Bro me too I watched this game at least 100 times.

uconns 1st march madness title in history so it was an important game dont remember the next one they won though.

They win their next Championships 5 years later in 2004 vs Georgia Tech. I remember that title the most since I was a junior in high school and Ben Gordon was my favorite player. Emeka Okafor was incredible as well especially in the final four when they beat Duke 79-78

@@ant5355 We have the same exact memory lol. I was also a junior and Ben Gordon was my favorite player. Still my favorite UConn team.

@@ant5355 yes he was incredible and defensively he (Okafor) was the sole biggest difference maker on that '04 team! But he kicked it to yet another gear on defense in the final few minutes against Duke! The biggest contribution though to UConn down the stretch of that game was Rashad Anderson! If he doesn't hit those threes on back to back possessions they don't win that game

Same here was in 3rd grade

Wow, thanks Andrew!!

I agree

Duke Zona was also quite good with two stellar teams and excellent coaches as well!

It WAS a very suspenseful game with a fantastic outcome (the basketball universe is always better off when Duke loses) but there was a lot a sloppy play in this game and a lot of missed free throws.

wrong. . . The best ncaa championship game was between Nova and UNC

Wow, that's awesome!

Thanks for the update! Didn’t know that. I wouldn’t think of Georgia as a basketball state producing top players. Great athletes from there!

They were underdogs I’m sure. Look at that Duke team! Most of the guys playing went in the first round!

@@HarrisonHollers The talent that Coach K had at that time was crazy.

@@allengreene9954 Yeah but Duke, like USC football and Yanks farm system always get overhyped. Duke is younger too! Plus players who make the team great are better than great players! - Wooden

@@HarrisonHollers overhyped 😂😂

@@HarrisonHollers But the best player on the floor was Rip Hamilton, followed closely by Brand. Not many of these players actually stuck in the NBA

Calhoun didn’t get the same love nationally as the other top coaches but he may have been the best and laid the foundation for the powerhouse of the 21st Century.

6 for 6

@@PuffDoe Beat me to it. It's an amazing stat

6 for 6

My fam and I did too! We ran outside and honked our car horns and then a buddy of mine with his license (I was 16, had my permit I believe) picked me and 2 other guys up and we drove to the campus and just wandered around in happy delirium for a couple hours as the college students rampaged.

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That’s what happens when Ricky Moore is guarding you

Coach K was "too" loyal to Langdon here - with all the talent on this team and the matchups on the floor, Langdon going off the dribble against Moore 1 on 1 was probably the single worst option he could have come up with in that situation. But Langdon had stuck with him as he built the program back up after 1995 and he wanted him to decide the game.

He probably thought the officials would bail Duke out with a touch foul.

I was at the big East championship and UConn rolled and MSG was chanting we want duke in the second half. We got them and we beat them. I will always love the 1990 UConn team but this team is in the discussion for greatest husky team of all time.

Just taking Gods name in vain willy nilly huh? Stay classy buddy

​@@jasonwebb3727 that 2004 team was crazy

Agreed 110%! I'm a diehard Duke fan going back to '81-'82 and the spread for that '99 NCAA final was absolutely absurd! UConn was way better than they we're given credit for and I always believed they were the better and more experienced team (cohesion- wise) as well! Duke had rarely been tested and I knew if we ended up getting UConn in the championship game we we're going to have our hands more than full! Was not surprised in the least that UConn beat us that night!

These two teams were the only teams to hold the number 1 ranking all year long...it was meant to be.

Yes!🔥

Do you really believe that last sentence? Based on what?

Keith u beat us fair and square but neither win ('99 or '04) was in any way a stomp job! Agreed with you on two things - it was the most competitive final ever and it was in absolutely no way whatsoever an upset! I've been a diehard Dukie since 1981-82 as a fourth grader and I always believed UConn was the better team going into that NCAA tournament! Duke took advantage of a down year for the ACC that season and was very rarely tested which I knew would end up not being a good sign! And I was right! The better team really did win that night hands down

An upset was when NC State beat Houston or Danny Manning and '88 Kansas beating Oklahoma, not '99 UConn beating Duke!

Got that right. I'm a Michigan fan, but I was a Husky that night.

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@@BeingConsciousness-yw3zw Unfortunately, it is now 16-1. UConn women's lost last year to South Carolina in the title game.

