000* | | Villanova | L 65–67 | 3–6 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 11, 2000* | | Lafayette | W 80–76 | 4–6 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 15, 2000* | | at Lehigh | W 59–54 | 5–6 | Stabler Arena Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 20, 2000* | | at Temple | L 40–44 | 5–7 | Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 25, 2000* | | Drexel | W 54–46 | 6–7 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 28, 2000 | | at Columbia | W 63–37 | 7–7 (1–0) | Levien Gymnasium New York, New York |
| Jan 29, 2000 | | at Cornell | W 50–47 | 8–7 (2–0) | Newman Arena Ithaca, New York |
| Feb 1, 2000* | | Saint Joseph's | W 68–65 | 9–7 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 4, 2000 | | at Yale | W 61–36 | 10–7 (3–0) | Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, Connecticut |
| Feb 5, 2000 | | at Brown | W 83–48 | 11–7 (4–0) | Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, Rhode Island |
| Feb 11, 2000 | | Harvard | W 79–52 | 12–7 (5–0) | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 12, 2000 | | Dartmouth | W 75–61 | 13–7 (6–0) | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 15, 2000 | | at Princeton | W 55–46 | 14–7 (7–0) | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey |
| Feb 18, 2000 | | Cornell | W 73–63 | 15–7 (8–0) | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 19, 2000 | | Columbia | W 81–58 | 16–7 (9–0) | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 25, 2000 | | at Dartmouth | W 69–55 | 17–7 (10–0) | Leede Arena Hanover, New Hampshire |
| Feb 26, 2000 | | at Harvard | W 62–61 | 18–7 (11–0) | Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Mar 3, 2000 | | Brown | W 85–62 | 19–7 (12–0) | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Mar 4, 2000 | | Yale | W 69–52 | 20–7 (13–0) | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Mar 7, 2000 | | Princeton | W 73–52 | 21–7 (14–0) | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 17, 2000* | (13 E) | vs. (4 E) No. 21 Illinois First Round | L 58–68 | 21–8 | Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Awards and honors

* Michael-Hakim Jordan – Ivy League Player of the Year
* Ugonna Onyekwe – Ivy League Rookie of the Year