1999 in basketball explained
Championships
Professional
San Antonio Spurs over the New York Knicks 4-1. MVP: Tim Duncan
Italy 64, Spain 56
Houston Comets over the New York Liberty 2-1. MVP: Cynthia Cooper
College
University of Connecticut 77, Duke University 74
University of California, Berkeley 61, Clemson University 60
Kentucky Wesleyan College 75, Metropolitan State College of Denver 60
University of Wisconsin-Platteville 76, Hampden-Sydney College 75 2 OTs
Life University (GA) 63, Mobile (AL) 60
Cornerstone University(MI) 113, Bethel College (Indiana) (IN) 109 OT
Indian Hills CC, Ottumwa, Iowa 100, Barton County CC Great Bend, Kansas 88
Purdue University 62, Duke University 45
North Dakota State University 80, Arkansas Tech University 63
Oklahoma City University 72, Simon Fraser (BC) 55
Preps
Awards and honors
Professional
Karl Malone
Vince Carter
Alonzo Mourning
Mike Dunleavy, Portland Trail Blazers
Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento Monarchs
Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento Monarchs
Chamique Holdsclaw, Washington Mystics
Dawn Staley, Charlotte Sting
Van Chancellor, Houston Comets
Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets
Collegiate
- Combined
- Legends of Coaching Award
Dean Smith, North Carolina
Elton Brand, Duke
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
Shawnta Rogers, George Washington
Elton Brand, Duke
Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State
Quentin Richardson, DePaul
Cliff Ellis, Auburn
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball
C.M. Newton
Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
Carolyn Peck, Purdue
Stephanie White, Purdue
Becky Hammon, Colorado State
Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
Ukari Figgs, Purdue
Susan Summons, Miami-Dade Community College
Carolyn Peck, Purdue
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball
Margaret Wade
Events
The Hall of Fame opened in 1999 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.[3]
Deaths
- May 8 — John Kotz, 1941 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player and player for the Sheboygan Red Skins (born 1919)
- May 31 — Vic Rouse, American college player, national champion at Loyola-Illinois (1963) (born 1943)
- July 8 — Frank Lubin, member of 1936 US Olympic championship team (born 1910)
- August 7 — John Dee, American college coach (Alabama, Notre Dame) (born 1923)
- August 7 — Harry Litwack, Hall of fame college coach of the Temple Owls (born 1907)
- August 19 — Kim Perrot, WNBA Player for the Houston Comets (born 1967)
- October 4 — Ted Strain, American NBL player and national champion at Wisconsin (1941) (born 1917)
- October 8 — John McLendon, Hall of Fame college and ABA coach (born 1915)
- October 12 — Wilt Chamberlain, player and member of Basketball Hall of Fame. Many believe him to have been the best basketball player in the history of the game (born 1936)
- October 14 — Jim Jordan, All-American at North Carolina (born 1925)
- October 25 — Forddy Anderson, Final Four college coach at both Bradley and Michigan State. NBA scout for the Boston Celtics (born 1919)
- December 1 — William "Pop" Gates, Hall of Fame Harlem Renaissance and Harlem Globetrotters player (born 1917)
- December 23 — Vladimir Kondrashin, FIBA Hall of Fame Russian coach (born 1929)
- December 24 — Reggie Carter, American NBA player (New York Knicks) (born 1957)
- December 31 — Bob McKeen, All-American college player (California) (born 1933)
Notes and References
- Web site: Hall of Famers. Basketball Hall of Fame. 12 Oct 2014.
- Web site: Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1999. Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. 12 Oct 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017173943/http://www.wbhof.com/Class99.html. 2014-10-17. dead.
- Web site: About the Hall. Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. 12 Oct 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017172419/http://www.wbhof.com/About.html. 17 October 2014. dead.
