2000 TAAC men's basketball tournament

2000 TAAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1999–00
Teams10
SiteJacksonville Coliseum
Jacksonville, FL
ChampionsSamford (2nd title)
Winning coachJimmy Tillette (2nd title)
MVPMarc Salyers (Samford)
TAAC men's basketball tournaments
← 1999
2001 →
1999–2000 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Troy State 13 – 5   .722 17 – 11   .607
Georgia State 13 – 5   .722 17 – 12   .586
Samford † 12 – 6   .667 21 – 11   .656
Jacksonville State 12 – 6   .667 17 – 11   .607
UCF 10 – 8   .556 14 – 18   .438
Campbell 10 – 8   .556 12 – 16   .429
Stetson 8 – 10   .444 13 – 15   .464
Mercer 7 – 11   .389 12 – 21   .364
Jacksonville 5 – 13   .278 8 – 19   .296
Florida Atlantic 0 – 18   .000 2 – 28   .067
† 2000 TAAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the ASUN men's basketball tournament) was held March 1–4 at the Jacksonville Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida.[1]

In a rematch of the 1999 final, Samford again defeated UCF in the championship game, 78–69, winning their second TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament.

The Bulldogs, therefore, received the TAAC's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament.

Format

For the first time since its establishment in 1979, the TAAC tournament expanded beyond 8 teams, with all 10 conference members participating in the 2000 tournament field.

Centenary departed the TAAC for the Mid-Continent Conference prior to the 1999–2000 season.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 1 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 2 		Semifinals
Friday, March 3 		Championship
Saturday, March 4
            
1 Troy State 75
8 Mercer 79
9 Jacksonville 48
8 Mercer 55
8 Mercer 79
5 UCF 84
5 UCF 74
4 Jacksonville State 55
5 UCF 69
3 Samford 78
3 Samford 80
6 Campbell 61
3 Samford 83
2 Georgia State 80
7 Stetson 56
10 Florida Atlantic 66
10 Florida Atlantic 54
2 Georgia State 77

References

  1. ^ "1999-2000 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.