# 1999–2000 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team represented St. Bonaventure University during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bonnies, led by 8th-year head coach Jim Baron, played their home games at the Reilly Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 21–10, 11–5 in A-10 to finish in second place. They lost to Temple in the championship game of the A-10 Basketball tournament, but did earn an at-large bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament where they lost in the opening round to Kentucky, 85–80 in 2OT.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 19, 1999* | | Northeastern | W 65–61 | 1–0 | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York |
| Nov 23, 1999* | | at Charlotte | L 56–66 | 1–1 | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Nov 27, 1999* | | vs. Colorado State | W 64–54 | 2–1 | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, California |
| Nov 28, 1999* | | vs. Charlotte | W 75–66 | 3–1 | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, California |
| Dec 4, 1999* | | USC | W 80–67 | 4–1 | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York |
| Dec 11, 1999* | | at Canisius | W 88–60 | 5–1 | Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, New York |
| Dec 18, 1999* | | at Florida International | W 78–70 $^{OT}$ | 6–1 | U.S. Century Bank Arena Miami, Florida |
| Dec 21, 1999* | | Kent State | L 60–73 | 6–2 | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York |
| Dec 30, 1999* | | Cleveland State | W 71–69 | 7–2 | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York |
| Jan 2, 2000* | | Niagara | W 84–71 | 8–2 | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York |
| Jan 6, 2000 | | at UMass | W 70–60 | 9–2 (1–0) | Mullins Center Amherst, Massachusetts |
| Jan 9, 2000 | | at La Salle | W 66–51 | 10–2 (2–0) | Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 12, 2000 | | Saint Joseph's | W 76–71 | 11–2 (3–0) | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York |
| Jan 15, 2000 | | No. 23 Temple | W 57–56 | 12–2 (4–0) | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York |
| Jan 22, 2000 | | at Fordham | L 60–66 | 12–3 (4–1) | Rose Hill Gym Bronx, New York |
| Jan 26, 2000 | | at George Washington | L 72–75 | 12–4 (4–2) | Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. |
| Jan 29, 2000 | | Rhode Island | W 84–44 | 13–4 (5–2) | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York |
| Jan 31, 2000* | | at Green Bay | L 58–65 | 13–5 | Brown County Arena Green Bay, Wisconsin |
| Feb 6, 2000 | | Fordham | L 68–73 | 13–6 (5–3) | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York |
| Feb 10, 2000 | | Virginia Tech | W 61–54 | 14–6 (6–3) | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York |
| Feb 12, 2000 | | at Dayton | L 64–68 | 14–7 (6–4) | University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio |
| Feb 16, 2000 | | at Rhode Island | W 64–54 | 15–7 (7–4) | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island |
| Feb 19, 2000 | | Duquesne | W 71–62 | 16–7 (8–4) | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York |
| Feb 24, 2000 | | at No. 8 Temple | L 58–75 | 16–8 (8–5) | Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 26, 2000 | | at Saint Joseph's | W 83–74 | 17–8 (9–5) | Hagan Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Mar 1, 2000 | | Xavier | W 65–64 | 18–8 (10–5) | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York |
| Mar 4, 2000 | | UMass | W 86–69 | 19–8 (11–5) | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York |
| A-10 tournament ||||||
| Mar 9, 2000* | | vs. Xavier Championship game | W 72–69 | 20–8 | The Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Mar 10, 2000* | | vs. Dayton Championship game | W 56–50 | 21–8 | The Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Mar 11, 2000* | | at No. 6 Temple Championship game | L 44–65 | 21–9 | The Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 16, 2000* | (12 MW) | vs. (5 MW) No. 19 Kentucky First Round | L 80–85 | 21–10 | CSU Convocation Center Cleveland, Ohio |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||