1999–2000 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team represented the Eastern Illinois University during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Rick Samuels' 20th season as head coach at Eastern Illinois.

1999–2000 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	17–12 (11–7 Ohio Valley)
Head coach	Rick Samuels (20th season)
Home arena	Lantz Arena

1999–2000 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Murray State	14	–	4		.778			23	–	9		.719
Southeast Missouri State †	14	–	4		.778			24	–	7		.774
Tennessee Tech	11	–	7		.611			16	–	12		.571
Eastern Illinois	11	–	7		.611			17	–	12		.586
Austin Peay	11	–	7		.611			18	–	10		.643
Middle Tennessee	10	–	8		.556			15	–	13		.536
UT Martin	7	–	11		.389			10	–	19		.345
Tennessee State	6	–	12		.333			7	–	22		.241
Morehead State	4	–	14		.222			9	–	18		.333
Eastern Kentucky	2	–	16		.111			6	–	21		.222
† 2000 Ohio Valley Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Guard Kyle Hill was leading scorer, averaging 19.1 points per game, junior forward Merve Joseph with 7.3 rebounds per games.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 21*		at Iowa	L 79–95	0–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
November 23*		at Nebraska	L 78–81 2OT	0–2	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
November 29*		Illinois College	W 94–47	1–2	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
December 2		at Middle Tennessee	W 76–72	2–2 (1–0)	Murphy Athletic Center
December 4		at Tennessee Tech	L 97–107 2OT	2–3 (1–1)	Eblen Center  Cookeville, Tennessee
December 7*		Bulter	W 69–60 OT	3–3 (1–1)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
December 11*		at Western Illinois	W 82–66	4–3 (1–1)	Western Hall  Macomb, Illinois
December 19*		at Indiana State	L 91–102 2OT	4–4 (1–1)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
December 23*		Arkansas State	W 90–70	4–5 (1–1)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
December 30*		at Evansville	L 69–92	4–6 (1–1)	Roberts Stadium
January 6		Austin Peay	W 75–73	5–6 (2–1)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
January 8		Tennessee State	W 81–50	6–6 (3–1)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
January 13		at Murray State	L 69–83	6–7 (3–2)	Regional Special Events Center  Murray, Kentucky
January 15		at Tennessee-Martin	L 65–74	6–8 (3–3)	Skyhawk Arena
January 18		Middle Tennessee	W 69–63	7–8 (4–3)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
January 22		at Southeast Missouri State	L 66–77	7–9 (4–4)	Show Me Center  Cape Girardeau, Missouri
January 27		Eastern Kentucky	W 85–57	8–9 (5–4)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
January 29		Morehead State	W 89–69	9–9 (6–4)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
February 3		at Austin Peay	L 69–70	10–9 (6–5)	Winfield Dunn Center
February 5		at Tennessee State	W 98–78	11–9 (7–5)	Gentry Center Complex
February 8		Tennessee Tech	W 73–64	12–9 (8–5)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
February 10		Murray State	L 67–75	12–10 (8–6)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
February 12		Tennessee-Martin	W 82–75	13–10 (9–6)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
February 16*		St. Francis (IL)	W 87–57	14–10 (9–6)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
February 19		Southeast Missouri State	L 71–72	14–11 (9–7)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
February 24		at Eastern Kentucky	W 90–47	15–11 (10–7)	McBrayer Arena
February 26		at Morehead State	W 105–92	16–11 (11–7)	Ellis T. Johnson Arena
Ohio Valley tournament
February 29		at Austin Peay	W 107–100 2OT	17–11 (11–7)	Winfield Dunn Center
March 4		vs. Murray State	L 70–89	17–12 (11–7)	Bridgestone Arena  Nashville, Tennessee
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.