 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Somudzidzi wegore rechipiri, Brand ndiye akanga ari mutsigiri mukuru wechikwata cheDuke icho chinoonekwa zvikuru sechimwe chezvikwata zvine tarenda zvikuru munhoroondo yeNCAA ichangobva kuitika. Mushure mokutungamirira Blue Devils kumutambo wokukunda weFinal Four - uko vakakanganiswa neConnecticut Huskies - Brand akatumidzwa kuti National Player of the Year. Akazosarudza kusiya Duke mushure memwaka wake wechipiri uye akazvizivisa nokuda kwe1999 NBA draft. Brand, wechipiri William Avery, uye mutsva Corey Maggette, ndivo vatambi vatatu vekutanga pasi paMike Krzyzewski kuti vasiye kutanga kwehurongwa uye vasatambe makore mana akazara kuDuke. 