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
  • 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 The 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 2013:
  • Wayne R. Embry
  • Kevin E. McHale
  • Billie J. Moore
  • John R. Thompson
  • Fred Zollner

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

• Class of 1999

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• Senda Abbott
• Lidia Alexeyeva
• Carol Blazejowski
• Joanne Bracker
• Jody Conradt
• Joan Crawford
• Denise Curry
• Anne Donovan
• Carol Eckman

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• Betty Jo Graber
• Lusia Harris-Stewart
• John Head
• Nancy Lieberman
• Darlene May
• Ann Meyers-Drysdale
• Cheryl Miller
• Billie Moore

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• 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)