2000 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2000 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 1–4 at the Jacksonville Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida.[1]
| 2000 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1999–00 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | Jacksonville Coliseum Jacksonville, FL |
| Champions | Samford (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Jimmy Tillette (2nd title) |
| MVP | Marc Salyers (Samford) |
TAAC Men's Basketball Tournaments | |
In a rematch of the 1999 final, Samford again defeated Central Florida 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 (LA) 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 | Central Florida | 84 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Central Florida | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jacksonville State | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Central Florida | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
gollark: If they just ignore you, I'd consider it reasonable to go public about it eventually, sure.
gollark: That's very government.
gollark: Do I really need to bring out the cognitohazards?
gollark: ÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆ go sleep already
gollark: I don't want you to die until you turn over control of the esodiscord to me.
References
- "1999-2000 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.