1999–2000 Temple Owls men's basketball team

1999–00 Temple Owls men's basketball
Atlantic 10 Season & tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Second round
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 5
Record27–6 (14–2 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coachDan Leibovitz (4th season)
Home arenaThe Apollo of Temple / Liacouras Center
1999–2000 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 5 Temple 14 2   .875 27 6   .818
St. Bonaventure 11 5   .688 21 10   .677
UMass 9 7   .563 17 16   .515
Fordham 7 9   .438 14 15   .483
Saint Joseph's 7 9   .438 13 16   .448
Rhode Island 2 14   .125 5 25   .167
West
Dayton 11 5   .688 22 9   .710
Xavier 9 7   .563 21 12   .636
George Washington 9 7   .563 15 15   .500
Virginia Tech 8 8   .500 16 15   .516
La Salle 5 11   .313 11 17   .393
Duquesne 4 12   .250 9 20   .310
2000 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999–2000 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University in the 1999–00 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach John Chaney in his 18th year. The Owls were undefeated at home, both in Atlantic-10 games and overall. After winning the Atlantic-10 Tournament, the Owls received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and were seeded #2 in the East Region. They played at the First Niagara Center and defeated the Lafayette Leopards 73–47 in the first round. However, in the second round the Owls were upset by 10th seeded Seton Hall in a close overtime game 67–65.