The Final Regular Season AP Men's Top 25 Poll for College Basketball's 1999-2000 Season
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
Taken before start of NCAA tournament.
The sportswriters & broadcasters poll: first place votes in parentheses; records through Monday, March 13, 2000; total points (based on 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd, etc.); record in NCAA tourney and team lost to; head coach (career years and record including 2000 postseason), and preseason ranking. Teams in bold type went on to reach NCAA Final Four.
| Mar. 13 Record |
Points | NCAA Recap | Head Coach | Preseason Rank |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke (58) | 27-4 | 1729 | 2-1 (Florida) | Mike Krzyzewski (25 yrs: 571-219) | 10 |
| 2 | Michigan St. (6) | 26-7 | 1628 | 6-0 | Tom Izzo (5 yrs: 120-48) | 3 |
| 3 | Stanford (3) | 26-3 | 1522 | 1-1 (N. Carolina) | Mike Montgomery (22 yrs: 442-220) | 13 |
| 4 | Arizona (2) | 26-6 | 1510 | 1-1 (Wisconsin) | Lute Olson (27 yrs: 613-220) | 9 |
| 5 | Temple | 26-5 | 1482 | 1-1 (Seton Hall) | John Chaney (28 yrs: 632-225) | 7 |
| 6 | Iowa St. | 29-4 | 1441 | 3-1 (Michigan St.) | Larry Eustachy (10 yrs: 206-105) | NR |
| 7 | Cincinnati (1) | 28-3 | 1414 | 1-1 (Tulsa) | Bob Huggins (19 yrs: 444-158) | 2 |
| 8 | Ohio St. | 22-6 | 1192 | 1-1 (Miami-FL) | Jim O'Brien (18 yrs: 293-255) | 5 |
| 9 | St. John's | 24-7 | 1050 | 1-1 (Gonzaga) | Mike Jarvis (15 yrs: 306-158) | 18 |
| 10 | LSU | 26-5 | 1035 | 2-1 (Wisconsin) | John Brady (9 yrs: 138-116) | NR |
| 11 | Tennessee | 24-6 | 986 | 2-1 (N. Carolina) | Jerry Green (17 yrs: 290-202) | 19 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 26-6 | 919 | 1-1 (Purdue) | Kelvin Sampson (17 yrs: 306-210) | NR |
| 13 | Florida | 24-7 | 853 | 5-1 (Michigan St.) | Billy Donovan (6 yrs: 113-69) | 8 |
| 14 | Oklahoma St. | 24-6 | 748 | 3-1 (Florida) | Eddie Sutton (30 yrs: 659-259) | 22 |
| 15 | Texas | 23-8 | 729 | 1-1 (LSU) | Rick Barnes (13 yrs: 245-156) | 21 |
| 16 | Syracuse | 24-5 | 701 | 2-1 (Michigan St.) | Jim Boeheim (24 yrs: 566-199) | 17 |
| 17 | Maryland | 24-9 | 670 | 1-1 (UCLA) | Gary Williams (22 yrs: 424-256) | 26 |
| 18 | Tulsa | 29-4 | 550 | 3-1 (N. Carolina) | Bill Self (7 yrs: 129-81) | 39 |
| 19 | Kentucky | 22-9 | 496 | 1-1 (Syracuse) | Tubby Smith (9 yrs: 210-85) | 14 |
| 20 | Connecticut | 24-9 | 452 | 1-1 (Tennessee) | Jim Calhoun (28 yrs: 577-267) | 1 |
| 21 | Illinois | 21-9 | 444 | 1-1 (Florida) | Lon Kruger (18 yrs: 318-233) | 16 |
| 22 | Indiana | 20-8 | 394 | 0-1 (Pepperdine) | Bob Knight (35 yrs: 763-290) | 30 |
| 23 | Miami-FL | 21-10 | 181 | 2-1 (Tulsa) | Leonard Hamilton (14 yrs: 200-210) | 25 |
| 24 | Auburn | 23-9 | 166 | 1-1 (Iowa St.) | Cliff Ellis (25 yrs: 468-281) | 4 |
| 25 | Purdue | 21-9 | 100 | 3-1 (Wisconsin) | Gene Keady (22 yrs: 477-210) | 23 |
Others receiving votes: 26. Oregon (22-7) 96 pts; 27. Kansas (23-9) 55; 28. UCLA (19-11) 50; 29. Arkansas (19-14) 39; 30. Fresno St. (24-9) 33; 31. Utah St. (28-5) 30; 32. Seton Hall (20-9) 15; 33. Ball St. (22-8), Louisville (19-11), Utah (22-8) and Vanderbilt (19-10) 6; 37. Pennsylvania (21-7) and Wisconsin (18-13) 3; 39. Butler (23-7) and Gonzaga (24-8) 2; 41. Lafayette (28-6) and Saint Louis (19-13) 1.
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