1998–99 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1998–99 Connecticut Huskies Basketball Connecticut Huskies wordmark.svg 250 Big East Conference Big East 1 3 34–2 16–2 Jim Calhoun 13th Karl Hobbs Tom Moore Dave Leitao Harry A. Gampel PavilionHartford Civic Center NCAA tournament National ChampionsBig East tournament championsBig East regular season champions National Championship Game W Won 77–74 vs. Duke The 1998–1999 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1998–1999 NCAA Division I basketball season. Coached by Jim Calhoun, the Huskies played their home games at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and on campus at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut, and were a member of the Big East Conference. They won their fourth Big East tournament with a victory over St. John's 82–63. In the 1999 NCAA Tournament the Huskies were invited as a #1 seed. With wins over Texas–San Antonio, New Mexico, Iowa and Gonzaga, UConn finally advanced to the Final Four. On March 29, 1999, they claimed their first national championship by defeating Duke 77–74.The Tampa Bay Times Yes, UConn! https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1999/03/30/uconn-77-duke-74-yes-uconn/ March 30, 1999 March 23, 2025 Roster Listed are the student athletes who were members of the 1998–1999 team.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/connecticut/1999.html 1998-99 UConn Huskies Roster and Stats College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com 1 April 2019 1998 Connecticut Huskies y Rashamel Jones 3 G 6 5 195 sr Port Chester, NY Kevin Freeman 15 F 6 7 190 jr Paterson, NJ y basketball Ricky Moore 21 G 6 2 185 sr Augusta, GA y basketball Antric Klaiber 22 FC 6 10 205 sr Silver Spring, MD Albert Mouring 23 G 6 3 190 so Preston, MD Ed Tonella 25 G 5 10 170 jr Tucson, AZ Richard Hamilton 32 GF 6 7 230 jr Coatesville, PA y basketball Souleymane Wane 34 FC 6 11 240 jr Dakar, Senegal Richard Moore 35 G 5 11 180 jr Hamden, CT E. J. Harrison 40 G 6 1 170 sr Danbury, CT y basketball Khalid El-Amin 42 PG 5 10 195 jr Minneapolis, MN y Jake Voskuhl 43 C 6 11 250 jr Houston, TX y Edmund Saunders 51 F 6 8 230 so Waterbury, CT Stanley Ocitti FC 6 8 225 fr yes Kampala,Uganda y https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/connecticut/1999.html Jim Calhoun Karl Hobbs Tom Moore Dave Leitao Schedule yes |- !colspan=12 style="Connecticut Huskies"| Regular Season 11/15/1998 yes 2 Quinnipiac Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut WTXX 102–60 10,027 1–0 11/19/1998 yes 2 Richmond Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut ESPN2 77–57 10,027 2–0 11/24/1998 yes 2 Hartford Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut WTXX 95–58 16,192 3–0 11/27/1998 yes 2 Wagner Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut WTXX 111–46 16,024 4–0 12/1/1998 yes yes 1 Washington 14 United Center Chicago Great Eight Basketball Classic ESPN 69–48 19,124 5–0 12/5/1998 yes 1 Michigan State 9 Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut CBS 82–68 10,027 6–0 12/9/1998 yes yes 1 Massachusetts William D. Mullins Memorial Center Amherst, Massachusetts MassMutual UGame ESPN 59–54 9,493 7–0 12/12/1998 yes 1 Pittsburgh 18 Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh WTXX 70–69 6,798 8–0 (1–0) 12/23/1998 yes 1 Fairfield Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut WTXX 102–67 16,294 9–0 12/30/1998 1 Villanova Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut WTXX 100–76 16,294 10–0 (2–0) 1/2/1999 1 Georgetown Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut Rivalry WTXX 87–64 10,077 11–0 (3–0) 1/6/1999 yes 1 Boston College Conte Forum Boston WTXX 91–78 8,606 12–0 (4–0) 1/9/1999 yes 1 West Virginia WVU Coliseum Morgantown, West Virginia WTXX 80–45 10,118 13–0 (5–0) 1/12/1999 1 Notre Dame Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut WTXX 101–70 16,294 14–0 (6–0) 1/16/1999 1 Pittsburgh Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut WTXX 81–58 16,294 15–0 (7–0) 1/20/1999 yes 1 Miami 25 Miami Arena Miami ESPN 70–68 15,147 16–0 (8–0) 1/23/1999 1 Seton Hall Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut WTXX 62–47 10,027 17–0 (9–0) 1/25/1999 yes 1 Georgetown MCI Center Washington, D.C. Rivalry ESPN 78–71 15,964 18–0 (10–0) 1/30/1999 yes 1 St. John's 9 Madison Square Garden New York City CBS 78–74 19,528 19–0 (11–0) 2/1/1999 1 Syracuse 16 Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut Rivalry ESPN 42–59 16,294 19–1 (11–1) 2/6/1999 yes yes 1 Stanford 4 Maples Pavilion Stanford, California ABC 70–59 7,391 20–1 2/10/1999 2 Boston College Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut