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1999–2000 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season

Field	Value
sport	Basketball
year	1999–00
team	Cincinnati Bearcats
conference	Conference USA
short_conf	C-USA
CoachRank	7
APRank	7
record	29–4
conf_record	16–0
head_coach	Bob Huggins
hc_year	11th
asst_coach1	Mick Cronin
ac1_year	4th
stadium	Myrl Shoemaker Center
champion	Conference USA regular season champions
bowl	[NCAA tournament](2000-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament)
bowl_result	second round

The 1999–00 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented University of Cincinnati as a member of Conference USA during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bob Huggins, serving in his 11th year at the school. The team held the #1 ranking in the AP poll for 12 weeks during the season, but had their national championship hopes undermined when Naismith Player of the Year Kenyon Martin broke his leg during the Conference USA tournament. The Bearcats finished with a 29–4 record (16–0 C-USA).

Roster

Source

Mick Cronin

Schedule and results

|- !colspan=12 style=|Regular Season

|- !colspan=12 style=|Conference USA Tournament |- !colspan=12 style=|NCAA Tournament

Rankings

Main article: 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

*AP did not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

Awards and honors

Kenyon Martin, Adolph Rupp Trophy
Kenyon Martin, Naismith College Player of the Year
Kenyon Martin, USBWA College Player of the Year
Kenyon Martin, John R. Wooden Award
Kenyon Martin, Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year
Kenyon Martin, State Farm Division I Player of the Year Award
Bob Huggins, C-USA Coach of the Year

{{anchor|Team players drafted into the NBA}}NBA draft selections

Main article: 2000 NBA draft

2000	1	6	6	DerMarr Johnson	[Atlanta Hawks](2000-01-atlanta-hawks-season)

References

"Cincinnati Bearcats".
(December 4, 1999). "No. 1 Cincinnati gets by gritty Gonzaga".
(March 10, 2000). "MARTIN'S INJURY FELLS CINCINNATI". [[Chicago Tribune]].
(March 20, 2000). "Tulsa wins intimidation battle against short-handed Cincy". [[Las Vegas Sun]].
"RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
"1999–2000 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball stats".
"About Us".
"Naismith Awards - Naismith Trophy".
"The Oscar Robertson Trophy - Past Oscar Robertson Trophy Winners".
"Wooden Award - Athletics".
"2000 NBA Draft". Sports Reference LLC.

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