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Enjoy from my personal collection of NCAA Tournament games. I remember watching these games on a Thursday night, ecstatic that St. John's and Gonzaga pulled off the upsets. The St. John's and Maryland game was a battle of Ron Artest vs. Steve Francis that had my attention as the Chicago Bulls were figured to have a high draft pick during the 1999 NBA Draft. The Bulls would actually end up with Artest at the #16 pick after picking Duke's Elton Brand #1 overall. As for Florida and Gonzaga, the Bulldogs would pull off another improbable victory with a Casey Calvary tip in with just seconds to go. I will never forget Gus Johnson going crazy at the end of this game after Calvary's tip in. Calvary was an awesome player for the Zags, so athletic and springy. He is a very underrated player in the program's history. For Florida, this heartbreaking loss would be its last in the NCAA Tournament until the 2000 title game against Michigan State. The Gators would bring in an amazing freshman class of Matt Bonner, Brett Nelson, Justin Hamilton and Donnel Harvey, a true beast, to supplement a returning core of Mike Miller, Udonis Haslem, Teddy Dupay and Brent Wright. Billy Donovan's 1999-00 team was loaded to say the least.
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