Shoutout to Khalid El-Amin!!! This man was one of the greatest players in Minnesota State High School basketball history in leading Minneapolis North to three straight state titles, three-time MN player of the year, McDonald's All-American, and 1997 Mr. Basketball in MN. A champion for life!!
People called the '99 tournament the "Duke Invitational" but UConn very quietly had almost as good a season as Duke. They only lost 1 game all year when healthy, and that was by only 2 points. Their only other loss was to Cuse when Hamilton and Voskuil were both out; and they hammered the Orange the next 2 meetings with a full lineup. Maybe they weren't as dominant but they were more battle-tested, which helped them in this game.
Cuse fan here, and agree 100%. I'll tell you this as well. I was at the 2003 Natty in NOLA when Cuse beat Kansas, and all tournament I was hoping that we wouldn't see UConn (#5 seed South) in the FF. They were a Bad matchup for Cuse, winning by 14 points in the regular season and by 13 in the BET.
and also, it’s crazy that he has done literally every sport that you could imagine because I’ve seen him on CBS doing basketball, obviously football, and was even the host prior to a couple of the Daytona 500 races in 1999 and 2000. personally, I love Jim Nance, and Tony Romo on commentary for football, but Jim Nance and Greg Gumble together would be a hell of a team as well, even though my favorite Greg Gumble commentator was with Dan Dierdorf all those years.
Just watched this game again after UConn got their 6th title. Kellogg with the genius point that UConn needed to play with urgency and full pedal to the metal on offense. I was in elementary school when this game was originally played and I did not remember how fast UConn played on offense. They ran every chance they got and it's ultimately what led them to victory.
he was such a streaky player, and there were so many stretches where he was one of the best college basketball players but also he had some moments where you'd shake your head, but more often than not he’d make the big shot &/or key/critical three throws.
Probably one of the best National Championship games ever played. Kinda had that feel of the 2006 Rose Bowl between Texas and USC where both teams were ranked 1 and 2 all season and were pretty much dominate to a point that you just had this strong feeling they would face off in the title game and then when they did meet it was a classic.
Absolutely. I was in seventh grade watching this game, and I remember it so vividly. It really was like a heavyweight fight, and Uconn landed the final blow
I played against Ricky Moore and William Avery in high school and man, that team was stacked!! Nice to see this game and bring back those memories. BHS c/o 94
The last two possessions for Duke can be traced back to a year ago from the Regional Final against Kentucky, the same game in which Duke was up by 20 and lost. William Avery, Duke's PG and best ball handler, who was a freshman at the time, decided to take a horrible shot after bringing up the ball for the final possession. Ignoring the better options for 3pt shooting (i.e. Langdon, McLeod, Wojo, or even Carawell). Fast forward to the championship game, coach K took the ball out of Avery's hands and gave it to Langdon to bring up the floor and face a defensive specialist in Ricky Moore (Not his strong suit), because he didn't trust Avery to pass it to the right option and have a repeat of the year before. Goes to show how one shot can alter decisions and destroy trust on a team.
I was in the Hartford Civic Center checking out the Rolling Stones. As soon as the Stones left the stage, some of the lights came on and the end of the game came on the big screen. Sixty or so seconds later when the buzzer sounded these guys got a bigger ovation than the Stones did. When we left the Civic Center all of downtown was going mental
El-Amin looks like he would've been a STUD RB in Football as well. Some toughest guards I had face playing street bal/pick-up Games my 47 years? Were built just like El-Amin.
This UCONN team is living proof you don't need to rely on a bunch of superstar freshmen who really don't give a rats ass about being in school to win you championships. You know what does win championships? Team chemistry which is exactly what this team had. Truly is a shame that coaches rely too much on one and done talent these days.
Jko Taylor nah bruh it’s the truth. It’s absolutely despicable how coaches recruit players who have no intention of staying long term to develop themselves. These athletes come off as selfish and egotistical and the game is suffering because of it
Glad they finally put the arc in for the charge. Duke got by with fouls that were blocks Just sliding under the basket after the offensive player start his upward motion.
