1999–2000 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team represented Winthrop University during the 1999–2000 college basketball season. This was head coach Gregg Marshall's second season at Winthrop. The Eagles competed in the Big South Conference and played their home games at Winthrop Coliseum. They finished the season 219, 113 in Big South play to finish second in the conference regular season standings. They won the 2000 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as No. 14 seed in the West region. The Eagles lost to No. 3 seed Oklahoma in the opening round.[1]

1999–2000 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball
ConferenceBig South Conference
Record219 (113 Big South)
Head coach
Home arenaWinthrop Coliseum
1999–2000 Big South Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Radford122 .8571810  .643
Winthrop113 .786219  .700
Coastal Carolina77 .5001018  .357
UNC Asheville77 .5001118  .379
Elon*77 .5001315  .464
High Point*59 .3571117  .393
Liberty410 .2861414  .500
Charleston Southern311 .214821  .276
2000 Big South tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for conference tournament

Roster

1999–2000 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G Tyson Waterman 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sr   
F 30 Greg Lewis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)215 lb (98 kg) JrHoward College Akron, Ohio
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

    Roster

    Source[2]

    Schedule and results

    Source[3]

    Date
    time, TV
    Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
    city, state
    Non-conference regular season
    Nov 20, 1999*
    Lee (TN) W 97–73  1–0
    Winthrop Coliseum (1,179)
    Rock Hill, South Carolina
    Nov 23, 1999*
    Central Florida W 78–54  2–0
    Winthrop Coliseum (1,166)
    Rock Hill, South Carolina
    Nov 27, 1999*
    The Citadel W 71–51  3–0
    Winthrop Coliseum (1,168)
    Rock Hill, South Carolina
    Dec 2, 1999*
    at Georgia Southern W 80–72  4–0
    Hanner Fieldhouse (1,769)
    Statesboro, Georgia
    Dec 4, 1999*
    at Dayton L 49–76  4–1
    University of Dayton Arena (11,606)
    Dayton, Ohio
    Dec 7, 1999*
    at No. 21 Maryland L 65–76 OT 4–2
    Cole Fieldhouse (10,107)
    College Park, Maryland
    Dec 16, 1999*
    at Campbell L 58–62  4–3
    Carter Gymnasium (359)
    Buies Creek, North Carolina
    Dec 18, 1999*
    at Clemson L 59–64  4–4
    Littlejohn Coliseum (8,000)
    Clemson, South Carolina
    Dec 21, 1999*
    UNC Greensboro L 88–93 2OT 4–5
    Winthrop Coliseum (1,056)
    Rock Hill, South Carolina
    Dec 29, 1999*
    USC Aiken W 87–63  5–5
    Winthrop Coliseum (910)
    Rock Hill, South Carolina
    Jan 4, 2000*
    at Missouri W 51–46  6–5
    Hearnes Center (6,766)
    Columbia, Missouri
    Jan 7, 2000*
    Lees-McRae W 86–54  7–5
    Winthrop Coliseum (916)
    Rock Hill, South Carolina
    Jan 10, 2000*
    William & Mary W 71–64  8–5
    Winthrop Coliseum (1,560)
    Rock Hill, South Carolina
    Big South Regular Season
    Jan 15, 2000
    at Radford L 52–55  8–6
    (0–1)
    Donald N. Dedmon Center (1,873)
    Radford, Virginia
    Jan 17, 2000
    at Liberty W 73–71  9–6
    (1–1)
    Vines Center (4,173)
    Lynchburg, Virginia
    Jan 22, 2000
    High Point W 75–57  10–6
    (2–1)
    Winthrop Coliseum (1,236)
    Rock Hill, South Carolina
    Jan 27, 2000
    Coastal Carolina W 83–70  11–6
    (3–1)
    Winthrop Coliseum (1,181)
    Rock Hill, South Carolina
    Jan 29, 2000
    at UNC Asheville L 63–64  11–7
    (3–2)
    Justice Center (850)
    Asheville, North Carolina
    Feb 2, 2000
    Charleston Southern W 75–41  12–7
    (4–2)
    Winthrop Coliseum (1,276)
    Rock Hill, South Carolina
    Feb 5, 2000
    Liberty W 80–63  13–7
    (5–2)
    Winthrop Coliseum (1,921)
    Rock Hill, South Carolina
    Feb 9, 2000
    Radford W 81–78  14–7
    (6–2)
    Winthrop Coliseum (2,011)
    Rock Hill, South Carolina
    Feb 12, 2000
    at High Point W 60–55  15–7
    (7–2)
    Millis Center (1,586)
    High Point, North Carolina
    Feb 14, 2000
    at Elon W 82–68  16–7
    (8–2)
    Alumni Gym (757)
    Elon, North Carolina
    Feb 16, 2000
    Elon W 87–82 OT 17–7
    (9–2)
    Winthrop Coliseum (1,206)
    Rock Hill, South Carolina
    Feb 19, 2000
    at Charleston Southern W 79–65  18–7
    (10–2)
    Buccaneer Field House (1,389)
    North Charleston, South Carolina
    Feb 23, 2000
    at Coastal Carolina L 58–73  18–8
    (10–3)
    Kimbel Arena (1,133)
    Conway, South Carolina
    Feb 26, 2000
    UNC Asheville W 90–50  19–8
    (11–3)
    Winthrop Coliseum (3,266)
    Rock Hill, South Carolina
    Big South tournament
    Mar 3, 2000*
    vs. Charleston Southern
    Semifinals
    W 90–65  20–8
    Asheville Civic Center (3,044)
    Asheville, North Carolina
    Mar 4, 2000*
    at UNC Asheville
    Championship game
    W 75–62  21–8
    Asheville Civic Center (4,226)
    Asheville, North Carolina
    NCAA tournament
    Mar 16, 2000*
    (14 W) vs. (3 W) No. 12 Oklahoma
    First Round
    L 50–74  21–9
    McKale Center (13,500)
    Tucson, Arizona
    *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
    W=West.
    All times are in Eastern.

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