1999 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 1999 throughout the world.

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: ^[1]
  • Wayne R. Embry
  • Kevin E. McHale
  • Billie J. Moore
  • John R. Thompson
  • Fred Zollner

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

• Class of 1999: ^[2]
  • 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. ^[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)

References

1. "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
2. "Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1999". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
3. "About the Hall". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.