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1999 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game

1999 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National Championship Game
1 2 Total
Connecticut 37 40 77
Duke 39 35 74
Date March 29, 1999
Arena Tropicana Field
Location St. Petersburg, Florida
MVP Richard Hamilton, Connecticut
Favorite Duke by 9.5
Referee(s) Tim Higgins, Gerald Boudreaux, Scott Thornley
Attendance 41,340
United States TV coverage
Network CBS
Announcers Jim Nantz (play-by-play)
Billy Packer (color)
Bonnie Bernstein and Armen Keteyian (sideline)

The 1999 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1999 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1998-99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 1999 National Title Game was played on March 29, 1999, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, The 1999 National Title Game was played between the 1999 East Regional Champions, #1-seeded Duke and the 1999 West Regional Champions, #1-seeded Connecticut.

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