1999–2000 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

1999–2000 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
1999–2000 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
WCC Tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	West Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
Record	26–9 (11–3 WCC)
Head coach	Mark Few (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Bill Grier (9th season); Leon Rice (1st season);
Home arena	Charlotte Y. Martin Centre
	Seasons ← 1998–99 2000–01 →

1999–2000 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Pepperdine	12	–	2	.857	25	–	9	.735
Gonzaga †	11	–	3	.786	26	–	9	.743
San Diego	10	–	4	.714	20	–	9	.690
Santa Clara	9	–	5	.643	19	–	12	.613
San Francisco	7	–	7	.500	19	–	9	.679
Portland	4	–	10	.286	10	–	18	.357
Saint Mary's	3	–	11	.214	8	–	20	.286
Loyola Marymount	0	–	14	.000	2	–	26	.071


† 2000 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1999-2000 Gonzaga men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University as a member of the West Coast Conference during the 1999-2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by first-year coach Mark Few and reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	13	Matt Santangelo	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	RS Sr	Portland, OR
G	15	Ryan Floyd	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Sr	Harrington, WA
G	25	Mike Nilson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	RS Sr	Seattle, WA
G	24	Richie Frahm	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	Sr	Battle Ground, WA
F/C	30	Axel Dench	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	Sr	Melbourne, Australia
F	23	Mark Spink	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Jr	Bellingham, WA
F	31	Casey Calvary	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Tacoma, WA
F	32	Zach Gourde	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	So	Vancouver, WA
F	21	Damany Hendrix	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Vallejo, CA
C	33	Eric Chilton	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	So	Kelso, WA

Head coach

Mark Few (Oregon)

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Grier (Oregon)
Leon Rice (Washington State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: March 28, 2019

