2000 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2000 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1999–00
Teams	10
Site	Jacksonville Coliseum Jacksonville, FL
Champions	Samford (2nd title)
Winning coach	Jimmy Tillette (2nd title)
MVP	Marc Salyers (Samford)
TAAC Men's Basketball Tournaments «1999  2001»

Template:1999–2000 TAAC men's basketball standings

The 2000 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 1–4 at the Jacksonville Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida.^[1]

In a rematch of the 1999 final, Samford again defeated Central Florida in the championship game, 78–69, winning their second TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament.

The Bulldogs, therefore, received the TAAC's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Tournament.

Format

For the first time since its establishment in 1979, the TAAC tournament expanded beyond 8 teams, with all 10 conference members participating in the 2000 tournament field.

Centenary (LA) departed the TAAC for the Mid-Continent Conference prior to the 1999–2000 season.

Bracket

	First Round Wednesday, March 1					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2					Semifinals Friday, March 3					Championship Saturday, March 4
						1	Troy State	75
						8	Mercer	79
	9	Jacksonville	48
	8	Mercer	55
											8	Mercer	79
										5	Central Florida	84
						5	Central Florida	74
						4	Jacksonville State	55
																5	Central Florida	69
																3	Samford	78
						3	Samford	80
						6	Campbell	61
											3	Samford	83
										2	Georgia State	80
	7	Stetson	56
	10	Florida Atlantic	66
						10	Florida Atlantic	54
						2	Georgia State	77

References

1. "1999-2000 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.