WTXX 66–50 16,294 21–1 (12–1) 2/13/1999 yes 2 Seton Hall Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey WTXX 53–48 14,851 22–1 (13–1) 2/16/1999 2 Rutgers Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut ESPN2 77–64 10,027 23–1 (14–1) 2/20/1999 2 Miami 15 Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut CBS 71–73 10,027 23–2 (14–2) 2/22/1999 yes 2 Providence Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island ESPN 72–65 12,993 24–2 (15–2) 2/28/1999 yes 4 Syracuse 20 Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York Rivalry CBS 70–58 30,367 25–2 (16–2) |- !colspan=12 style="Connecticut Huskies"| Big East tournament 3/4/1999 yes 3 1 Seton Hall 9 Madison Square Garden New York Quarterfinals ESPN 57–56 17,540 26–2 3/5/1999 yes 3 1 Syracuse 4 Madison Square Garden New York Semifinals/Rivalry ESPN 71–50 19,548 27–2 3/6/1999 yes 3 1 St. John's 10 3 Madison Square Garden New York Championship ESPN 82–63 19,548 28–2 |- !colspan=12 style="Connecticut Huskies"| NCAA tournament 3/11/1999 yes yes 3 1 W UTSA 16 W McNichols Sports Arena Denver, Colorado First Round CBS 91–66Connecticut 91, Tex.-San Antonio 66 https://www.upi.com/Archives/1999/03/12/Connecticut-91-Tex-San-Antonio-66/5867921214800/ UPI Archives March 12, 1999 March 23, 2025 16,237 29–2 3/13/1999 yes yes 3 1 W New Mexico 24 9 W McNichols Sports Arena Denver, Colorado Second Round CBS 78–56Punchless New Mexico Is KO'd Early by Connecticut https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-14-sp-17352-story.html Los Angeles Times March 14, 1999 March 23, 2025 16,237 30–2 3/18/1999 yes yes 3 1 W Iowa 20 5 W America West Arena Phoenix, Arizona Sweet Sixteen CBS 78–68The Los Angeles Times Connecticut Gets It Together to Finish Off Iowa and Davis https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-19-sp-18839-story.html March 19, 1999 March 23, 2025 17,957 31–2 3/20/1999 yes yes 3 1 W Gonzaga 10 W America West Arena Phoenix, Arizona Elite Eight CBS 67–62The Washington Post Final Four Gets Its First Two https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1999/03/21/final-four-gets-its-first-two/aa6f815a-fa65-444a-9f70-3b403a85806f/ March 21, 1999 March 23, 2025 18,053 32–2 3/27/1999 yes yes 3 1 W Ohio State 14 4 S Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida Final Four CBS 64–58The New York Times Connecticut Steps Over Ohio State on Its Way to the Final http://www.nytimes.com/library/sports/ncaabasketball/032899bkc-uconn.html March 28, 1999 March 23, 2025 41,340 33–2 3/29/1999 yes yes 3 1 W Duke 1 1 E Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida National Championship CBS 77–74 41,340 34–2 Eastern Time Schedule Source:http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/1516MediaGuide.pdf UConn Huskies 2015-16 Connecticut Basketball History 10 March 2016 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222104823/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/1516MediaGuide.pdf deadConnecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/conn-m-baskbl-sched-1998.html UConn Huskies 10 March 2016 11 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160311071934/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/conn-m-baskbl-sched-1998.html dead Media + Local Radio Flagship station Play–by–play Color commentator Studio host WTIC–AM 1080 Joe D'Ambrosio Wayne Norman Awards and honors Richard Hamilton, NCAA Men's MOP Awardhttp://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/outstandingplayer Final Four Most Outstanding Players cbs.sportsline.com 31 March 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080907123518/http://sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/outstandingplayer 7 September 2008 Team players drafted into the NBA Year Round Pick Player NBA club 1999http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1999 1999 NBA Draft on Databasebasketball.com 2013-08-15 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130522063451/http://databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1999&lg=n 2013-05-22 1 7 Richard Hamilton Washington Wizards 2000http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=2000 2000 NBA Draft on Databasebasketball.com 2013-08-15 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130613203926/http://databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=n&yr=2000 2013-06-13 2 33 Jake Voskuhl Chicago Bulls 2000 2 34 Khalid El-Amin Chicago Bulls References Category:UConn Huskies men's basketball seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Connecticut Connecticut Huskies Category:1998 in sports in Connecticut Category:1999 in sports in Connecticut