I remember the pre-game interview with El-Amin and as soon as he said "we're going to shock the world", I knew UConn was going to win. The confidence he had was unreal.
I am a diehard UCONN fan but miss the old Big East. Nothing like it. Syracuse, UCONN, Georgetown, Villanova, Pitt to name a few. This was great college basketball. College basketball is hard for me to watch now.
Every single Uconn fan laughed when they announced Uconn was a 10 point underdog. Even if we lost there was no way Duke was 10 point better. That Uconn team was a couple of injuries away from going undefeated.
Plus you can throw out point spread predictions sometimes when you get to the title game. Even the dominant 1996 Kentucky team struggled to close out a solid (not great) Syracuse team that was up to the challenge. Uconn was clearly up to the Duke challenge.
@@elbowgang9715 97 has got to be the most forgotten team of all time lol I remember that team with Miles Simon and Mike Bibby. Got hot at the right time.
i thought Duke was going to win until i saw the line. 10 points was insane because UCONN was preseason #2 (ap)/#3 (coaches), and was #1 for 17 weeks during the season, while Duke was #1 for 15 weeks.
Completely agreed. It seemed like people just forgot how good Uconn was. Uconn was ranked #1 longer than Duke was, and they only lost one game with their full lineup all season. They may not have had the star power duke did, but they were such a cohesive group that, as you said was battle TESTED. A ten point line was a total insult to a team that was as good as Uconn was that year.
I grew up in Kansas City. I'm 47. Been a diehard Kansas Jayhawks fan since 1986. Was at the 1988 National Title Game KU beat Oklahoma. I've ALWAYS had a respect for Connecticut, starting n Mid90s. KU Basketball is like a religion here... Now my KC Chiefs are policing up the SB Titles. Hoping my KC Royals can win they're "3rd WS Title" soon.
As a Red Sox fan, Vikings, 76ers I only seen one championship with the 76ers in 83. So when UConn won it all it was just bliss. The yrs that followed I finally got to see Red Sox win a few times and Uconn a 1/2 doz. Times. This was Nirvana
Grover Marchand Up until the early 90s he recruited in state guys like Chris Smith and Scott Burrell to get them on the map competing in the big east. By the end of the 90s he was getting top recruits-Donyell Marshal, Ray Allen, Richard Hamilton and then in the early-mid 2000s he had some very talented teams with a lot of future nba players like Rudy gay, Caron Butler, Ben Gordon all the way to Kemba. I love that he built the program up from perennial doormats to champions but he was sometimes (especially if you sat near the UConn bench at a game) absurdly offensive, vulgar and abusive to the crowd, the media, and his players but I love the guy for winning 3 national championships, something I never thought I’d never see UCONN achieve
@@justinnardine8564 most of the coaches of his generation were like that though. And don't forget if you made a mistake, your ass was getting sat on the bench immediately
Grover Marchand I’ll always love Calhoun. I used to shoot around before there practices and see him at the coffee shop on campus but if you were behind the bench dude was a CHARACTER and you were getting benched fast for any mental error
@@justinnardine8564 he could be extreme, Irish temper? As a fan I'll take that over someone like Diaco , where no matter how bad you stink everything is going to be rainbows and happy faces
1:48:20 "UConn HAS DONE IT!!!" 1:48:24 "We shocked the world!!!" Yes #UConn... 1:48:29 Even Gampel Pavilion was in a chaotic frenzy 🎉📣👏🏻🏀🏆 This had to be the greatest men's basketball title game of the 90s. What a way to close out the decade.
UConn won their first 19 games that year, finished with only 2 losses (both of them without Rip and El Amin), and was actually ranked #1 more weeks than Duke. I’ll never understand why Vegas had Duke as a 9.5 favorite.
@@billybannon7348 Yeah they were but UCONN was 33-2 and were Ranked #1 all of December and all of January. Duke had the lottery picks and the 30 game win streak so they had more hype but that UCONN team was great all year and wasn't a surprising champion at all.
@@12savage68 Yet none as good as Rip Hamilton. This reminds me of 1984 when heavily favored UNC played Indiana in the SS. Indiana put a guy named Dan Dakich on some dude named Jordan and he actually shut down Jordan pretty good. It's not always JUST about how many lottery pix u have, its about how well each TEAM plays on that one day. Cuz its win or go home.
