# 1999–2000 LSU Tigers basketball team

The 1999–2000 LSU Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by John Brady and played their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 20, 1999* | | Grambling | W 112–37 | 1–0 | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Nov 22, 1999* | | Southeastern Louisiana | W 75–36 | 2–0 | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Nov 26, 1999* | | vs. Oakland Hawaii Pacific Classic | W 87–80 | 3–0 | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Nov 27, 1999* | | vs. Wyoming Hawaii Pacific Classic | W 103–86 | 4–0 | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Nov 28, 1999* | | vs. Fresno State Hawaii Pacific Classic | W 95–85 | 5–0 | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Dec 11, 1999* | | Alcorn State | W 71–64 | 6–0 | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 14, 1999* | | Tennessee-Martin | W 73–45 | 7–0 | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 18, 1999* | | Sam Houston State | W 85–67 | 8–0 | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 21, 1999* | | vs. Centenary | W 80–52 | 9–0 | Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Dec 23, 1999* | | Nicholls State | W 91–74 | 10–0 | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 27, 1999* | | Howard | W 81–55 | 11–0 | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 30, 1999* | | vs. No. 11 Oklahoma State | W 63–53 | 12–0 | New Orleans Arena New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Jan 5, 2000 | No. 21 | Alabama | W 78–66 | 13–0 (1–0) | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Jan 8, 2000 | No. 21 | No. 15 Tennessee | L 59–64 | 13–1 (1–1) | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Jan 12, 2000 | No. 24 | at No. 10 Florida | L 57–82 | 13–2 (1–2) | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Jan 15, 2000 | No. 24 | at Vanderbilt | L 62–65 | 13–3 (1–3) | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee |
| Jan 19, 2000 | | Georgia | W 61–57 | 14–3 (2–3) | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Jan 26, 2000 | | Arkansas | W 96–75 | 15–3 (3–3) | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Jan 29, 2000* | | No. 5 Arizona | W 86–60 | 16–3 | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Feb 2, 2000 | No. 22 | at Mississippi State | L 66–68 | 16–4 (3–4) | Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi |
| Feb 5, 2000 | No. 22 | at Alabama | W 93–60 | 17–4 (4–4) | Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Feb 9, 2000 | No. 25 | No. 9 Auburn | W 83–68 | 18–4 (5–4) | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Feb 13, 2000 | No. 25 | No. 11 Kentucky | W 70–57 | 19–4 (6–4) | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Feb 16, 2000 | No. 16 | at Ole Miss | W 97–53 | 20–4 (7–4) | Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi |
| Feb 19, 2000 | No. 16 | at Arkansas | W 78–67 | 21–4 (8–4) | Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Feb 23, 2000 | No. 15 | at South Carolina | W 64–59 | 22–4 (9–4) | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, South Carolina |
| Feb 26, 2000 | No. 15 | Mississippi State | W 71–66 | 23–4 (10–4) | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Mar 1, 2000 | No. 12 | at No. 19 Auburn | W 55–53 | 24–4 (11–4) | Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum Auburn, Alabama |
| Mar 4, 2000 | No. 12 | Ole Miss | W 64–60 | 25–4 (12–4) | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| SEC Tournament ||||||
| Mar 10, 2000* | No. 10 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 71–60 | 26–4 | Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia |
| Mar 11, 2000* | No. 10 | vs. Arkansas | L 67–69 | 26–5 | Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| Mar 16, 2000* | (4 W) No. 10 | vs. (13 W) Southeast Missouri State First round | W 64–61 | 27–5 | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Mar 18, 2000* | (4 W) No. 10 | vs. (5 W) No. 15 Texas Second Round | W 72–67 | 28–5 | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Mar 23, 2000* | (4 W) No. 10 | vs. (8 W) Wisconsin West Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen | L 48–61 | 28–6 | The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll, NCAA tournament seeds shown in parentheses. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Central Standard Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 24 | — | — | 22 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | Not released |
| Coaches | — | —^ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 13 |
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings ^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

## NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 1 | 2 | Stromile Swift | Vancouver Grizzlies |
| 2 | 45 | Jabari Smith | Sacramento Kings |