1999 in basketball

none 1999 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:Hall of Famers http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers-index/ Basketball Hall of Fame 12 Oct 2014 25 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130325102924/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers-index/ dead Wayne R. Embry Kevin E. McHale Billie J. Moore John R. Thompson Fred Zollner Women's Basketball Hall of Fame 18em Class of 1999:Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1999 http://www.wbhof.com/Class99.html 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 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.About the Hall http://www.wbhof.com/About.html 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 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) References