Duke actually had a very good mix of upperclassmen and freshman stars. And Battier from this class stayed all four years and won a title three years later. Compared to today this Duke team was ultra experienced. Uconn was extremely good. But I do think Duke wins 7/10 against this team on neutral courts. Edit: Duke actually only had one 1 and done freshman on this team and he didn't start.
It's crazy to think how well Duke had been playing that season going into the FF. UConn was the better team on that night, but.......... you don't win 32 games in a row by accident. They earned their spot in this title game.
Chris Kreager Duke was amazing but UConn was 35-2 and was actually ranked #1 more weeks than Duke during the season. Despite all Duke’s deserved hype, UConn was the better team that year.
Seeing this again, UCONN had a lot more offensive firepower than Michigan St as the Spartans played Duke tough. Duke and UCONN had a lot of talent, toughness, great coaching and determination.
crazy how they mentioned kevin ollie as being one of calhouns most important recruits from his 1994 team (the same guy who tried to throw coach calhoun under the bus, when things didnt go his way at uconn when he was coach).
Terrible last 2 possessions by Dook there at the end - didnt even get a shot off. Ouch. Perhaps thats great D by Yukon as well. Never really understood why everybody overlooked Yukon, they lost what 2 games all year - both at home, to Syracuse and Miami. 28-2 vs Duke's one loss. Why was dook such a huge fave over a team with that kind of record and who also lost in the elite 8 a year ago?? This was the turning point in this rivalry, Yukon would go on to have the upper hand against Dook, beating them again in the 2004 Final 4 and beating the AZ team in 2011 that Dook lost to in the SS. This stadium had a lot of bad memories for Dook, the elite 8 loss in 98 to UK and then this one which hurt even more. Great game though. Props to Yukon for doing what few thought could be done.
rawn4203 well said. That last possession was so bad the thought crossed y mind that maybe K threw this game. Again, l don't think he did, l am just emphasizing how bad the call was.
Wes - yes, kinda like the 91 UNLV dook thingy. Everybody knows UNLV would have won a best of pretty much anything series against Dook, but its just a win or go home scenario. This matchup here though is nothing like UNLV-Dook 1991. That Yukon team was the real deal and I felt that in a best of 10 it would be a split. It was really very evenly matched. Thats my point - Dook got too much press (admittedly they were a great team though- had they won they may have been considered up there with the great ucla teams, 1976 indiana, 82 UNC) and Yukon did not get enough credit.
Sent a micro demo to uconn radio station for 99 team. The 2000 season I sent a mastered tape. Love my huskies!! Freemans leaping just like bob beamon Khalid el Amin's a basketball demon Jake the snake Voskul blocking em clean Cant remember rest but it was professional
I don't think UConn lost to Duke from this point on. Coach K had owned Calhoun before this game. I bet somewhere El-Amin is eating a double quarter pounder
I’m a UK fan so I absolutely hate the sh;t outta both these teams but I gotta respect what they’ve done over the last 20 years!! Unbelievable basketball programs!
This game is absolutely phenomenal. Even as a duke fan I still watch the last few minutes of this game all the time. The intensity the crowd involvement the players on both teams it's just as good as u will ever see at this level. And sadly it will never be seen again. I think about the duke team who just made it to the final 4 with banchero and company and the uconn team who just dominated their opponents to win the title and if they played against these 2 teams how badly they would get destroyed. These are 2 all time teams right here in my opinion
I’m still confused as to why this was an upset... UConn was the best team all season and had it not been for the injury to Rip they probably go undefeated.
MAn..u KNOW!!!! This L had to of messed up CoachK, Duke's players&fans so much in tha head/MENTALLY!!!. A. Its THE hardest sport(pro or college) to make the Championship Game in. Let ALONE win a Championship in! ABSOLUTELY ZERO ARGUMENTS. 100% F A C Ts...🤐 B. Duke Fans&CoachK KNOWING this?^^^(how hard it is just making a FF!!!) Taking a 3rd CONSECUTIVE loss in a National Title Game in last 6Seasons? Had to of been hard. Especially when Duke's HATED rival was still sitting on 1 more National Title than Duke. At that time. CoachK probably dreaming of "what ifs?".