I'm not and still am not certain that Duke was caught off guard in any way! In fact besides the UConn nation, and I'm a diehard Dukie, Duke knew full well how good UConn was! The problem was the lack of respect for UConn going into the game from the rest of the country and the pundits! That point spread was the most ridiculous thing I ever saw! I thought all along to be honest you guys we're the better team and you didn't prove me wrong! UConn was the worst possible matchup for us and so was your lineup experience! In fact it irkes me to this day when some still think it was an upset! An upset was when NC State took down Houston, not '99 UConn beating Duke! There's a gigantic difference there JS

I've been a Duke fan going back to '81-'82 as a ten year old and to this day that game UConn played was the most complete against us in an NCAA tournament game that I can remember, meaning from opening tip to the end

@@bradlewis6514 I agree. It wasn't an upset. They were the only teams ranked #1 all season. They were on a collision course to meet and the game didn't disappoint

@@aaronhutchinson885 Amen sir and refreshing to know someone who wholeheartedly agrees with me! Shows u truly pay/paid attention instead of just offering up a take

@@bradlewis6514 Yes sir! I wish we still had games and teams like those 2

I watched the game live on my Iphone 15 when I couldn’t get it on my pager.

And they'd go on to win in their second attempt in a final... and third, and forth, and fifth, and sixth. And the women won their first 11 championship appearances. Right now the two programs have a combined record of 17-1 in championship games. That's insane.

Ricky moore was a dog on defense. I loved this team. It was my junior year in high. I think I was the only rooting for UConn.

It wasn't the impossible by any stretch! I'm a diehard Dukie and I absolutely hated the level of lovefest for that team from the media, pundits and the odds makers! Came back to haunt all of them! UConn was so unceremoniously disrespected and they always deserved way better! NC State beating Houston in '83 and Manning and the Miracles taking out Oklahoma in '88! Those we're the impossible, not UConn beating us! UConn was a much more level opponent!

That was a superb finish! Xavier coming back from 9 down in the final 2 1/2 minutes

YESSSSSS!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Who was a better Dukie...Elton Brand or Shelden Williams In College?

@@stevenabitante8750 EB by far.

Duke would’ve been competitive against some NBA teams in ‘99. Brand was that good.

@@stellarwind1946 Especially as God-awful as some of those NBA teams were in that lockout season of '99. This game was better quality than most NBA games that year.

@@walterlv01 they probably could’ve kept the games close against the bottom dwellers in the league that year. I think ‘99 Duke is only team to ever run the table in the ACC if I’m not mistaken.

@@stellarwind1946 I believe NC State did it in 73 with David Thompson.

That game was the biggest robbery in the history of basketball. As I recall their only other loss was on a last second shot against Cincinnati in the 3rd game of the season in the great Alaskan Shootout, and then they proceeded to start destroying everything in their path, especially as the season progressed, as it was a Soph, dominated team along with national freshman of the year in Corey Maggette. When those 2 early calls both went against Duke on charging, when they actually should have gone against UCONN, I knew Duke was in trouble. With about 5 or 6 minutes left in the game, Billy Packer said...Not only has UCONN got all the bounces, they've got all the calls, and Duke was still somehow in the game. I expect Hamilton to go off in the game, but when that other guard who wasn't known for scoring got hot, I again knew Duke was in trouble. In order to give Voscol a break because he couldn't handle Brand in his dreams, they allowed these two thugs to come in the game and practically hack Brand to death. His arms were filled with welts after the game. If they would have been actually calling fouls against UCONN, Duke would have won that game on the free throw line because Brand was a good free throw shooter. This game was a tragedy because it may have broken up potentially the best collage team ever, as for the 1rst time Duke lost players early to the draft including All American's Avery, Langdon and Brand, who was also NCAA Player of the Year, and all Sophmores and NCAA Freshman of the year Maggette. I guess they believed if they're going to get robbed like that, they might as well get paid. Duke then reloaded and won the NCAA title in 2001 with a sophmore laden team. Can you imagine the 2001 team if those other 4 were still on it. That robbery against UCONN may have stopped a dynasty only equaled by the UCLA Bruins in the 60's and 70's. And I would have put the 2001 Duke team beating them any day of the week.

Very underrated game. That is one of the 2 times (the other being against George Mason) where I felt like if UConn won that Elite 8 game, they probably win a National Championship. But Maryland was the better team and all credit goes to them.

@@turtle42387 Turtle, I'll agree with you about the '02 UConn team had they beaten Maryland because being a die-hard Duke fan and the constant battles we had with them during those years that Maryland was the best and most complete team in America! But not so much '06! The level at which Florida was playing the defensive end of the court would have made it extremely difficult for UConn, especially because that was one of Calhoun's weakest defensive clubs! They were fortunate in that year's East Region beating both Kentucky and Washington, taking advantage offensively! They weren't gonna put up anywhere near that many points (80-90) against a team giving up an average of 25-30 less! Noah, Brewer and Horford would have made life miserable for UConn inside!

@@turtle42387 the 09 team should won it all too. That team was very good w AJ price at the point. 06 team,09 and the 90 team that lost elite 8 to Duke are my 3 biggest heart breakers... ray allens 95-96 team was a very good team that could've won it all too but not on the level of 06 and 09 teams.

