1999: 20 Years Later, Looking Back
Headlines from Spokane and beyond
Take a trip down memory lane…
“Late Tip-In Keeps Gonzaga on its Thrilling Ride” – March 19, 1999, NY Times
“It All Started with a Tip-in” – March 12, 2018, Spokesman-Review
“A Decade Ago in the Desert, UConn and Gonzaga Made the Leap” – Dec. 20, 2008, ESPN
“Gonzaga Still Climbing after 1999 NCAA Run” – March 31, 2017, USA Today
Recent videos looking back
“Where Are They Now? The 1999 Gonzaga Basketball Team” – KREM: March 22, 2017
“1999: The Nation Meets Gonzaga” – NCAA: Feb. 11, 2013
More favorite headlines of 1999
- “Gonzaga Goes Gaga” – March 2, 1999, San Francisco Examiner
- “How Sweet It Is” – March 14, 1999, Spokesman-Review
- “Bulldogs Turn Sweet Dreams into Real Deal” – March 14, 1999, Spokesman-Review
- “Little Gonzaga Standing Tall” – March 15, 1999, USA Today
- “Gaga at Gonzaga” – March 17, 1999, Seattle Times
- “Wonderdogs” – March 19, 1999, Spokesman-Review
- “Going Zag Nuts” – March 19, 1999, Los Angeles Times
- “Gonzaga’s Alive” – March 19, 1999, The Boston Globe
- “Who Can’t Have Zeal for Zags?” – March 19, 1999, The San Diego Union-Tribune
- “Blaze of Glory: Zags Shine Through Joy and Tears” – March 21, 1999, Spokesman-Review
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Where were you when the Zags began the journey to national stardom?
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