This never gets old. I will remember this for the rest of my life.
me too! watch every month last 5 minutes..I miss growing up in Connecticiut in the 80s :(
Even back to back national championships fails in comparison. Never will tire of watching this
I was at this game in 99 my senior year at UCONN one of my proud moments.
I was at Eastern. Our campus erupted and we immediately drove ro UConn and joined the party.
I was in Storrs near EO Smith watching with some friends I jumped 3 feet in the air when the final horn sounded!
I was checking out the Stones at the Civic Center. They put the end of it on the screen and the place went mental
Shoutout to Khalid El-Amin!!!
This man was one of the greatest players in Minnesota State High School basketball history in leading Minneapolis North to three straight state titles, three-time MN player of the year, McDonald's All-American, and 1997 Mr. Basketball in MN.
A champion for life!!
My alltime favorite Husky. He had balls of steel.
Love el man heart of the team!!
612 Thank you #42
People called the '99 tournament the "Duke Invitational" but UConn very quietly had almost as good a season as Duke. They only lost 1 game all year when healthy, and that was by only 2 points. Their only other loss was to Cuse when Hamilton and Voskuil were both out; and they hammered the Orange the next 2 meetings with a full lineup. Maybe they weren't as dominant but they were more battle-tested, which helped them in this game.
Excellent points!!!
Cuse fan here, and agree 100%. I'll tell you this as well. I was at the 2003 Natty in NOLA when Cuse beat Kansas, and all tournament I was hoping that we wouldn't see UConn (#5 seed South) in the FF. They were a Bad matchup for Cuse, winning by 14 points in the regular season and by 13 in the BET.
This game was a classic!
Fond memories, I was in a dorm in the jungle on campus.. what a mad rush getting out of the building to the bedlam outside.
Nowadays kids at UCON don't even know what "the Jungle" was, even those who live in North Campus.
Somehow, Greg Gumbel has always been my favorite sports host/commentator/announcer: longevity, genuine analyses and soothing voice.
I have nothing against Greg Gumble but his brother is kind of an ass, I heard.
and also, it’s crazy that he has done literally every sport that you could imagine because I’ve seen him on CBS doing basketball, obviously football, and was even the host prior to a couple of the Daytona 500 races in 1999 and 2000. personally, I love Jim Nance, and Tony Romo on commentary for football, but Jim Nance and Greg Gumble together would be a hell of a team as well, even though my favorite Greg Gumble commentator was with Dan Dierdorf all those years.
Just watched this game again after UConn got their 6th title. Kellogg with the genius point that UConn needed to play with urgency and full pedal to the metal on offense. I was in elementary school when this game was originally played and I did not remember how fast UConn played on offense. They ran every chance they got and it's ultimately what led them to victory.
People don’t realize how good Rip Hamilton was.
27 points scored against supposedly the best defenders in the world? Pretty sure the world realized how good he was that night.
Yes, people do realize how good he was. Because he was an excellent player.
And was great in the NBA
Rip dominated the 1999 Final Four
El Amin was such a unique player. He always seemed out of control but those floaters went in!
Pressure player
Grover Marchand yup
Only thing I remember about him in the NBA is guys didn't like playing against El Amin because he didn't keep his fingernails trimmed
I loved watching EL-AMIN he was such a tough entertaining player to watch.
he was such a streaky player, and there were so many stretches where he was one of the best college basketball players but also he had some moments where you'd shake your head, but more often than not he’d make the big shot &/or key/critical three throws.
Probably one of the best National Championship games ever played. Kinda had that feel of the 2006 Rose Bowl between Texas and USC where both teams were ranked 1 and 2 all season and were pretty much dominate to a point that you just had this strong feeling they would face off in the title game and then when they did meet it was a classic.
Absolutely. I was in seventh grade watching this game, and I remember it so vividly. It really was like a heavyweight fight, and Uconn landed the final blow
I played against Ricky Moore and William Avery in high school and man, that team was stacked!! Nice to see this game and bring back those memories.
