America 1990-1999: Sports Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 85 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1990-1999.

America 1990-1999: Sports Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 85 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1990-1999.
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Replay.

As in previous eras in college basketball, many of the same teams stood at the forefront of the sport in the 1990s. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships were won by the all-time victory leader, Kentucky (1996 and 1998), as well as numbers two and four on the list, North Carolina (1993) and Duke (1991 and 1992). Only Kansas, third in all-time victories, did not win a championship, although they were runner-up in 1991. The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), a national power in the 1960s under John Wooden, returned to championship form with an undefeated romp through March Madness in 1995. In 1990 the University of Nevada at Los Vegas (UNLV), with the third-best winning percentage (.726) in NCAA history, behind Kentucky (.765) and North Carolina (.740), finally won a national crown. The universities of Arkansas (1994), Arizona (1997), and Connecticut (1999) won the other three Division I-A championships of the decade.

Women.

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