1999 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1999 throughout the world.
This year in basketball
2010s
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2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015
2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010
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2000s
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2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005
2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000
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1990s
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1999 • 1998 • 1997 • 1996 • 1995
1994 • 1993 • 1992 • 1991 • 1990
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1980s
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1989 • 1988 • 1987 • 1986 • 1985
1984 • 1983 • 1982 • 1981 • 1980
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1970s
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1979 • 1978 • 1977 • 1976 • 1975
1974 • 1973 • 1972 • 1971 • 1970
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1960s
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1969 • 1968 • 1967 • 1966 • 1965
1964 • 1963 • 1962 • 1961 • 1960
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1950s
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1959 • 1958 • 1957 • 1956 • 1955
1954 • 1953 • 1952 • 1951 • 1950
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1940s
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1949 • 1948 • 1947 • 1946 • 1945
1944 • 1943 • 1942 • 1941 • 1940
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1930s
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1939 • 1938 • 1937 • 1936 • 1935
1934 • 1933 • 1932 • 1931 • 1930
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1920s
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1929 • 1928 • 1927 • 1926 • 1925
1924 • 1923 • 1922 • 1921 • 1920
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1910s
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1919 • 1918 • 1917 • 1916 • 1915
1914 • 1913 • 1912 • 1911 • 1910
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1900s
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1909 • 1908 • 1907 • 1906 • 1905
1904 • 1903 • 1902 • 1901 • 1900
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1890s
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1899 • 1898 • 1897 • 1896 • 1895
1894 • 1893 • 1892
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Championships
Professional
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
Preps
Awards and honors
Professional
Collegiate
Events
Deaths
- May 8 - John Kotz, 1941 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player and player for the Sheboygan Red Skins (b. 1919)
- July 8 — Frank Lubin, member of 1936 US Olympic championship team (b. 1910)
- August 7 — Harry Litwack, Hall of fame college coach of the Temple Owls (b. 1907)
- August 19 — Kim Perrot, WNBA Player for the Houston Comets (b. 1967)
- October 8 — John McLendon, Hall of Fame college and ABA coach (b. 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 (b. 1936)
- October 14 — Jim Jordan, All-American at North Carolina (b. 1925)
- October 15 — Marvin Wood 71, coach of 1954 Indiana state basketball champion Milan, Indiana High School. The story of the 1954 team became the basis for the movie Hoosiers
- October 25 — Forddy Anderson, Final Four college coach at both Bradley and Michigan State. NBA scout for the Boston Celtics (b. 1919)
- December 1 — William "Pop" Gates, Hall of Fame Harlem Renaissance and Harlem Globetrotters player (b. 1917)
- December 23 — Vladimir Kondrashin, FIBA Hall of Fame Russian coach (b. 1929)