BHS c/o 94
The last two possessions for Duke can be traced back to a year ago from the Regional Final against Kentucky, the same game in which Duke was up by 20 and lost.
William Avery, Duke's PG and best ball handler, who was a freshman at the time, decided to take a horrible shot after bringing up the ball for the final possession. Ignoring the better options for 3pt shooting (i.e. Langdon, McLeod, Wojo, or even Carawell). Fast forward to the championship game, coach K took the ball out of Avery's hands and gave it to Langdon to bring up the floor and face a defensive specialist in Ricky Moore (Not his strong suit), because he didn't trust Avery to pass it to the right option and have a repeat of the year before. Goes to show how one shot can alter decisions and destroy trust on a team.
That being said, it was still a terrible decision by K.
I was in the Hartford Civic Center checking out the Rolling Stones. As soon as the Stones left the stage, some of the lights came on and the end of the game came on the big screen. Sixty or so seconds later when the buzzer sounded these guys got a bigger ovation than the Stones did. When we left the Civic Center all of downtown was going mental
U seriously admitting to seeing Rolling Stones in concert? Lolololol!
Maybe fr1963-68 Brian Jones days they were ok.
Growing up as a short pudgy all around untraditional basketball height and weight Khalid -Al Amin was always my favorite player
Those were always the most accurate shooters. Had to make them count
El-Amin looks like he would've been a STUD RB in Football as well.
Some toughest guards I had face playing street bal/pick-up Games my 47 years?
Were built just like El-Amin.
This UCONN team is living proof you don't need to rely on a bunch of superstar freshmen who really don't give a rats ass about being in school to win you championships. You know what does win championships? Team chemistry which is exactly what this team had. Truly is a shame that coaches rely too much on one and done talent these days.
Dang that's harsh 😂
Jko Taylor nah bruh it’s the truth. It’s absolutely despicable how coaches recruit players who have no intention of staying long term to develop themselves. These athletes come off as selfish and egotistical and the game is suffering because of it
Daniel Goss I hate how some of these teams recruit like Duke and Kentucky. Both just going for one and done talents and not for long term players.
Matt Maguire exactly. It’s a disgrace.
@@danielgoss6367 good point
This was the only time I ever thought it was a quote, unquote, rocking chair bet. That was the best Duke team of all-time.
I agree, even better than the one that would win it 2 years later in 2001 vs AZ; that dook team was also ooozing with nba talent.
As a UNC fan, thanks Connecticut for beating Duke here and 2004 and then Kentucky in 2014
And you gotta thank Arkansas for beating Duke in 1994
Glad they finally put the arc in for the charge. Duke got by with fouls that were blocks Just sliding under the basket after the offensive player start his upward motion.
William Avery. Almost forgot about that dude. Wow, this game just seemed like it was played yesterday.
I remember the pre-game interview with El-Amin and as soon as he said "we're going to shock the world", I knew UConn was going to win. The confidence he had was unreal.
As a Syracuse fan , this was the ONLY time, I rooted for UConn.
A'Don Allen III really. You rooted for Georgetown against UConn???
I was always rooting for Anthony Harris from Danbury, but he never turned out.
I am a diehard UCONN fan but miss the old Big East. Nothing like it. Syracuse, UCONN, Georgetown, Villanova, Pitt to name a few. This was great college basketball. College basketball is hard for me to watch now.
@@freakboy40 I agree
@@freakboy40 I agree
Thank you for uploading this! College basketball meant so much to me growing up and this is one of the classic games all time!
Good reminder of how crappy TV was before HD.
It wasnt that bad. You must be rich or young we never watched television in the motherland an in USA we used antenna and foil for television.
Chiefs fan since 1990.
I had wait a look long time.
It was worth it.
“We shocked the world”
Every single Uconn fan laughed when they announced Uconn was a 10 point underdog. Even if we lost there was no way Duke was 10 point better. That Uconn team was a couple of injuries away from going undefeated.
