1999–2000 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team

1999–2000 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball
1999–2000 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	17–12 (11–7 Ohio Valley)
Head coach	Rick Samuels (20th season);
Home arena	Lantz Arena

1999–2000 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Murray State	14	–	4	.778	23	–	9	.719
Southeast Missouri State †	14	–	4	.778	24	–	7	.774
Tennessee Tech	11	–	7	.611	16	–	12	.571
Eastern Illinois	11	–	7	.611	17	–	12	.586
Austin Peay	11	–	7	.611	18	–	10	.643
Middle Tennessee	10	–	8	.556	15	–	13	.536
UT Martin	7	–	11	.389	10	–	19	.345
Tennessee State	6	–	12	.333	7	–	22	.241
Morehead State	4	–	14	.222	9	–	18	.333
Eastern Kentucky	2	–	16	.111	6	–	21	.222

† 2000 Ohio Valley Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1999–2000 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team represented the Eastern Illinois University during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Rick Samuels' 20th season as head coach at Eastern Illinois.

Guard Kyle Hill was leading scorer, averaging 19.1 points per game, junior forward Merve Joseph with 7.3 rebounds per games.^[2]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 21*	at Iowa	L 79–95	0–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
November 23*	at Nebraska	L 78–81 ^2OT	0–2	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
November 29*	Illinois College	W 94–47	1–2	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
December 2	at Middle Tennessee	W 76–72	2–2 (1–0)	Murphy Athletic Center
December 4	at Tennessee Tech	L 97–107 ^2OT	2–3 (1–1)	Eblen Center Cookeville, Tennessee
December 7*	Bulter	W 69–60 ^OT	3–3 (1–1)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
December 11*	at Western Illinois	W 82–66	4–3 (1–1)	Western Hall Macomb, Illinois
December 19*	at Indiana State	L 91–102 ^2OT	4–4 (1–1)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
December 23*	Arkansas State	W 90–70	4–5 (1–1)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
December 30*	at Evansville	L 69–92	4–6 (1–1)	Roberts Stadium
January 6	Austin Peay	W 75–73	5–6 (2–1)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
January 8	Tennessee State	W 81–50	6–6 (3–1)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
January 13	at Murray State	L 69–83	6–7 (3–2)	Regional Special Events Center Murray, Kentucky
January 15	at Tennessee-Martin	L 65–74	6–8 (3–3)	Skyhawk Arena
January 18	Middle Tennessee	W 69–63	7–8 (4–3)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
January 22	at Southeast Missouri State	L 66–77	7–9 (4–4)	Show Me Center Cape Girardeau, Missouri
January 27	Eastern Kentucky	W 85–57	8–9 (5–4)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
January 29	Morehead State	W 89–69	9–9 (6–4)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
February 3	at Austin Peay	L 69–70	10–9 (6–5)	Winfield Dunn Center
February 5	at Tennessee State	W 98–78	11–9 (7–5)	Gentry Center Complex
February 8	Tennessee Tech	W 73–64	12–9 (8–5)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
February 10	Murray State	L 67–75	12–10 (8–6)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
February 12	Tennessee-Martin	W 82–75	13–10 (9–6)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
February 16*	St. Francis (IL)	W 87–57	14–10 (9–6)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
February 19	Southeast Missouri State	L 71–72	14–11 (9–7)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
February 24	at Eastern Kentucky	W 90–47	15–11 (10–7)	McBrayer Arena
February 26	at Morehead State	W 105–92	16–11 (11–7)	Ellis T. Johnson Arena
Ohio Valley tournament
February 29	at Austin Peay	W 107–100 ^2OT	17–11 (11–7)	Winfield Dunn Center
March 4	vs. Murray State	L 70–89	17–12 (11–7)	Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

↑ sports-reference.com 1999-00 Ohio Valley Conference Season Summary
↑ "1999-00 Eastern Illinois Panthers Roster and Stats".
↑ "1999-2000 Eastern Illinois Panthers Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.

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[1] sports-reference.com 1999-00 Ohio Valley Conference Season Summary

[2] "1999-00 Eastern Illinois Panthers Roster and Stats".

[3] "1999-2000 Eastern Illinois Panthers Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.

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