2000 NCAA MEN'S DIVISION I BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

The '2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament' involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 2000, and ended with the championship game on April 3 in Indianapolis, Indiana. A total of 63 games were played.
Michigan State, coached by Tom Izzo, the national title with a 89-76 victory in the game over Florida, coached by Billy Donovan. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The surprise teams of the tournament were Wisconsin and North Carolina which made the Final Four despite being 8 seeds.

Contents

Locations

Teams

Bids by conference

Final Four

National Semifinals

Championship Game

Bracket

East region

South region

Midwest region

West region

Final Four

External links

Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Syracuse, New York	Buffalo, New York, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Midwest	Auburn Hills, Michigan	Cleveland, Ohio, Minneapolis, Minnesota
South	Austin, Texas	Birmingham, Alabama, Nashville, Tennessee
West	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Salt Lake City, Utah, Tucson, Arizona
Finals	Indianapolis, Indiana

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
'East'
East	1	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	Sweet Sixteen	5 Florida	L 87-78
East	2	Temple	John Chaney	Round of 32	10 Seton Hall	L 67-65
East	3	Oklahoma State	Eddie Sutton	Elite Eight	5 Florida	L 77-65
East	4	Illinois	Lon Kruger	Round of 32	5 Florida	L 93-76
East	5	Florida	Billy Donovan	Runner Up	1 Michigan State	L 89-76
East	6	Indiana	Bob Knight	Round of 64	11 Pepperdine	L 77-57
East	7	Oregon	Ernie Kent	Round of 64	10 Seton Hall	L 72-71
East	8	Kansas	Roy Williams	Round of 32	1 Duke	L 69-64
East	9	DePaul	Pat Kennedy	Round of 64	8 Kansas	L 81-77
East	10	Seton Hall	Tommy Amaker	Sweet Sixteen	3 Oklahoma State	L 68-66
East	11	Pepperdine	Jan van Breda Kolff	Round of 32	3 Oklahoma State	L 75-67
East	12	Butler	Barry Collier	Round of 64	5 Florida	L 69-68
East	13	Pennsylvania	Fran Dunphy	Round of 64	4 Illinois	L 68-58
East	14	Hofstra	Jay Wright	Round of 64	3 Oklahoma State	L 86-66
East	15	Lafayette	Fran O'Hanlon	Round of 64	2 Temple	L 73-47
East	16	Lamar	Mike Deane	Round of 64	1 Duke	L 82-55
'Midwest'
Midwest	1	Michigan State	Tom Izzo	'Champion'	5 Florida	W 89-76
Midwest	2	Iowa State	Larry Eustachy	Elite Eight	1 Michigan State	L 75-64
Midwest	3	Maryland	Gary Williams	Round of 32	6 UCLA	L 105-70
Midwest	4	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Sweet Sixteen	1 Michigan State	L 75-58
Midwest	5	Kentucky	Tubby Smith	Round of 32	4 Syracuse	L 52-50
Midwest	6	UCLA	Steve Lavin	Sweet Sixteen	2 Iowa State	L 80-56
Midwest	7	Auburn	Cliff Ellis	Round of 32	2 Iowa State	L 79-60
Midwest	8	Utah	Rick Majerus	Round of 32	1 Michigan State	L 73-61
Midwest	9	Saint Louis	Lorenzo Romar	Round of 64	8 Utah	L 48-45
Midwest	10	Creighton	Dana Altman	Round of 64	7 Auburn	L 72-69
Midwest	11	Ball State	Ray McCallum	Round of 64	6 UCLA	L 65-57
Midwest	12	St. Bonaventure	Jim Baron	Round of 64	5 Kentucky	L 85-80
Midwest	13	Samford	Jimmy Tillette	Round of 64	4 Syracuse	L 79-65
Midwest	14	Iona	Jeff Ruland	Round of 64	3 Maryland	L 74-59
Midwest	15	Central Connecticut State	Howie Dickenman	Round of 64	2 Iowa State	L 88-78
Midwest	16	Valparaiso	Homer Drew	Round of 64	1 Michigan State	L 65-38
'South'
South	1	Stanford	Mike Montgomery	Round of 32	8 North Carolina	L 60-53
South	2	Cincinnati	Bob Huggins	Round of 32	7 Tulsa	L 69-61
South	3	Ohio State	Jim O'Brien	Round of 32	6 Miami, Florida	L 75-62
South	4	Tennessee	Jerry Green	Sweet Sixteen	8 North Carolina	L 74-69
South	5	Connecticut	Jim Calhoun	Round of 32	4 Tennessee	L 65-51
South	6	Miami, Florida	Leonard Hamilton	Sweet Sixteen	7 Tulsa	L 80-71
South	7	Tulsa	Bill Self	Elite Eight	8 North Carolina	L 59-55
South	8	North Carolina	Bill Guthridge	National Semifinals	5 Florida	L 71-59
South	9	Missouri	Quin Snyder	Round of 64	8 North Carolina	L 84-70
South	10	UNLV	Bill Bayno	Round of 64	7 Tulsa	L 89-62
South	11	Arkansas	Nolan Richardson	Round of 64	6 Miami, Florida	L 75-71
South	12	Utah State	Stew Morrill	Round of 64	5 Connecticut	L 75-67
South	13	Louisiana-Lafayette	Jessie Evans	Round of 64	4 Tennessee	L 63-58
South	14	Appalachian State	Buzz Peterson	Round of 64	3 Ohio State	L 87-61
South	15	UNC-Wilmington	Jerry Wainwright	Round of 64	2 Cincinnati	L 64-47
South	16	South Carolina State	Cy Alexander	Round of 64	1 Stanford	L 84-65
'West'
West	1	Arizona	Lute Olson	Round of 32	8 Wisconsin	L 66-59
West	2	St. John's	Mike Jarvis	Round of 32	10 Gonzaga	L 82-76
West	3	Oklahoma	Kelvin Sampson	Round of 32	6 Purdue	L 66-62
West	4	LSU	John Brady	Sweet Sixteen	8 Wisconsin	L 61-48
West	5	Texas	Rick Barnes	Round of 32	4 LSU	L 72-67
West	6	Purdue	Gene Keady	Elite Eight	8 Wisconsin	L 64-60
West	7	Louisville	Denny Crum	Round of 64	10 Gonzaga	L 77-66
West	8	Wisconsin	Dick Bennett	National Semifinals	1 Michigan State	L 53-41
West	9	Fresno State	Jerry Tarkanian	Round of 64	8 Wisconsin	L 66-56
West	10	Gonzaga	Mark Few	Sweet Sixteen	6 Purdue	L 75-66
West	11	Dayton	Oliver Purnell	Round of 64	6 Purdue	L 62-61
West	12	Indiana State	Royce Waltman	Round of 64	5 Texas	L 77-61
West	13	Southeast Missouri State	Gary Garner	Round of 64	4 LSU	L 64-61
West	14	Winthrop	Gregg Marshall	Round of 64	3 Oklahoma	L 74-60
West	15	Northern Arizona	Mike Adras	Round of 64	2 St. John's	L 61-56
West	16	Jackson State	Andy Stoglin	Round of 64	1 Arizona	L 71-47

