1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
MVC Champions
NCAA tournament, first round, L 61–77 vs. Texas
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	22–10 (14–4 MVC)
Head coach	Royce Waltman (3th season);
Home arena	Hulman Center

1999–2000 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
	14	–	4	.778	22	–	10	.688
Southwest Missouri State	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
Southern Illinois	12	–	6	.667	20	–	13	.606
Creighton †	11	–	7	.611	23	–	10	.697
Bradley	10	–	8	.556	14	–	16	.467
Evansville	9	–	9	.500	18	–	12	.600
Northern Iowa	7	–	11	.389	14	–	15	.483
Illinois State	5	–	13	.278	10	–	20	.333
Wichita State	5	–	13	.278	12	–	17	.414
Drake	4	–	14	.222	11	–	18	.379

† 2000 MVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 1999–2000 men's college basketball season. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas.

Royce Waltman was MVC coach of the year award and Nate Green was the conference player of the year award.^[2]

Roster

1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	3	Djibril Kante	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	So	Bloomington, Indiana
F	4	Nate Green	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Des Moines, Iowa
G	5	Michael Menser	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	Jr
F	32	Matt Renn	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Jr

Head coach

Royce Waltman

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 19*	vs. George Washington	L 74–80	0–1	Carlson Center Fairbanks, Alaska
November 20*	vs. Montana State	W 81–64	1–1	Carlson Center Fairbanks, Alaska
November 21*	vs. TCU	W 89–77	2–1	Carlson Center Fairbanks, Alaska
November 27*	at Ball State	L 55–64	2–2	Worthen Arena Muncie, Indiana
December 1*	at Butler	L 55–77	2–3	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
December 4*	at Austin Peay	L 68–82	2–4	Dunn Center Clarksville, Tennessee
December 7*	Western Illinois	W 53–51	3–4	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
December 10*	vs. North Texas	W 77–63	4–4	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
December 11*	at Indiana	W 63–60	5–4	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
December 19*	Eastern Illinois	W 102–91 ^2OT	6–4	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
December 22*	Tennessee State	W 89–62	7–4	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
December 30	Wichita State	W 58–53	8–4 (1–0)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
January 6	Creighton	W 56–46	9–4 (2–0)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
January 8	at Bradley	L 51–62	9–5 (2–1)	Carver Arena Peoria, Illinois
January 12	at Illinois State	W 56–54	10–5 (3–1)	Redbird Arena Normal, Illinois
January 15	Missouri State	W 62–60	11–5 (4–1)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
January 19	Southern Illinois	W 91–56	12–5 (5–1)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
January 22	Drake	W 73–56	13–5 (6–1)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
January 27	at Wichita State	W 72–65	14–5 (7–1)	Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas
January 29	at Drake	W 73–56	15–5 (8–1)	Knapp Center Des Moines, Iowa
February 2	Illinois State	W 77–57	16–5 (9–1)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
February 6	at Missouri State	L 48–64	16–6 (9–2)	Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri
February 9	at Northern Iowa	W 67–61	17–6 (10–2)	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa
February 12	Evansville	W 69–60	18–6 (11–2)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
February 16	at Creighton	L 58–64	18–7 (11–3)	Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska
February 19	Northern Iowa	W 66–55	19–7 (12–3)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
February 23	at Southern Illinois	L 61–80	19–8 (12–4)	The SIU Arena Carbondale, Illinois
February 26	at Evansville	W 55–52	20–8 (13–4)	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
February 28	Bradley	W 56–54	21–8 (14–4)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
Missouri Valley tournament
March 4	vs. Wichita State	W 57–50	22–8 (14–4)	Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
March 5	vs. Creighton	L 69–71	22–9 (14–4)	Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
2000 NCAA tournament
March 16	vs. Texas First Round	L 61–77	22–10 (14–4)	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

^[3]

References

^ sports-reference.com 1999-00 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary
^ Bennett, Mark (March 1, 2000). "Best of the best: Nate Green picks off rare double-double, conference MVP and top defensive player". Tribune-Star. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
^ "1999-2000 Indiana State Sycamores Schedule". sports-reference.com.

[1] sports-reference.com 1999-00 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary

[2] Bennett, Mark (March 1, 2000). "Best of the best: Nate Green picks off rare double-double, conference MVP and top defensive player". Tribune-Star. Retrieved January 21, 2013.

[3] "1999-2000 Indiana State Sycamores Schedule". sports-reference.com.

[1]

[2]

[3]

Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
Venues	North Hall (1895–1923) William H. Wiley High School Gymnasium (1923–1928) ISU Gymnasium (1928–1962) College Arena (1962–1973) Hulman Center (1973–present)
Culture & lore	"Cheer for the Blue and White" "March On! (You Fighting Sycamores)"
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NAIA national championship in bold; NCAA Division I Final Four appearance in italics