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1999 Ncaa Basketball Championship: Yes Uconn [VHS]

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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!

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.

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.

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.

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.