Loading AI tools
Basketball season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season concluded in the 64-team 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament whose finals were held at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The Kentucky Wildcats earned their seventh national championship by defeating the Utah Utes 78–69 on March 30, 1998. They were coached by Tubby Smith and the NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player was Kentucky's Jeff Shepherd.
1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Preseason AP No. 1 | Arizona |
Regular season | November 1997 – March 1998 |
NCAA Tournament | 1998 |
Tournament dates | March 12 – March 30, 1998 |
National Championship | Alamodome San Antonio, Texas |
NCAA Champions | Kentucky Wildcats |
Other champions | Minnesota Golden Gophers (NIT) |
Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden) | Antawn Jamison, North Carolina |
In the 32-team 1998 National Invitation Tournament, the Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated the Penn State Nittany Lions at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Following the season, the 1998 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American Consensus First team included Mike Bibby, Antawn Jamison, Raef LaFrentz, Paul Pierce, and Miles Simon. The consensus second team was composed of Vince Carter, Mateen Cleaves, Pat Garrity, Richard Hamilton, and Ansu Sesay.
The top 25 from the pre-season AP Poll.
|
These schools joined new conferences for the 1997–98 season.
School | Former conference | New conference |
---|---|---|
Arkansas–Pine Bluff | NCAA Division II | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Central Connecticut State | Mid-Continent Conference | Northeast Conference |
Marist | Northeast Conference | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
Marshall | Southern Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Norfolk State | NCAA Division II | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
Northern Illinois | Midwestern Collegiate Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Oral Roberts | NCAA Division I Independent | Mid-Continent Conference |
Rider | Northeast Conference | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
Southeastern Louisiana | Trans America Athletic Conference | Southland Conference |
Southern Utah | NCAA Division I Independent | Mid-Continent Conference |
Troy State | Mid-Continent Conference | Trans America Athletic Conference |
UNC Greensboro | Big South Conference | Southern Conference |
Wofford | NCAA Division I Independent | Southern Conference |
28 conference seasons concluded with a single-elimination tournament, with only the Ivy League and the Pac-10 choosing not to conduct conference tournaments. Conference tournament winners generally received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Source for additional stats categories
Player | School | PPG | Player | School | RPG | Player | School | APG | Player | School | SPG | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles Jones | Long Island | 29.0 | Ryan Perryman | Dayton | 12.5 | Ahlon Lewis | Arizona St. | 9.2 | Bonzi Wells | Ball St. | 3.6 | |||
Earl Boykins | E. Michigan | 25.7 | Eric Taylor | St. Francis (PA) | 11.9 | Chico Fletcher | Arkansas State | 8.3 | Pepe Sánchez | Temple | 3.4 | |||
Lee Nailon | TCU | 24.9 | Raef LaFrentz | Kansas | 11.4 | Sean Colson | UNC Charlotte | 8.0 | Willie Coleman | DePaul | 3.3 | |||
Brett Eppehimer | Lehigh | 24.7 | Tremaine Fowlkes | Fresno St. | 11.2 | Ed Cota | North Carolina | 7.4 | J. R. Camel | Montana | 3.1 | |||
Cory Carr | Texas Tech | 23.3 | Michael Olowokandi | Pacific | 11.2 | Charles Jones | Long Island | 7.4 | Jason Rowe | Loyola (MD) | 3.1 |
Field-goal percentage | Three-Point FG percentage | Free-throw percentage | ||||||||||||
Player | School | BPG | Player | School | FG% | Player | School | 3FG% | Player | School | FT% | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerome James | Florida A&M | 4.6 | Todd MacCulloch | Washington | 65.0 | Jim Cantamessa | Siena | 56.4 | Matt Sundblad | Lamar | 92.3 | |||
Calvin Booth | Penn St. | 4.4 | Ryan Moss | UALR | 65.0 | Coby Turner | Dayton | 51.7 | Louis Bullock | Michigan | 91.1 | |||
Alvin Jones | Georgia Tech | 4.3 | Jarrett Stephens | Penn St. | 64.0 | Royce Olney | New Mexico | 51.3 | Shammond Williams | N. Carolina | 91.1 | |||
Etan Thomas | Syracuse | 3.9 | Isaac Spencer | Murray St. | 63.3 | Mike Beam | Harvard | 51.3 | Kevin Ault | Missouri St. | 90.0 | |||
Brian Skinner | Baylor | 3.5 | Brad Miller | Purdue | 63.2 | Kenyan Weaks | Florida | 50.8 | Clifton Ellis | Texas St. | 90.0 |
National semifinals | National championship game | ||||||||
E1 | North Carolina | 59 | |||||||
W3 | Utah | 65 | |||||||
W3 | Utah | 69 | |||||||
S2 | Kentucky | 78 | |||||||
S2 | Kentucky | 86 | |||||||
M3 | Stanford | 85 |
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Georgia | 60 | ||||||||
Penn State | 66 | ||||||||
Penn State | 72 | ||||||||
Minnesota | 79 | ||||||||
Fresno State | 89 | ||||||||
Minnesota | 91 |
Player | Position | Class | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Mike Bibby | G | Sophomore | Arizona |
Antawn Jamison | F | Junior | North Carolina |
Raef LaFrentz | C | Senior | Kansas |
Paul Pierce | F | Junior | Kansas |
Miles Simon | G | Senior | Arizona |
Player | Position | Class | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Vince Carter | F | Junior | North Carolina |
Mateen Cleaves | G | Sophomore | Michigan State |
Pat Garrity | F | Senior | Notre Dame |
Richard Hamilton | F-G | Sophomore | Connecticut |
Ansu Sesay | F | Senior | Mississippi |
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (August 2024) |
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
Team | Former Coach |
Interim Coach |
New Coach |
Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|
Monmouth | Wayne Szokel | Dave Calloway | Szoke resigned on January 18, 1998. Calloway at first served as interim head coach, then was named permanent head coach in February 1998. |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.