1999–2000 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

1999–2000 Penn Quakers men's basketball
1999–2000 Penn Quakers men's basketball
Ivy League champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Ivy League
Record	21–8 (14–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Fran Dunphy (11th season);
Assistant coach	Dave Duke
Home arena	The Palestra
	Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Quakers, led by 11th-year head coach Fran Dunphy, played their home games at The Palestra as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 21–8, 14–0 in Ivy League play to win the regular season championship. They received the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the First Round to Illinois.^[2]

ConferenceIvy League

Record21–8 (14–0 Ivy)

Headcoach

Fran Dunphy (11th season)

Assistant coachDave Duke

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1999–2000 Ivy League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Penn	14	–	0	1.000	21	–	8	.724
Princeton	11	–	3	.786	19	–	11	.633
Columbia	7	–	7	.500	13	–	14	.481
Harvard	7	–	7	.500	12	–	15	.444
Dartmouth	5	–	9	.357	9	–	18	.333
Yale	5	–	9	.357	7	–	20	.259
Brown	4	–	10	.286	8	–	19	.296
Cornell	3	–	11	.214	10	–	17	.370

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 17, 1999*		at No. 14 Kentucky	L 50–67	0–1	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
Dec 3, 1999*		Army	W 71–56	1–1	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 4, 1999*		Penn State	L 56–59	1–2	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 7, 1999*		at La Salle	L 76–83	1–3	Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 11, 1999*		vs. No. 8 Auburn Arby's Hardwood Classic	L 70–77	1–4	BJCC Arena Birmingham, Alabama
Dec 28, 1999*		vs. Portland State	W 84–74	2–4	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Dec 29, 1999*		at California	W 74–71	3–4	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Jan 4, 2000*		at No. 9 Kansas	L 59–105	3–5	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Jan 9, 2000*		Villanova	L 65–67	3–6	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 11, 2000*		Lafayette	W 80–76	4–6	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 15, 2000*		at Lehigh	W 59–54	5–6	Stabler Arena Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Jan 20, 2000*		at Temple	L 40–44	5–7	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 25, 2000*		Drexel	W 54–46	6–7	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 28, 2000		at Columbia	W 63–37	7–7 (1–0)	Levien Gymnasium New York, New York
Jan 29, 2000		at Cornell	W 50–47	8–7 (2–0)	Newman Arena Ithaca, New York
Feb 1, 2000*		Saint Joseph's	W 68–65	9–7	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 4, 2000		at Yale	W 61–36	10–7 (3–0)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, Connecticut
Feb 5, 2000		at Brown	W 83–48	11–7 (4–0)	Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, Rhode Island
Feb 11, 2000		Harvard	W 79–52	12–7 (5–0)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 12, 2000		Dartmouth	W 75–61	13–7 (6–0)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 15, 2000		at Princeton	W 55–46	14–7 (7–0)	Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey
Feb 18, 2000		Cornell	W 73–63	15–7 (8–0)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 19, 2000		Columbia	W 81–58	16–7 (9–0)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 25, 2000		at Dartmouth	W 69–55	17–7 (10–0)	Leede Arena Hanover, New Hampshire
Feb 26, 2000		at Harvard	W 62–61	18–7 (11–0)	Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mar 3, 2000		Brown	W 85–62	19–7 (12–0)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 4, 2000		Yale	W 69–52	20–7 (13–0)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 7, 2000		Princeton	W 73–52	21–7 (14–0)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 2000*	(13 E)	vs. (4 E) No. 21 Illinois First Round	L 58–68	21–8	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Time.

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