UConn and Duke had been eyeing each other up from the top of the polls all through the regular season. At the 1999 Final Four, they brought a couple Big Ten sparring partners with them, and then got down to business for a Monday night heavyweight fight. Here’s a look back at the road UConn, […]
Duke and UConn spent the entire 1999 college basketball season circling each other and eyeing the other up. One or the other was at the top of the polls every week, and it ended with a much-anticipated Showdown in St. Petersburg, at the 1999 Final Four.
This is part of a series of sports history articles aimed at preserving the best moments of the modern sports era, from 1976 to the present. The focus is team sports—college & pro basketball and football, major league baseball and hockey.
This article offers a snapshot of 1999 sports, a year that saw thrilling championship battles at the Final Four, the Super Bowl and the Stanley Cup Finals.