Plus you can throw out point spread predictions sometimes when you get to the title game. Even the dominant 1996 Kentucky team struggled to close out a solid (not great) Syracuse team that was up to the challenge. Uconn was clearly up to the Duke challenge.
This UCONN team and the 97 Arizona team never get enough love
@@elbowgang9715 97 has got to be the most forgotten team of all time lol I remember that team with Miles Simon and Mike Bibby. Got hot at the right time.
i thought Duke was going to win until i saw the line. 10 points was insane because UCONN was preseason #2 (ap)/#3 (coaches), and was #1 for 17 weeks during the season, while Duke was #1 for 15 weeks.
Completely agreed. It seemed like people just forgot how good Uconn was. Uconn was ranked #1 longer than Duke was, and they only lost one game with their full lineup all season. They may not have had the star power duke did, but they were such a cohesive group that, as you said was battle TESTED. A ten point line was a total insult to a team that was as good as Uconn was that year.
Duke was loaded but UCONN played unbelievable ball..
UConn was loaded too.
I grew up in Kansas City. I'm 47. Been a diehard Kansas Jayhawks fan since 1986. Was at the 1988 National Title Game KU beat Oklahoma.
I've ALWAYS had a respect for Connecticut, starting n Mid90s.
KU Basketball is like a religion here...
Now my KC Chiefs are policing up the SB Titles.
Hoping my KC Royals can win they're "3rd WS Title" soon.
My god Packer was such an ACC homer
As a Red Sox fan, Vikings, 76ers I only seen one championship with the 76ers in 83. So when UConn won it all it was just bliss. The yrs that followed I finally got to see Red Sox win a few times and Uconn a 1/2 doz. Times. This was Nirvana
Calhoun had a awesome eye for talent and character. There were a couple blips along the way but overall outstanding young men
Grover Marchand Up until the early 90s he recruited in state guys like Chris Smith and Scott Burrell to get them on the map competing in the big east. By the end of the 90s he was getting top recruits-Donyell Marshal, Ray Allen, Richard Hamilton and then in the early-mid 2000s he had some very talented teams with a lot of future nba players like Rudy gay, Caron Butler, Ben Gordon all the way to Kemba. I love that he built the program up from perennial doormats to champions but he was sometimes (especially if you sat near the UConn bench at a game) absurdly offensive, vulgar and abusive to the crowd, the media, and his players but I love the guy for winning 3 national championships, something I never thought I’d never see UCONN achieve
@@justinnardine8564 most of the coaches of his generation were like that though. And don't forget if you made a mistake, your ass was getting sat on the bench immediately
@@justinnardine8564 Calhoun is a great coach though. There are only a few you could argue are better than him. Very solidly in the top ten.
Grover Marchand I’ll always love Calhoun. I used to shoot around before there practices and see him at the coffee shop on campus but if you were behind the bench dude was a CHARACTER and you were getting benched fast for any mental error
@@justinnardine8564 he could be extreme, Irish temper? As a fan I'll take that over someone like Diaco , where no matter how bad you stink everything is going to be rainbows and happy faces
This UConn team was mentally the toughest Calhoun ever had.
Khalid looks like Shorty Mac! 😹
Facts! 😂😂😂😂
😆
Ricky Moore did all the little things. UConn great.
1:48:20 "UConn HAS DONE IT!!!"
1:48:24 "We shocked the world!!!"
Yes #UConn...
1:48:29 Even Gampel Pavilion was in a chaotic frenzy 🎉📣👏🏻🏀🏆
This had to be the greatest men's basketball title game of the 90s. What a way to close out the decade.
UConn won their first 19 games that year, finished with only 2 losses (both of them without Rip and El Amin), and was actually ranked #1 more weeks than Duke. I’ll never understand why Vegas had Duke as a 9.5 favorite.
Probably because Duke had about 5 future lottery picks on their roster
Was Duke not 37-1, coming into the game? I remember the loss to Cincy in Maui...and the ESPN Magazine cover.
@@billybannon7348 Yeah they were but UCONN was 33-2 and were Ranked #1 all of December and all of January. Duke had the lottery picks and the 30 game win streak so they had more hype but that UCONN team was great all year and wasn't a surprising champion at all.
