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1999 Final Four: The Duke-UConn Showdown In St. Petersburg

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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.

1990 UConn Basketball: Where A Modern Dynasty Began

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There was a time when UConn couldn’t even swim to the surface without being devoured by the sharks of the Big East. When ESPN’s 30-for-30 documentary “Requiem for the Big East ran on March 16, the focus was on the schools that helped build the conference—Syracuse, Georgetown, St. John’s and Villanova. It wasn’t until later that UConn arrived on the scene.