1999–2000 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1999-00 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1999–2000. The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center.[2][3]

1999–2000 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Division>East Division
Record20–13 (11–7 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1999–2000 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Bowling Green 14 4   .778 22 8   .733
Kent State 13 5   .722 23 8   .742
Akron 11 7   .611 17 11   .607
Marshall 11 7   .611 21 9   .700
Ohio 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
Miami 8 10   .444 15 15   .500
Buffalo 3 15   .167 5 23   .179
West
Ball State 11 7   .611 22 9   .710
Toledo 11 7   .611 18 13   .581
Eastern Michigan 9 9   .500 15 13   .536
Northern Illinois 7 11   .389 13 15   .464
Western Michigan 6 12   .333 10 18   .357
Central Michigan 2 16   .111 6 23   .207
2000 MAC tournament winner
As of [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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1999–2000 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G/F 30 Sanjay Adell 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Milwaukee, WI
G 12 Jason Crawford 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Cincinnati, OH
G 25 Steve Esterkamp 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Cincinnati, OH
F 40 Patrick Flomo 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Columbus, OH
G 4 Dustin Ford 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Cambridge, OH
G 3 Adam Howell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Lexington, KY
F 34 Brandon Hunter 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Fr Cincinnati, OH
C 21 Asa Jewett 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Blue Creek, OH
G/F 5 Anthony Jones 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Austin, TX
C 42 Shaun McVicker 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Fr New Concord, OH
G 10 Corey Reed 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Milwaukee, WI
F 33 Shaun Stonerook 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Westerville, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: June 30, 2014

Preseason

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The preseason poll was announced by the league office on October 21, 1999.[4]

Preseason men's basketball poll

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(First place votes in parentheses)

East Division

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  1. Akron (15) 230
  2. Kent State (17) 220
  3. Bowling Green 173
  4. Marshall (2) 150
  5. Ohio (4) 146
  6. Miami 103
  7. Buffalo 40

West Division

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  1. Toledo (20) 189
  2. Ball State (11) 162
  3. Northern Illinois (3) 123
  4. Western Michigan (3) 117
  5. Central Michigan (1) 116
  6. Eastern Michigan 87

Tournament champs

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Kent State (15), Akron (12), Bowling Green (3), Ohio (4), Marshall (2), Toledo (1), Northern Illinois (1)

Schedule and results

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Source: [1] [2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
11/20/99*
8:00 pm
Cleveland State W 87–82  1–0
Convocation Center (6,213)
Athens, OH
11/26/99*
8:30 pm
at Princeton W 68–60  2–0
Jadwin Gymnasium (5,431)
Princeton, NJ
11/30/99*
7:00 pm
George Washington W 95–77  3–0
Convocation Center (5,118)
Athens, OH
12/3/99*
7:05 pm
vs. Houston
Hawkeye Invitational 1st Round
W 73–65  4–0
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (13,155)
Iowa City, IA
12/4/99*
9:05 pm
at Iowa
Hawkeye Invitational Championship Game
L 66–86  4–1
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (13,375)
Iowa City, IA
12/16/99
2:00 pm
at Eastern Michigan L 55–65  4–2 (0–1)
Convocation Center (1,450)
Ypsilanti, MI
12/11/99*
7:00 pm
at West Virginia W 75–64  5–2 (0–1)
WVU Coliseum (5,055)
Morgantown, WV
12/13/99*
7:00 pm
Central Florida W 77–57  6–2 (0–1)
Convocation Center (6,056)
Athens, OH
12/18/99
8:00 pm
Toledo W 66–57  7–2 (1–1)
Convocation Center (6,592)
Athens, OH
12/22/99*
11:00 pm
Portland L 66–68  7–3 (1–1)
Chiles Center (1,098)
Portland, OR
12/28/99*
10:00 pm
vs. Gonzaga
Rainbow Classic 1st Round
L 55–83  7–4 (1–1)
Stan Sheriff Center (7,358)
Honolulu, HI
12/29/99*
6:30 pm
vs. No. 19 Wake Forest
Rainbow Classic 2nd Round
L 78–84 2OT 7–5 (1–1)
Stan Sheriff Center (839)
Honolulu, HI
12/30/99
4:00 pm
vs. Bradley
Rainbow Classic 3rd Round
W 63–52  8–5 (1–1)
Stan Sheriff Center (849)
Honolulu, HI
1/5/00
7:00 pm
at Kent State L 69–73 2OT 8–6 (1–2)
MAC Center (3,117)
Kent, OH
1/8/00
12:00 pm
at Miami (OH) W 85–67  9–6 (2–2)
Millet Hall (3,517)
Oxford, OH
1/11/00
7:00 pm
Akron L 60–62  9–7 (2–3)
Convocation Center (7,108)
Athens, OH
1/14/00*
11:59 pm
at No. 1 Cincinnati L 59–73  9–8 (2–3)
Fifth Third Arena (13,176)
Cincinnati, OH
1/17/00
4:00 pm
Buffalo W 86–71  10–8 (3–3)
Convocation Center (6,318)
Athens, OH
1/20/09
7:00 pm
at Central Michigan W 93–80  11–8 (4–3)
McGuirk Arena (2,447)
Mount Pleasant, MI
1/22/00
2:00 pm
Western Michigan L 74–78 OT 11–9 (4–4)
Convocation Center (12,118)
Athens, OH
1/26/00
7:00 pm
Ball State W 64–53  12–9 (5–4)
Convocation Center (6,018)
Athens, OH
1/29/00
4:00 pm
Marshall W 77–53  13–9 (6–4)
Convocation Center (11,913)
Athens, OH
2/3/00
8:05 pm
at Northern Illinois W 76–61  14–9 (7–4)
Convocation Center (1,868)
DeKalb, IL
2/5/00
8:05 pm
at Bowling Green L 69–73  14–10 (7–5)
Stroh Center (3,907)
Bowling Green, OH
2/09/00
7:00 pm
Central Michigan W 83–77 OT 15–10 (8–5)
Convocation Center (7,189)
Athens, OH
2/12/00
4:00 pm
at Akron L 79–81 OT 15–11 (8–6)
Rhodes Arena (4,453)
Akron, OH
2/14/00
7:00 pm
at Marshall L 72–78  15–12 (8–7)
Cam Henderson Center (4,809)
Huntington, WV
2/21/00
8:00 pm
Miami (OH) W 68–65  16–12 (9–7)
Convocation Center (9,384)
Athens, OH
2/23/00
7:30 pm
at Buffalo W 82–62  17–12 (10–7)
Alumni Arena (713)
Buffalo, NY
2/26/00
12:00 pm
Kent State W 81–71  18–12 (11–7)
Convocation Center (7,519)
Athens, OH
MAC Tournament
3/1/00
7:00 pm
Western Michigan
MAC Tournament 1st Round
W 77–52  19–12 (11–7)
Convocation Center (5,614)
Athens, OH
3/5/00
9:30 pm
vs. Kent State
MAC Tournament quarterfinals
W 69–68  20–12 (11–7)
Gund Arena (8,127)
Cleveland, OH
3/5/00
9:30
vs. Ball State
MAC Tournament semifinals
L 67–70  20–13 (11–7)
Gund Arena (5,562)
Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 1999–2000 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 2386 2255
Scoring Average 72.30 68.33
Field goals – Att 782–1804 788–1854
3-pt. Field goals – Att 221–647 171–511
Free throws – Att 601–895 508–750
Rebounds 1280 1096
Assists 517 417
Turnovers 565 519
Steals 243 256
Blocked Shots 103 79

