HOOP HISTORIANS
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 Final Four Replay Review

 

HOOP HISTORIANS 2000
INDIANAPOLIS, IN

Championship Game:  Michigan State 89, Florida 76.
National Semifinals:  Michigan State 53, Wisconsin 41;
Florida 71, North Carolina 59.


 

• Michigan State won every game of the NCAA tournament by double digits.  No seed lower than 11 won a game in the first round.

• The Elite Eight was made up of one #1 seed, one #2 seed, one #3 seed, one #5 seed, one #6 seed; one #7 seed and two #8 seeds.

• The USA Junior Select team defeated the International Select Team 98-97 in the Nike Hoop Summit held at Canseco Fieldhouse.  Future NBA Players included the USA's Darius Miles, Zach Randolph, Omar Cook, Chris Duhon and Jared Jeffries.  International stars later to play in the NBA included Tony Parker, Olumide Oyediji and Bostjan Nachbar.

• The name Hoop Historians is first used and decided on by the membership.

• An unofficial dinner gathering took place at Saint Elmo's Steakhouse in downtown Indianapolis.

• The Adidas party in a vacant warehouse in downtown featured a world class dessert table.

• Bill Carsley and Marianne Parrillo joined the original ten as members of the organization.