2000 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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)

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]

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  
     

References

  1. ↑ "1999-2000 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
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