The 1999–2000

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men's basketball season was the 21st in conference history, and involved its 13 full-time member schools.

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and

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were the regular-season co-champions with identical records of . St. John's won the Big East tournament championship.

Season summary & highlights

and

were the regular-season co-champions with identical records of . It was Miami's first and Syracuse's seventh regular-season championship or co-championship. * St. John's won its third Big East tournament championship. *

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of Syracuse received his third Big East

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award.

Head coaches

Rankings

Ranked No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press poll, Connecticut remained in the Top 25 all season, finishing at No. 20. Syracuse also was in the Top 25 all season. Miami, St. John's, and Seton Hall also appeared in the Top 25.

Regular-season statistical leaders

Postseason

Big East tournament

Seeding

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in the Big East tournament was based on conference record, with tiebreakers applied as necessary. Teams seeded fourth through thirteenth played a first-round game, and the other three teams received a bye into the second round. The tournament's seeding was as follows:

Bracket

NCAA tournament

Five Big East teams received bids to the NCAA Tournament. Connecticut and St. John's lost in the second round and Miami, Seton Hall, and Syracuse in the regional semifinals.

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, which Miami defeated in the second round, vacated 16 games, including all NCAA Tournament wins from the 1999–2000 season, due to the Jim O’Brien scandal.

National Invitation Tournament

Four Big East teams received bids to the

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, which did not yet have

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. They played in three of the tournament's four unnamed brackets.

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knocked both Rutgers and Villanova out of the tournament, Rutgers in the first round and Villanova in the second. Georgetown also lost in the second round, but Notre Dame reached the championship game, losing to Wake Forest and finishing as the tournament's runner-up. Georgetown's grueling three-and-a-half-hour, triple-overtime defeat of

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in the first round on March 15, 2000, is considered one of the greatest games in both NIT and Georgetown history. The game broke a number of Georgetown scoring records, and Georgetown's and Virginia's combined 226 points set a record for total points scored in an NIT game, breaking the previous record of 213 set by

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and Saint Louis in the 1955 NIT.

Awards and honors

Big East Conference

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: *

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, Notre Dame, F, So.

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: *

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, Syracuse, C, Sr. Rookie of the Year: *

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, Boston College, G, Fr. Co-Most Improved Players: * Ricardo Greer, Pitsburgh, F, Jr. * Shaheen Holloway, Seton Hall, G, Sr.

: *

, Syracuse (24th season) All-Big East First Team *

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, Connecticut, G, Jr., , ,

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, Minn. *

, Notre Dame, F, So., , , Morristown, N.J. *

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, St. John's, G, So., , ,

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, N.Y. *

, St. John's, G, Sr., , ,

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, N.Y. * Jason Hart, Syracuse, G, Sr., , ,

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, Calif. All-Big East Second Team: * Johnny Hemsley, Miami, G, Sr., , ,

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, Md. * Ricardo Greer, Pittsburgh, F, Jr., , , New York, N.Y. * Shaheen Holloway, Seton Hall, G, Sr., , , Queens, N.Y. * Lavor Postell, St. John's, F, Sr., , , Albany, Ga. *

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, Villanova, C, Sr., , ,

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, N.J. All-Big East Third Team: *

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, Georgetown, C, Jr., , ,

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* Mario Bland, Miami, C, Sr., , ,

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, Miss. * Bootsy Thornton, St. John's, G, Sr., , , Baltimore, Md. * Ryan Blackwell, Syracuse, F, Sr., , ,

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, Ill.. * Marcus Goree, West Virginia, F, Sr., , ,

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, Tex. Big East All-Rookie Team: *

, Boston College, G, Fr., , , Minneapolis, Minn. * Darius Lane, Seton Hall, G, Fr., , , Fridley, Minn. *

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* Anthony Glover, St. John's, F, Fr., , ,

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, N.Y. *

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All-Americans

The following players were selected to the 2000 Associated Press All-America teams. Consensus All-America First Team: *

, Notre Dame, Key Stats: 22.7 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.4 spg, 1.0 bpg, 49.2 FG%, 32.6 3P%, 839 points First Team All-America: * Troy Murphy, Notre Dame, Key Stats: 22.7 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.4 spg, 1.0 bpg, 49.2 FG%, 32.6 3P%, 839 points AP Honorable Mention *

, St. John's *

, Connecticut *

, Syracuse

References

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