1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team

1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Runner-up
SEC Regular Season Co-Champions
and Eastern Division champions
National Championship Game,
L 76-89 vs. Michigan State
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEast
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 13
Record29–8 (12–4 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coachJohn Pelphrey
Anthony Grant
Donnie Jones
Home arenaO'Connell Center
1999–2000 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
No. 13 Florida124 .750298  .784
No. 11 Tennessee124 .750267  .788
No. 19 Kentucky124 .7502310  .697
Vanderbilt88 .5001911  .633
South Carolina511 .3131517  .469
Georgia313 .1881020  .333
West
No. 10 LSU124 .750286  .824
No. 24 Auburn97 .5632410  .706
Arkansas79 .4381915  .559
Alabama610 .3751316  .448
Ole Miss511 .3131914  .576
Mississippi State511 .3131416  .467
2000 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 19992000 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida, campus.

The Gators were the SEC regular season champions, winning a share of the title with a 12–4 conference record. They earned a five seed in the 2000 NCAA tournament where they advanced to the Final Four and then made the school's first ever appearance in the NCAA championship game where they lost to Michigan State. Florida ended the season No. 2 in the final USA Today/ESPN Rankings and were ranked wire-to-wire for the first time in school history.