1999–2000 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

1999–2000 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball
Big East Regular season co-champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 23
Record2311 (133 Big East)
Head coach
  • Leonard Hamilton (10th season)
Home arenaMiami Arena
1999–2000 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 16 Syracuse133 .813266  .813
No. 23 Miami (FL)133 .8132311  .676
No. 9 St. John's124 .750258  .758
No. 20 Connecticut106 .6252510  .714
Seton Hall106 .6252210  .688
Villanova88 .5002013  .606
Notre Dame88 .5002215  .595
West Virginia610 .3751414  .500
Georgetown610 .3751915  .559
Rutgers610 .3751516  .484
Pittsburgh511 .3131315  .464
Providence412 .2501119  .367
Boston College313 .1881119  .367
2000 Big East tournament winner
As of April 3, 2000
Rankings from AP poll

The University of Miami men's basketball team, led by head coach Leonard Hamilton, played their home games at the Miami Arena as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 13–3 in Big East play to finish in a tie for first place. They lost in the semifinals of the Big East tournament to St. John's, but received an at-large invitation to the NCAA tournament as No. 6 seed in the South region. Miami defeated Arkansas and No. 3 seed Ohio State to reach the first Sweet Sixteen in program history. In the regional semifinal round, the Hurricanes lost to the Golden Hurricane of Tulsa, 80–71.

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