@@12savage68 Yet none as good as Rip Hamilton. This reminds me of 1984 when heavily favored UNC played Indiana in the SS. Indiana put a guy named Dan Dakich on some dude named Jordan and he actually shut down Jordan pretty good. It's not always JUST about how many lottery pix u have, its about how well each TEAM plays on that one day. Cuz its win or go home.
@@rawn4203 Elton brand was definitely better than rip
Duke actually had a very good mix of upperclassmen and freshman stars. And Battier from this class stayed all four years and won a title three years later. Compared to today this Duke team was ultra experienced. Uconn was extremely good. But I do think Duke wins 7/10 against this team on neutral courts.
Edit: Duke actually only had one 1 and done freshman on this team and he didn't start.
man I miss the big East basketball syracuse orangemen 4 life
It's crazy to think how well Duke had been playing that season going into the FF.
UConn was the better team on that night, but.......... you don't win 32 games in a row by accident. They earned their spot in this title game.
Chris Kreager Duke was amazing but UConn was 35-2 and was actually ranked #1 more weeks than Duke during the season. Despite all Duke’s deserved hype, UConn was the better team that year.
Rollie Poley Khalid El-Amin singing “Roughriders”...just awesome.
"UCONN, you can't beat Duke!"
"Yes! UCONN!!"
Khalid was a BEAST!!!! I thought he was from NY or NJ
When the pressure was on, he was at his best
i was a jr. in highschool when this game was played. i cried when duke lost... that 99 team was so unbelievably loaded and still lost smh.
This game was the reason Shane Battier would flat out not let that Duke team lose in 2001!
my happiest day ...
I need these authentic game shorts ASAP!! I got the authentic Arizona Syracuse and the Nike Kansas Jayhawks shorts
What is the music playing during the intro at 0:48?
Imagine a lineup of///
Stephen Marbury
Ray Allen
Kobe Bryant
Paul Pierce
Kevin Garnett
1995&96 Class.
GenX has the GOAT Athletes in every sport.
I venture to say of all the losses by coach K, this one will go down as the one that stings the most.
That final four loss to UNC has to be right there as well.
@@ritchietodd409 Yep, esp since it was his last game against his biggest rival. They nearly played for it all in 1991 but Kansas got in the way.
Seeing this again, UCONN had a lot more offensive firepower than Michigan St as the Spartans played Duke tough. Duke and UCONN had a lot of talent, toughness, great coaching and determination.
1:26:02 Iconic!
McDonald's All American Class of 1995?
GOAT
crazy how they mentioned kevin ollie as being one of calhouns most important recruits from his 1994 team (the same guy who tried to throw coach calhoun under the bus, when things didnt go his way at uconn when he was coach).
Please stop it.
Terrible last 2 possessions by Dook there at the end - didnt even get a shot off. Ouch. Perhaps thats great D by Yukon as well. Never really understood why everybody overlooked Yukon, they lost what 2 games all year - both at home, to Syracuse and Miami. 28-2 vs Duke's one loss. Why was dook such a huge fave over a team with that kind of record and who also lost in the elite 8 a year ago?? This was the turning point in this rivalry, Yukon would go on to have the upper hand against Dook, beating them again in the 2004 Final 4 and beating the AZ team in 2011 that Dook lost to in the SS. This stadium had a lot of bad memories for Dook, the elite 8 loss in 98 to UK and then this one which hurt even more. Great game though. Props to Yukon for doing what few thought could be done.
rawn4203 well said. That last possession was so bad the thought crossed y mind that maybe K threw this game. Again, l don't think he did, l am just emphasizing how bad the call was.
Wes - yes, kinda like the 91 UNLV dook thingy. Everybody knows UNLV would have won a best of pretty much anything series against Dook, but its just a win or go home scenario. This matchup here though is nothing like UNLV-Dook 1991. That Yukon team was the real deal and I felt that in a best of 10 it would be a split. It was really very evenly matched. Thats my point - Dook got too much press (admittedly they were a great team though- had they won they may have been considered up there with the great ucla teams, 1976 indiana, 82 UNC) and Yukon did not get enough credit.
