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1999 Ncaa Basketball Championship: Yes Uconn
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Product Details
- Starring: Ncaa Basketball
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- Audience Rating: Unrated
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- EAN: 9786305320630
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- Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
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- ISBN: 6305320632
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- Label: 20th Century Fox
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- Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: 20th Century Fox
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- Release Date: 1999-04-27
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- Studio: 20th Century Fox
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- Theatrical Release Date: 1998
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- Title: 1999 Ncaa Basketball Championship: Yes Uconn
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- UPC: 086162030031
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Product Description: The University of Connecticut Huskies weren't expected to advance far in the 1999 NCAA basketball tournament, but their determination paid off as they bested all opponents and wound up making their first appearance in the Final Four. This official 1999 NCAA championship video follows their dream odyssey through the tournament, which climaxed with the final game against the team favored to win, the powerhouse Blue Devils of Duke. UConn's battle to ultimate victory in the tournament didn't end until the final seconds of the final game, when the Huskies beat back last-ditch scoring attempts by the Blue Devils. Relying on highly professional camera work and exclusive interviews with UConn coach Jim Calhoun as well as with the players of his Cinderella team, the video manages to preserve the excitement of March Madness. Any fan of college hoops will appreciate this video's method of telling the great story of feisty UConn going the distance, and for fans of the Huskies, the tape will no doubt be considered a vital souvenir of the dream season that ended with the upstarts being national champs. --Robert J. McNamara
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Customer Reviews
Bad review
I haven't seen the movie yet yet, but that's the worst review I've ever seen. UConn was a 2 loss team that was #1 most of the year. How can you say they weren't expected to go far? They were a veteran team with a couple future NBA players (although Voskuhl and El-Amin didn't do much in the pros), returning everyone and coming off a 2 seed the previous season. "Upstarts" is absurd... every UConn fan went into that season thinking maybe it was our year. Duke had the more talented starting 5, but they were younger and had no depth on the bench after Maggette. In common games, UConn actually outperformed Duke (for example, when Artest and St. John's took them to OT), and both of UConn's losses came with starters injured. Duke was the favorite based on talent, but UConn's speed, aggressiveness, experience, and depth made the difference.
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weren't expected to advance far??
Who is this moron that said UConn wasn't expected to advance far in the tournament? The whole 98-99 season the number 1 spot went back and forth between Duke and UConn. I remember Duke, Michigan State, and UConn were the top 3 teams and I don't even know who was supposed to challenge on UConn's side of the bracket, so they were pretty much a shoo-in to the final game. That's a pretty high expectation, and if Duke hadn't been so highly regarded going into this tournament, UConn would not have been an underdog story at all.
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UCONN Video
There is barely any footage from UCONN's early round games, and even the other early round games are barely touched upon. The viewer never captures the intense feeling of the taut final game with Duke and the player interviews are super-short and dull. I could have put together a better NCAA video dubbing highlights on my own VCR. Very disappointed!
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This Video Made an Incredible Story Seem Boring
When I purchased this video, I expected it to be an exciting behind the scenes story of UCONN's march to the championship. Instead it was mostly a summary of the NCAA tournament which just so happened to be won by UCONN. The featured play by play announcers were incredibly boring and monotone and made the most exciting moments seem like they were announcing a pre-season game. I was very disappointed with it. The background music and constant overdubbed slow motion playbacks made me feel like I was watching an infomercial. It failed to come close in capturing the real excitement of UCONN's championship. I expected more live footage and less theater.
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This Video Made an Incredible Story Seem Boring
When I purchased this video, I expected it to be an exciting behind the scenes story of UCONN's march to the championship. Instead it was mostly a summary of the NCAA tournament which just so happened to be won by UCONN. The featured play by play announcers were incredibly boring and monotone and made the most exciting moments seem like they were announcing a pre-season game. I was very disappointed with it. The background music and constant overdubbed slow motion playbacks made me feel like I was watching an infomercial. It failed to come close in capturing the real excitement of UCONN's championship. I expected more live footage and less theater.
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