Binghamton University Athletics

The 1999-00 women's basketball team, led by conference Coach of the Year Laurie Trow Kelly, produced a dominant season in the program's middle year of Division II competition.

Ineligible for the NCAA tournament due to the pending transition to NCAA Division I, the Bearcats seemed to punish every opponent all season long for the missed opportunity. The team's average margin of victory was a staggering 26 points per game, which ranked third in the nation. Only five of 29 opponents played the Bearcats to within single digits, and two of those were Division I foes. The team's 27-2 record included a perfect 16-0 mark in the Division II New England Collegiate Conference. Binghamton's only Division II loss was to nationally top-ranked St. Rose, 57- 54.

The team went 14-0 at home, was ranked as high as No. 17 in the country, and went 5-1 against NCAA tournament teams. After BU completed its regular season on a 14-game win streak, the team hosted the ECAC Championship as the top seed. West Gym faithful then saw more of the same as their Bearcats dismantled postseason tournament teams Adelphi (74-61) and Philadelphia (108-72) to capture the crown. Along the way, BU defeated a pair of Division I opponents, Army and Colgate, knocked off the defending Division II national runnerup in Arkansas Tech (in Cancun, Mexico) and finished the season with the second-longest win streak in the nation with 16 straight victories.

The team set 12 school records, including highest season scoring average (76.6) and most wins. They held opponents to just 53 points per game, which ranked second-best in the nation.

Junior guard Bess Greenberg averaged 21.3 points and led the individual accolades with WBCA first team All-America honors. She also was the NECC and ECAC Player of the Year and ECAC Championship MVP. The sophomore forward tandem of Sarah Cartmill and Leah Truncale earned all-conference laurels. Junior guard Kim Shaw and sophomore guard Emily Szewczyk completed the starting lineup. Senior captains Karen McClelland and Emily Smith concluded their careers as champions. Sophomore forward Brooke Kelly contributed throughout the season, as did freshmen Andrea Grace, Krisstyn Pluchino, Siobhan Kranz and Melissa Corbett.