'" RIP Hamilton best Uconn player ever"
willy clement Ray Allen in the top 3
Ben "Madison Square" Gordon
Emeka Okafor 💪
Never heard of ray Allen 🤔
@@cv1368 He never won shit !
I will always remember Shane Battier and his Shar-Pei head.
How many times did they mention Moore and Avery growing up on the same block and being two years apart 😂
There should have been a second added to the clock after that travel call
Sent a micro demo to uconn radio station for 99 team. The 2000 season I sent a mastered tape. Love my huskies!!
Freemans leaping just like bob beamon
Khalid el Amin's a basketball demon
Jake the snake Voskul blocking em clean
Cant remember rest but it was professional
I don't think UConn lost to Duke from this point on. Coach K had owned Calhoun before this game. I bet somewhere El-Amin is eating a double quarter pounder
Yeah but in 1990 dook needed a miracle to beat uconn in the elite 8. It's not as if K was beating Calhoun by 20 every time.
The refs called way too many travels in this game. Most of them didn't even look like a travel.
Not by todays standards, but they are\were
El-Amin was nasty back in the day!
When I go into the way back machine like this and see video of standard def, I think to myself, how the hell did I watch that sh!t?
I’m a UK fan so I absolutely hate the sh;t outta both these teams but I gotta respect what they’ve done over the last 20 years!! Unbelievable basketball programs!
Duke had no damm business losing this game....but im glad they did lol
As much as referees cheat for Duke I can't believe they ever lost a game.
You can't expect players then to stay without paying 'em
Ricky Moore..Class of 95' boys? I'd put up against ANY High School Class b4 or since!
Langdon was a great collegiate player, but man he gagged that finish.
I wonder what Khalid El Amin is up too now.
Top notch, back when they called traveling 😂😂
#42 the very best PG
This game is absolutely phenomenal. Even as a duke fan I still watch the last few minutes of this game all the time. The intensity the crowd involvement the players on both teams it's just as good as u will ever see at this level. And sadly it will never be seen again. I think about the duke team who just made it to the final 4 with banchero and company and the uconn team who just dominated their opponents to win the title and if they played against these 2 teams how badly they would get destroyed. These are 2 all time teams right here in my opinion
How did the worst stadium in Major League Baseball host the ncaa national championship game?
Money talks
I’m still confused as to why this was an upset... UConn was the best team all season and had it not been for the injury to Rip they probably go undefeated.
Spotify / Jimmi Stone
Nobody gave UConn a shot... NOBODY
Billy Packer … Mr. ACC.
can you please upload 2000 ncaa Championship MSU vs Florida
I HATE Duke Puke!
Man? 1998-2003? Duke had some BEST Starting5's in College Basketball HISTORY!
Rock Chalk Jayhawks!
EL AMIN !!
kamal and berry
Connecticut took down the blue Devils of Duke to win the Championship.
DUKE was a more stacked team....I don't know how the huskies managed to win in this matchup on the National SPOTLIGHT.
MAn..u KNOW!!!! This L had to of messed up CoachK, Duke's players&fans so much in tha head/MENTALLY!!!.
A. Its THE hardest sport(pro or college) to make the Championship Game in.
Let ALONE win a Championship in! ABSOLUTELY ZERO ARGUMENTS. 100% F A C Ts...🤐
B. Duke Fans&CoachK KNOWING this?^^^(how hard it is just making a FF!!!)
Taking a 3rd CONSECUTIVE loss in a National Title Game in last 6Seasons? Had to of been hard. Especially when Duke's HATED rival was still sitting on 1 more National Title than Duke. At that time.
CoachK probably dreaming of "what ifs?".
El-Amin 4:20
Yeah he likes herb, who doesn't. ✌️&♥️
F Duke!
Rock Chalk!
Guys actually lift weights back then lol glad the huskies beat PUKE lol
I hate the fact that this was 20 years ago, because some of these men are really fine. Sadly they are all above 30 years old now😓
crazy coack k didnt take a timout with 12 sec left i was shocked
UConn were the more talented team. Duke had no answer for Richard “Rip” Hamilton…