1999 in basketball

Professional

 * Men
 * 1999 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs over the New York Knicks 4-1. MVP: Tim Duncan
 * 1999 NBA Playoffs, 1998-99 NBA season, 1999 NBA draft
 * Eurobasket: Italy 64, Spain 56
 * Women
 * WNBA Finals: Houston Comets over the New York Liberty 2-1. MVP: Cynthia Cooper
 * 1999 WNBA Playoffs, 1999 WNBA season, 1999 WNBA draft, 1999 WNBA All-Star Game
 * Eurobasket Women Poland def. France

College

 * Men
 * NCAA Division I: University of Connecticut 77, Duke University 74
 * National Invitation Tournament: University of California, Berkeley 61, Clemson University 60
 * NCAA Division II: Kentucky Wesleyan College 75, Metropolitan State College of Denver 60
 * NCAA Division III: University of Wisconsin-Platteville 76, Hampden-Sydney College 75 2 OTs
 * NAIA Division I: Life University (GA) 63, Mobile (AL) 60
 * NAIA Division II: Cornerstone University(MI) 113,	Bethel College (Indiana) (IN) 109 OT
 * NJCAA Division I:  Indian Hills CC, Ottumwa, Iowa 100, Barton County CC Great Bend, Kansas 88
 * Women
 * NCAA Division I: Purdue University 62, Duke University 45
 * NCAA Division II: North Dakota State University 80, Arkansas Tech University 63
 * NCAA Division III Washington (Mo.) 74, St. Benedict 65
 * NAIA Division I: Oklahoma City University 72, Simon Fraser (BC) 55
 * NAIA Division II Shawnee State University (OH) 80, University of St. Francis 65

Preps

 * USA Today Boys Basketball #1 Ranking: Oak Hill, Mouth of Wilson, Virginia (31-0).  Led by Ron Slay and Travis Watson
 * USA Today Girls Basketball #1 Ranking: Pickerington, Ohio (27-1). Led by LaToya Turner.

Professional

 * Men
 * NBA Most Valuable Player Award:  Karl Malone
 * NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Vince Carter
 * NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Alonzo Mourning
 * NBA Coach of the Year Award: Mike Dunleavy, Portland Trail Blazers
 * Women
 * WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento Monarchs
 * WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento Monarchs
 * WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Chamique Holdsclaw, Washington Mystics
 * Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Dawn Staley, Charlotte Sting
 * WNBA Coach of the Year Award: Van Chancellor, Houston Comets
 * WNBA All-Star Game MVP: Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
 * WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award: Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets

Collegiate

 * Combined
 * Legends of Coaching Award: Dean Smith, North Carolina
 * Men
 * John R. Wooden Award: Elton Brand, Duke
 * Naismith College Coach of the Year: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
 * Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Shawnta Rogers, George Washington
 * Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Elton Brand, Duke
 * NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State
 * USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Quentin Richardson, DePaul
 * Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Cliff Ellis, Auburn
 * Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: C.M. Newton
 * Women
 * Naismith College Player of the Year: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
 * Naismith College Coach of the Year: Carolyn Peck, Purdue
 * Wade Trophy: Stephanie White, Purdue
 * Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Becky Hammon, Colorado State
 * Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
 * NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Ukari Figgs, Purdue
 * Carol Eckman Award: Susan Summons, Miami-Dade Community College
 * Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Carolyn Peck, Purdue
 * Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Margaret Wade

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

 * Class of 1999:
 * Wayne R. Embry
 * Kevin E. McHale
 * Billie J. Moore
 * John R. Thompson
 * Fred Zollner

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

 * Class of 1999:
 * Senda Abbott
 * Lidia Alexeyeva
 * Carol Blazejowski
 * Joanne Bracker
 * Jody Conradt
 * Joan Crawford
 * Denise Curry
 * Anne Donovan
 * Carol Eckman
 * Betty Jo Graber
 * Lusia Harris-Stewart
 * John Head
 * Nancy Lieberman
 * Darlene May
 * Ann Meyers-Drysdale
 * Cheryl Miller
 * Billie Moore
 * Shin-Ja Park
 * Harley Redin
 * Uljana Semjonova
 * Jim Smiddy
 * Pat Head Summitt
 * Bertha Teague
 * Margaret Wade
 * Nera White

Events
The Hall of Fame opened in 1999 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

Deaths

 * May 8 — John Kotz, 1941 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player and player for the Sheboygan Red Skins (born 1919)
 * May 31 — Vic Rouse, American college player, national champion at Loyola-Illinois (1963) (born 1943)
 * July 8 — Frank Lubin, member of 1936 US Olympic championship team (born 1910)
 * August 7 — John Dee, American college coach (Alabama, Notre Dame) (born 1923)
 * August 7 — Harry Litwack, Hall of fame college coach of the Temple Owls (born 1907)
 * August 19 — Kim Perrot, WNBA Player for the Houston Comets (born 1967)
 * October 4 — Ted Strain, American NBL player and national champion at Wisconsin (1941) (born 1917)
 * October 8 — John McLendon, Hall of Fame college and ABA coach (born 1915)
 * October 12 — Wilt Chamberlain, player and member of Basketball Hall of Fame. Many believe him to have been the best basketball player in the history of the game (born 1936)
 * October 14 — Jim Jordan, All-American at North Carolina (born 1925)
 * October 25 — Forddy Anderson, Final Four college coach at both Bradley and Michigan State. NBA scout for the Boston Celtics (born 1919)
 * December 1 — William "Pop" Gates, Hall of Fame Harlem Renaissance and Harlem Globetrotters player (born 1917)
 * December 23 — Vladimir Kondrashin, FIBA Hall of Fame Russian coach (born 1929)
 * December 24 — Reggie Carter, American NBA player (New York Knicks) (born 1957)
 * December 31 — Bob McKeen, All-American college player (California) (born 1933)