Bids by conference

Bids by Conference
Bids	Conference(s)
6	Big Ten, Big 12, SEC
5	Big East
4	C-USA, Pac-10
3	ACC, Atlantic 10
2	Mountain West, Missouri Valley, WAC, WCC
1	19 others

Final Four

At RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana

National Semifinals

★ April 1, 2000

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★ Michigan State (M1) 53, Wisconsin (W8) 41

★ :In the first half it appeared that the cinderella run of the Wisconsin Badgers had a great chance of continuing. Wisconsin's slow down offense, smothering defense tempo held the game to a Michigan State Spartans 19-17 lead. However, the only number one seed left in the tournament opened the second half with a 13-2 run, including 10 points from senior Morris Peterson. After the run, Michigan State coasted home against Wisconsin's limited offense.

★
★ Florida (E5) 71, North Carolina (S8) 59

★ :Despite being behind 18-3 to start the game and trailing at halftime, the North Carolina Tar Heels took control of the early minutes of the second half, and managed to sneak ahead 48-42 with 15:44 to play. However, the Florida Gators answered back with a 9-0 run to give them the lead for good. The Gators held the Tar Heels to just six points over a 9 1/2 minute span to put them in great shape. Foul trouble ultimately doomed the Tar Heels, and the Gators advanced to their first ever National Championship game.

Championship Game

★ April 3, 2000

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★ Michigan State (M1) 89, Florida (E5) 76

★ :Michigan State senior Mateen Cleaves limped his way to the Most Outstanding Player (MOP) of the 2000 NCAA Tournament. Cleaves sprained his ankle with 16:18 to play in the 2nd half, and this was after Florida had trimmed Michigan State's double digit halftime lead to 50-44. Cleaves returned about four minutes later, and immediately helped lead the Spartans on a 16-6 run to put the game out of reach. The lone top-seed remaining would bring order to a tournament filled with upsets as they salted away the victory for the school's second ever National Championship (1979). Michigan State coach Tom Izzo earned his first ever title, leading his second straight final four appearance. Morris Peterson led the Spartans with 21 points.

Bracket

East region

South region

Midwest region

West region

Final Four

External links

★ 2000 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)

★ HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.