1999-2000 NCAA Elite Eight BASKETBALL TEAM

This year's Hall of Fame Honor Team is the 1999-2000 NCAA Elite Eight Men's Basketball Team, coach by Bill Self. The 2000 Golden Hurricane recorded a school-best 32-5 record and placed first in the regular season of the Western Athletic Conference with a 12-2 mark. Tulsa advanced the furthest in the NCAA Tournament of any team in school history with an Elite 8 appearance. It appeared early that it would be a special season for the Hurricane after capturing an 88-68 win over No. 11-ranked Tennessee in the championship game of the Puerto Rico Holiday Classic and posting a season-long 13-game winning streak. Tulsa finished the season ranked 18^th in the final Associated Press national poll after a season-high ranking of 12^th. In the NCAA Tournament, Tulsa defeated UNLV (89-62), #7 Cincinnati (69-61) and #23 Miami, Fla. (80-71) before falling to North Carolina 59-55 in the Regional Finals.
Self was named the WAC Coach of the Year, while all-conference honors went to Eric Coley, Brandon Kurtz, David Shelton and Tony Heard.