Source[5]

Player statistics

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Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-Throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A PF TO Stl Blk
Sanjay Adell 33 - - - 532 16.1 167 411 0.406 53 155 0.342 145 204 0.711 0 0 169 5.1 63 0 0 26 16
Shaun Stonerook 33 - - - 518 15.7 147 322 0.457 44 121 0.364 180 246 0.732 0 0 387 11.7 140 0 133 57 15
Brandon Hunter 33 - - - 374 11.4 149 290 0.514 0 2 0 76 138 0.551 0 0 206 4.3 35 93 91 19 11
Dustin Ford 33 - - - 278 11.3 88 220 0.4 67 167 0.401 35 53 0.66 0 0 54 6.2 101 0 0 33 5
Steve Esterkamp 33 - - - 267 8.4 79 219 0.361 42 129 0.326 67 86 0.779 0 0 91 1.6 31 0 0 28 2
Anthony Jones 13 - - - 148 8.1 50 128 0.391 6 35 0.171 42 64 0.656 0 0 56 2.8 28 0 0 35 6
Patrick Flomo 31 - - - 113 3.6 49 72 0.681 0 1 0 15 34 0.441 0 0 70 2.3 10 0 0 8 37
Corey Reed 33 - - - 70 2.1 25 65 0.385 0 4 0 20 36 0.556 0 0 70 2.1 86 0 0 27 9
Jason Crawford 24 - - - 29 1.3 11 30 0.367 2 11 0.182 5 8 0.625 0 0 22 2 8 0 0 5 0
Adam Howell 24 - - - 24 1.2 8 28 0.286 7 20 0.35 1 2 0.5 0 0 7 0.9 6 0 0 3 0
Shaun McVicker 19 - - - 24 1 7 15 0.467 0 2 0 10 18 0.556 0 0 38 0.3 9 0 0 2 2
Asa Jewett 11 - - - 9 0.8 2 4 0.5 0 0 0 5 6 0.833 0 0 2 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Total 33 - - - 2386 72.3 782 1804 0.433 221 647 0.342 601 895 0.672 441 839 1280 38.8 517 694 565 243 103
Opponents 33 - - - 2255 68.3 788 1854 0.425 171 511 0.335 508 750 0.489 360 736 1096 33.2 417 745 519 256 79
Legend
  GP  Games played   GS  Games started  Avg  Average per game
  FG  Field-goals made  FGA  Field-goal attempts  Off  Offensive rebounds
 Def  Defensive rebounds   A  Assists   TO Turnovers
 Blk  Blocks  Stl  Steals  High  Team high

Source[5]

Awards and honors

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All-MAC Awards

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Postseason All-MAC teams
Team Player Position Year
All-MAC First Team Shaun Stonerook F Sr.
All-MAC Honorable Mention Sanjay Adell G Sr.
All-MAC First team Brandon Hunter F Fr.

Source[6] [7]

References

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  1. ^ "Year-By-Year Standings" (PDF). 2009-10 MAC Men’s Basketball Record Book. Mid-American Conference. November 11, 2009. pp. 75–78. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Larry Hunter". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  4. ^ "TOLEDO AND AKRON FAVORED IN MAC MEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL".
  5. ^ a b "1999-00 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
  6. ^ "ALL-MAC TEAM ANNOUNCED".
  7. ^ "MAC ANNOUNCES 2000 ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM".