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Head coach Orlando "Tubby" Smith hoists the Sears Trophy during Kentucky's national championship celebration in Rupp Arena
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Dogged Smith kept Wildcats focused on achieving goal
Kentucky staged brilliant rallies against Duke, Stanford and then Utah, winning 78-69 Monday night for its second NCAA championship in three years.
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Bittersweet homecoming for Utes
Maybe the Utah basketball team thought fans would feel like the players -- tired and dejected -- after coming so close to
winning the national championship after a 54-year drought.
 
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NCAA tournament started great and got better
Let the argument begin: Was this the best tournament ever? Plenty of NCAA tournaments have had great first and second rounds
or tremendous regional weekends. There have been Final Fours that have become part of the sport's lore.
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Kentucky beats Utah for 2nd crown in three years
The final game of the 1997-98 college basketball season between two philosophically and traditionally polar programs ended
with no surprise.
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Strong run could start Ute movement
Utah's gallant run at an NCAA championship produced big mileage for a program too often overlooked on the national basketball
map.
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Sheppard exchanges street clothes for national title
Jeff Sheppard traded his seat on the bench for a national championship Monday night.
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Kentucky's bench comes to the rescue
Kentucky had plenty in reserve to claim another national title. Backups Heshimu Evans, Cameron Mills and Jamaal Magloire
gave the Wildcats the boost they needed to overcome a 10-point halftime deficit and capture a 78-69 victory over Utah in the
NCAA championship game Monday night.
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Comeback 'Cats: No lead safe against Tubby's Kentucky
No lead was safe against Kentucky these past two weeks. And Monday night was no different.
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March 31
• Johnsen leaves Final Four with bitter feeling
• Crazed Kentucky fans celebrate 7th national crown
• Utah fans' title hopes evaporate in 78-69 defeat
• Majerus grades local eateries; Fallon calls it quits
• Pooped Utes fade in title game
• UNC's Ndiaye apologizes for accusation
March 30
• Cab driver returns lost Final Four tickets, $10,000
March 29
• Utes' Majerus mixes talent,
jokes, sarcasm, commitment
• Smith's coaching career a
methodical rise to the top
• Governor, students, fans cheer Utes
• UK's Mohammed slimmed down to be heavyweight player
• Utah hopes third game with Kentucky produces different result
• 'Unselfish' Miller has green light to shoot when ready
• Van Horn watching Utes from afar
• Disappointed Tar Heels face uncertain future
• Ndiaye says Johnsen used racial slur; Majerus 'will resign' if true
• Gritty point guard Miller saves Utah once again
• Kentucky fights off Stanford in overtime
• Heels booted in NCAA semis for 4th time in '90s
• Utah stuns North Carolina, faces Kentucky in final
March 28
• Senior guard leads Kentucky with career-high 27
• Stanford runs out of luck as Kentucky prevails
• Kentucky fans revel in Big Blue mania
• Mirror Images: Don't be so quick to typecast Stanford, Kentucky
• Coaching rumors sweep Final Four
• Stanford, Kentucky can't compliment each other enough
• Police crack down on scalpers
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NCAA Championship
Monday, March 30
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The Alamodome
San Antonio, Texas
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1999 Men's Final Four
Tropicana Field
St. Petersburg, FL
March 27 & 29, 1999
Ticket Info
Kentucky: One big happy family (03/31)
UK Championship
Kentucky
North
Carolina
Stanford
Utah
Other
teams
Alex Wolff (3/27)
Leigh
Montville (3/26)
Alex Wolff (3/26)
Comeback Cats
Digging itself out of one last hole, Kentucky brought a resounding end to the first year of the Tubby Smith era with its seventh NCAA title
Good, Better, Best
An unprecendented third straight women's crown answers the questions, Are the 39-0 Lady Vols, led by Chamique Holdsclaw, the greatest ever?
These three teams stand above all the rest
Kentucky
North Carolina
Stanford
Utah
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