The preseason favorites were the Utah Utes coached by Victor Davis, and the UConn Huskies coached
by Doug Osborne. They faded out after the first 5 games which were put up December 31, 1999 a day
before they were supposed to on January 1, 2000. Obviously, no computer problems arose from Y2K.
Utah went 2-3 as UConn went 1-4. 5-0 went to UNLV coached by Marc Byers. 4-1's went to Illinois
coached by Lachlan Strong, North Carolina coached by Roberto Bazzan, and Northern Iowa coached by
Bruce Gramowski.
Tournament winners were the Arkansas RazorBacks coached by Cody Pryer in the Arkansas Tournament,
Virginia Tech Hokies coached by Mr. Strong at the Auburn Tournament, UNLV at the Illinois Tournament,
and Northern Iowa at the Kentucky Tournament.
Games 6-10 were put up on January 4, 2000. In those games UNLV went 5-0 to go to 10-0. 4-1's went
to North Carolina and the USC Trojans coached by Patrick Puhl. North Carolina moved to 8-2 and USC
went to 7-3 as did previously mentioned Northern Iowa.
Tournament winners were USC at the Michigan Tournament, the Miami Hurricanes coached by Voltec at the
Miami Tournament, Murray St. Racers coached by Jim Donelson at the Murray St. Tournament, UNLV at the
North Carolina Tournament, UNLV at the UNLV Tournament, and North Carolina at the West Virginia
Tournament.
Games 11-15 were put up January 12, 2000, late because of the end of semester schedule of College
BBall Guy. Another 5-0 went to UNLV to move to 15-0. Also receiving 5-0's were Northern Iowa and USC
to move to 13-2, and North Carolina to move to 13-2.
The only tournament winner was the Ohio St. Buckeyes coached by Thomas Cannon at the Ohio St. Tournament
to get a 4-1 set. Also at 4-1 was Miami and Arkansas.
The predicted Final 4 at this point of the season was announced to be Northern Iowa, UNLV, North Carolina,
and USC. UNLV to win it all over USC in the final.
Games 16-20 were put up January 17, 2000, late because of the end of semester schedule of College
BBall Guy. Another 5-0 went to UNLV to move up to 20-0. also receiving 5-0's were North Carolina and
Virginia Tech. North Carolina moved to 18-2 and Virginia Tech improved to 13-7.
There were 3 tournament winners and they were North Carolina winning the California Tournament, Notre
Dame coached by Dan the Man won the Notre Dame Tournament, and Northern Iowa won the UConn Tournament.
Games 21-25 were put up January 22, 2000, on schedule. UNLV improved to 25-0, and another 5-0 went to
North Carolina to improve to 23-2.
The two tournament winners were UNC-Charlotte coached by Holden Askew winning his own tournament, and
USC winning their own tournament.
Games 26-30 went up January 28, 2000, 2 days late. UNLV made it a perfect year going 5-0 to be 30-0, 16-0
in the Big Ten Conference. North Carolina also went 5-0 to make it 28-2, and West Virginia closed the
season with a 5-0 run to finish 18-12. West Virginia is coached by David.
Tournament winners were Virginia Tech winning their own tournament, UNLV winning Utah's Tournament, and
Northern Iowa winning Iowa's Tournament.
The top seeds going into the Conference Tournaments are UNLV in the Big Ten and North Carolina in the CUSA.
The Conference Tournaments went up on schedule on January 29, 2000.
Big Ten Tournament Round 1 winners were Utah and Michigan. Michigan is coached by Bartolo Gonzalez.
CUSA Tournament Round 1 winners were Murray St. and Kentucky coached by Steve Utych.
Advancing to the semis from Round 2 in the Big Ten were Miami, UNLV, Arkansas, and Northern Iowa.
The Miami win over Illinois was the longest and highest scoring game in HHCB hisotry to his point as Miami won
137-136(273 points combined) in a record 5 overtimes. 137 is also a record for most points scored by a single
team in a single season.
Advancing to the semis from Round 2 in the CUSA were Virginia Tech, North Carolina, West Virginia, and USC.
Going to the Championships were UNLV and UNI in the Big Ten, and North Carolina and USC in the CUSA.
UNLV was the Big Ten Season 1 Conference Champions 71-60.
North Carolina was the CUSA Season 1 Conference Champions 70-65.
The 1 seeds for the Big Dance were Northern Iowa in the North, USC in the South, North Carolina in the East,
and UNLV in the West.
Advancing to the Elite 8 from the 20 team field were Northern Iowa and West Virginia in the North, USC and
Miami in the South, North Carolina and Illinois in the East, and UNLV and Arkansas in the West.
Of these teams, Northern Iowa advanced 64-62, USC won 66-64, North Carolina triumphed 82-77, and UNLV fought
out a 67-55 win.
In the Final 4, USC lost out to UNLV 68-57, and North Carolina made a late run to defeat Northern Iowa 69-64.
The Championship between 34-2 North Carolina and 36-0 UNLV was won by UNLV 69-63 in Kansas City.
The All-Star Game was played. UNLV(3), UNI(4), Miami(2), and Utah had players in the Big Ten side, and Kentucky,
Auburn, North Carolina(2), USC, Murray St.(2), UConn, West Virginia, and Virginia Tech.
The Big Ten won 68-60, coached by Bruce Gramowski(UNI). Loser was Patrick Puhl(USC).
Player of the Game went to Power Forward Dixon of UNLV. Off the Bench Star went to Miami's
Small Forward, Killen.
The top 5 in the draft were all from UNLV or UNI. Top was PG Nepple of UNLV. 2 was SG Neese of UNI. 3 was the
center, Danson, from UNLV. Halbur, the center from UNI got 4. 5 went to the MVP of the All-Star Game, Dixon of
UNLV. Coming in 6 was from Utah, SG Aniston.
The All-Star Game and Draft concluded all Season 1 activity, and the history of HHCB goes on in the Season 2
edition of the recaps.