Source:^[1]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 21, 1999*	No. 25	at Montana	W 76–61	1–0	Dahlberg Arena (6,561) Missoula, MT
Nov 26, 1999*	No. 25	Eastern Washington	W 81–47	2–0	The Kennel (4,004) Spokane, WA
Nov 29, 1999*	No. 25	vs. Washington State	W 73–63	3–0	Spokane Arena (11,048) Spokane, WA
Dec 1, 1999*	No. 25	Boise State	W 71–55	4–0	The Kennel (3,871) Spokane, WA
Dec 4, 1999*	No. 25	vs. No. 1 Cincinnati Rock 'N' Roll Shootout	L 68–75	4–1	Gund Arena (11,392) Cleveland, OH
Dec 8, 1999*	No. 24	vs. No. 19 Temple Great Eight	L 48–64	4–2	United Center (13,463) Chicago, IL
Dec 11, 1999*	No. 24	at No. 11 UCLA	W 59–43	5–2	Pauley Pavilion (9,951) Los Angeles, CA
Dec 13, 1999*	No. 24	at Washington	W 76–66	6–2	Bank of America Arena (8,637) Seattle, WA
Dec 19, 1999*	No. 22	Montana	W 88–70	7–2	The Kennel (4,088) Spokane, WA
Dec 21, 1999*	No. 22	vs. California Pete Newell Challenge	L 64–72	7–3	Oakland Arena (9,174) Oakland, CA
Dec 28, 1999*		vs. Ohio Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic	W 83–55	8–3	Stan Sheriff Center (8,004) Honolulu, HI
Dec 29, 1999*		vs. Oregon Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic	L 64–70	8–4	Stan Sheriff Center (8,349) Honolulu, HI
Dec 30, 1999*		vs. Colorado Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic	L 77–81	8–5	Stan Sheriff Center (8,645) Honolulu, HI
Jan 4, 2000*		Idaho	W 60–49	9–5	Cowan Spectrum (2,916) Moscow, ID
Jan 8, 2000*		Texas Pan-American	W 111–71	10–5	The Kennel (3,811) Spokane, WA
Jan 13, 2000		San Francisco	W 96–73	11–5 (1–0)	The Kennel (4,097) Seattle, WA
Jan 15, 2000		Santa Clara	W 97–67	12–5 (2–0)	The Kennel (4,097) Seattle, WA
Jan 20, 2000		at Saint Mary's	W 90–60	13–5 (3–0)	McKeon Pavilion (3,061) Moraga, CA
Jan 22, 2000		at San Diego	W 84–79 ^OT	14–5 (4–0)	USD Sports Center (2,500) San Diego, CA
Jan 26, 2000		Portland	W 84–66	15–5 (5–0)	The Kennel (4,018) Seattle, WA
Jan 29, 2000		at Portland	W 81–57	16–5 (6–0)	Chiles Center (4,890) Portland, OR
Feb 3, 2000		Pepperdine	W 62–57	17–5 (7–0)	The Kennel (4,062) Seattle, WA
Feb 5, 2000		Loyola Marymount	W 103–56	18–5 (8–0)	The Kennel (4,020) Seattle, WA
Feb 11, 2000		at Loyola Marymount	W 101–77	19–5 (9–0)	Gersten Pavilion (1,203) Los Angeles, CA
Feb 12, 2000		at Pepperdine	L 69–80	19–6 (9–1)	Firestone Fieldhouse (3,314) Malibu, CA
Feb 17, 2000		San Diego	L 70–82	19–7 (9–2)	The Kennel (3,912) Seattle, WA
Feb 19, 2000		Saint Mary's	W 93–66	20–7 (10–2)	The Kennel (4,093) Seattle, WA
Feb 25, 2000		at Santa Clara	L 70–81	20–8 (10–3)	Leavey Center (4,536) Santa Clara, CA
Feb 27, 2000		at San Francisco	W 70–64	21–8 (11–3)	War Memorial Gymnasium (5,304) San Francisco, CA
WCC Tournament
Mar 4, 2000*		vs. Saint Mary's WCC Quarterfinal	W 76–49	22–8	Leavey Center (2,461) Santa Clara, CA
Mar 5, 2000*		vs. San Diego WCC Semifinal	W 80–70	23–8	Leavey Center (NA) Santa Clara, CA
Mar 6, 2000*		vs. Pepperdine WCC Championship	W 69–65 ^OT	24–8	Leavey Center (3,481) Santa Clara, CA
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 2000*	(10 W)	vs. (7 W) Louisville First Round	W 77–66	25–8	McKale Center (13,624) Tucson, AZ
Mar 18, 2000*	(10 W)	vs. (2 W) No. 9 St. John's Second Round	W 82–76	26–8	McKale Center (13,818) Tucson, AZ
Mar 23, 2000*	(10 W)	vs. (6 W) No. 25 Purdue Sweet Sixteen	L 66–75	26–9	The Pit (16,004) Albuquerque, NM
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West Regional. All times are in Pacific time.

Source:^[2]^[3]^[4]

Rankings

References

^ 2004-05 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball media guide Archived 2019-01-13 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-Mar-28.
^ 2016-17 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball record book Archived 2018-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-Mar-28.
^ College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-Mar-28.
^ "1999-2000 Gonzaga Bulldogs Basketball Stats" (PDF). Go Zags.

[1] 2004-05 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball media guide Archived 2019-01-13 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-Mar-28.

[2] 2016-17 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball record book Archived 2018-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-Mar-28.

[3] College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-Mar-28.

[4] "1999-2000 Gonzaga Bulldogs Basketball Stats" (PDF). Go Zags.

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v t e Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
Venues	Russell Gymnasium (1907–1958) Spokane Coliseum (1958–1965, 1979–1980) Charlotte Y. Martin Centre (1965–2004) McCarthey Athletic Center (2004–present) Spokane Arena (alternate, 1995–present)
Rivalries	BYU Idaho (dormant) Saint Mary's Washington
Culture & lore	Spike the Bulldog "Go, Gonzaga!"
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	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 1999–2000 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
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics