Championships
Professional Men 1999 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs over the New York Knicks 4-1. MVP: Tim Duncan 1999 NBA Playoffs, 1998-99 NBA season, 1999 NBA draft Eurobasket: Italy 64, Spain 56 Women WNBA Finals: Houston Comets over the New York Liberty 2-1. MVP: Cynthia Cooper 1999 WNBA Playoffs, 1999 WNBA season, 1999 WNBA draft, 1999 WNBA All-Star Game Eurobasket Women Poland def. France
College Men NCAA Division I: University of Connecticut 77, Duke University 74 National Invitation Tournament: University of California, Berkeley 61, Clemson University 60 NCAA Division II: Kentucky Wesleyan College 75, Metropolitan State College of Denver 60 NCAA Division III: University of Wisconsin-Platteville 76, Hampden-Sydney College 75 2 OTs NAIA Division I: Life University (GA) 63, Mobile (AL) 60 NAIA Division II: Cornerstone University(MI) 113, Bethel College (Indiana) (IN) 109 OT NJCAA Division I: Indian Hills CC, Ottumwa, Iowa 100, Barton County CC Great Bend, Kansas 88 Women NCAA Division I: Purdue University 62, Duke University 45 NCAA Division II: North Dakota State University 80, Arkansas Tech University 63 NCAA Division III Washington (Mo.) 74, St. Benedict 65 NAIA Division I: Oklahoma City University 72, Simon Fraser (BC) 55 NAIA Division II Shawnee State University (OH) 80, University of St. Francis 65
Preps USA Today Boys Basketball #1 Ranking: Oak Hill, Mouth of Wilson, Virginia (31-0). Led by Ron Slay and Travis Watson USA Today Girls Basketball #1 Ranking: Pickerington, Ohio (27-1). Led by LaToya Turner.
Awards and honors
Professional Men NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Karl Malone NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Vince Carter NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Alonzo Mourning NBA Coach of the Year Award: Mike Dunleavy, Portland Trail Blazers Women WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento Monarchs WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento Monarchs WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Chamique Holdsclaw, Washington Mystics Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Dawn Staley, Charlotte Sting WNBA Coach of the Year Award: Van Chancellor, Houston Comets WNBA All-Star Game MVP: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets
Collegiate Combined Legends of Coaching Award: Dean Smith, North Carolina Men John R. Wooden Award: Elton Brand, Duke Naismith College Coach of the Year: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Shawnta Rogers, George Washington Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Elton Brand, Duke NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Quentin Richardson, DePaul Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Cliff Ellis, Auburn Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: C.M. Newton Women Naismith College Player of the Year: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee Naismith College Coach of the Year: Carolyn Peck, Purdue Wade Trophy: Stephanie White, Purdue Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Becky Hammon, Colorado State Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Ukari Figgs, Purdue Carol Eckman Award: Susan Summons, Miami-Dade Community College Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Carolyn Peck, Purdue Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Margaret Wade
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1999: Wayne R. Embry Kevin E. McHale Billie J. Moore John R. Thompson Fred Zollner
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Class of 1999: Senda Abbott Lidia Alexeyeva Carol Blazejowski Joanne Bracker Jody Conradt Joan Crawford Denise Curry Anne Donovan Carol Eckman Betty Jo Graber Lusia Harris-Stewart John Head Nancy Lieberman Darlene May Ann Meyers-Drysdale Cheryl Miller Billie Moore Shin-Ja Park Harley Redin Uljana Semjonova Jim Smiddy Pat Head Summitt Bertha Teague Margaret Wade Nera White
Events The Hall of Fame opened in 1999 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
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)
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