Yup, 3rd time in 8 tournaments from 95-02 that UConn was EASILY the best 2 seed, to the point few would’ve objected to them getting a 1seed, and the committee puts them in the bracket with the best overall team in the country/tournament favorite. Shameful. Their Elite 8 losses in ‘95 & ‘02 should’ve been the title game those years.

UConn duke 04 final 4 one 🔥

At the beginning of that season, all the hoops pundits were referring to March Madness as the Duke Invitational Tournament, not just giving nobody a chance but really disrespecting a solid UConn squad...

@@billyboblillybob344 The amount of talent that came out of Duke during the late 90s-early 2000s was crazy but UConn had a lot of talent themselves.

@@allengreene9954 Yep. It was a spectacular game. Neither team led by more than 7 points...serious pucker factor the entire game...

@@billyboblillybob344 Yep back when College Basketball was at its peak.

I'll reiterate because I've been reiterating it for close to 24 1/2 years - UCONN WINNING THAT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WAS NOTTTT AN UPSET! '83 NC State winning, '85 Villanova winning, '88 Kansas winning, '97 Arizona winning! Those we're upsets! '99 UConn beating Duke was about as evenly matched a championship game as there's ever been, so it in no way was an upset! The media and the odds makers bought way too much into Duke's season and completely ignored how truly good UConn was

Typical great college player who didn't create his own shot in college

Billy Packer was an ACC guy.

Packer was always horrible. In this game he called Shane Battier “Shawn”, Edmund Saunders “Sanders”, Kareem ABDUL-Jabbar simply “Kareem Jabbar” and was irrationally fixated on Duke’s “patented plays” and the refs not calling charges.🤮

@@pram9543 He was always pro Duke and UNC. It was unbearable to listen too.

UCONN was also loaded and had the best player on the floor

gonna have to disagree there as Brand played for Duke. We were out coached though, it was a bad plan to isolate Tranjan those last couple of plays, hes a better shooter than a slasher/driver. The Duke team was not battle tested and I'm still salty lol.

@@nicktucker3437 Rip > Brand.

@@reptilelicks9796 to you, but as someone that went to Duke I gotta be loyal, too.

@@nicktucker3437 Agreed about the not battle tested aspect Nick and what I've also reiterated for years as well is how ignorantly ignored UConn was by the media and odds makers while we we're being preanointed as one of the best ever! I've been a diehard Dukie since '81-'82 and as good a team as '99 was, we didn't have a true leader like we'd had with Wojo! He was the consummate team captain (locker room and on court), which is one thing that never gets mentioned (the significance of his graduation)! U can have all the talent in the world but you hafta have a point man that had Wojo's complete package! No, he wasn't a points guy but he brought all the intangibles! We could have used a guy of his likeness down the stretch of that UConn game! It's not that we weren't real good, but UConn was better than they were given credit for that year and their roster experience was absolutely critical too

Lockdown college defensive player like Bruce Bowen

Good not great career. Better than Langdon’s, worse than Hamilton’s.

@@pram9543 about right he probably should have come back to duke for another year or two.

@@rooseveltdarbey9493 If EB didn’t get hurt and also if he played on much better teams during his career, he probably would have been in the Hall of Fame.

@@allengreene9954 Its possible. He was dropping 25ppg at on point....with the Clippers....

Duke and UConn were clear cut #1 and #2 all year in 99. This was the final everyone wanted all year regardless of close calls in the tourney...uconn barely survived washington on rips buzzer beater,I wouldn't say they didn't deserve to be in the final because of it

@@russellculver5284 lol the game against Washington was in 1998. It wasn’t in this tournament.

Duke won every game in the East Regional by over 20+ and they handled Michigan State in the Final Four. Even though it was 68-62, Duke controlled the entire game. They finally met their match with UConn.

Lucky in the Elite 8! U r aware that Duke absolutely dismantled Temple 85-64! Duke wasn't in anyway lucky! '99 Duke's problem was they took advantage of a down year overall for the ACC and they were rarely tested throughout the season! UConn was their equal, but the pundits and odds makers spent so much time preanointing Duke as one of college basketball's greatest teams and disrespectfully ignored UConn

Duke fan here. I've said the same thing for years. Many have. We're not wrong. But watching that last possession recently l saw a Will Avery that didn't mind not getting the ball.

TheWakeup011 As a UNC fan, I am so happy this season is over. Can’t wait till next year because our incoming class is stacked. You guys hm also have a huge class coming in so it should be great games as always to come

@@jonhendrickson9701 Jon, what do you think of Carolina's chances in this year's Madness! They couldn't have gotten a tougher first round pairing with Wisconsin! Badgers are never an easy out! To me the key will be Carolina's frontcourt! They need to establish them right out of the gate

Looking back now, Coach K rolling with Langdon reminds me of a certain football coach in Seattle deciding to let Russell Wilson throw it at the end of the Super Bowl over handing off to Lynch.