1999–2000 Temple Owls men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University in the 1999–00 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach John Chaney in his 18th year. The Owls were undefeated at home, both in Atlantic-10 games and overall. After winning the Atlantic-10 Tournament, the Owls received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and were seeded #2 in the East Region. They played at the First Niagara Center and defeated the Lafayette Leopards 73–47 in the first round. However, in the second round the Owls were upset by 10th seeded Seton Hall in a close overtime game (65–67).

1999–00 Temple Owls men's basketball
Atlantic 10 Season & tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Second round
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 5
Record27–6 (14–2 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coachDan Leibovitz (4th season)
Home arenaThe Apollo of Temple / Liacouras Center
1999–2000 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
No. 5 Temple142 .875276  .818
St. Bonaventure115 .6882110  .677
UMass97 .5631716  .515
Fordham79 .4381415  .483
Saint Joseph's79 .4381316  .448
Rhode Island214 .125525  .167
West
Dayton115 .688229  .710
Xavier97 .5632112  .636
George Washington97 .5631515  .500
Virginia Tech88 .5001615  .516
La Salle511 .3131117  .393
Duquesne412 .250920  .310
2000 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
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