1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

The 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season concluded in the 64-team 1998 NCAA Men's Division I 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.

In the 32-team 1999 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.

Season headlines

Tubby Smith led the Kentucky Wildcats to its seventh National Championship.

Regular season

Conference winners and tournaments

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.

Conference	Regular Season Winner^[1]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
America East Conference	Delaware	Speedy Claxton, Hofstra^[2]	1998 America East Men's Basketball Tournament	Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, Delaware)	Delaware^[3]
Atlantic 10 Conference	Temple (East) Xavier (West)	Cuttino Mobley, Rhode Island^[4]	1998 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament	The Spectrum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)	Xavier^[5]
Atlantic Coast Conference	Duke	Antawn Jamison, North Carolina^[6]	1998 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament	Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina)	North Carolina^[7]
Big 12 Conference	Texas	Venson Hamilton, Nebraska^[8]	1999 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament	Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)	Kansas^[9]
Big East Conference	Connecticut	Richard Hamilton, Connecticut^[10]	1998 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament	Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York)	Connecticut^[10]
Big Sky Conference	Northern Arizona	Andrew Mavis, Northern Arizona^[11]	1998 Big Sky Men's Basketball Tournament	Dee Events Center (Ogden, Utah)	Northern Arizona^[11]
Big South Conference	UNC Asheville	Josh Pittman, UNC Asheville^[12]	1998 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Vines Center (Lynchburg, Virginia)	Radford^[12]
Big Ten Conference	Michigan State	Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State^[13]	1998 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	United Center (Chicago, Illinois)	Michigan^[13]
Big West Conference	Pacific (Eastern) Utah State (Western)	Michael Olowokandi, Pacific^[14]	1998 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Lawlor Events Center (Reno, Nevada)	Utah State^[14]
Colonial Athletic Association	William & Mary	Jarod Stevenson, Richmond^[15]	1998 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia)	Richmond^[15]
Conference USA	Cincinnati (American) Memphis (National)	DeMarco Johnson, Charlotte^[16]	1998 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament	Shoemaker Center (Cincinnati, Ohio)	Cincinnati^[16]
Ivy League	Princeton	Steve Goodrich, Princeton^[17]	No Tournament
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Iona	Kashif Hameed, Iona^[18]	1998 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament	Pepsi Arena (Buffalo, New York)	Iona^[19]
Mid-American Conference	Akron (East) Ball State (West)	Bonzi Wells, Ball State^[20]	1998 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament	SeaGate Convention Centre (Toledo, Ohio)	Eastern Michigan^[20]
Mid-Continent Conference	Valparaiso	Bryce Drew, Valparaiso^[21]	1998 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	The MARK of the Quad Cities (Moline, Illinois)	Valparaiso^[21]
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Coppin State	Antoine Brockington, Coppin State	1998 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia)	South Carolina State
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	Detroit	Mark Miller, Illinois-Chicago^[22]	1998 MCC Men's Basketball Tournament	Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena (Green Bay, Wisconsin)	Butler
Missouri Valley Conference	Illinois State	Rico Hill, Illinois State^[23]	1998 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)	Illinois State
Northeast Conference	Long Island	Charles Jones, Long Island^[24]	1999 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Spiro Sports Center (Staten Island, New York)	Fairleigh Dickinson^[25]
Ohio Valley Conference	Murray State	De'Teri Mayes, Murray State^[26]	1999 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Gaylord Entertainment Center (Nashville, Tennessee) (Semifinals and Finals)	Murray State^[26]
Pacific-10 Conference	Arizona	Mike Bibby, Arizona^[27]	No Tournament
Patriot League	Lafayette	Stefan Ciosici, Lafayette^[28]	1999 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament	Kirby Sports Center (Easton, Pennsylvania)	Navy^[29]
Southeastern Conference	Kentucky (East) Ole Miss (West)	Ansu Sesay, Ole Miss^[30]	1998 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)	Kentucky
Southern Conference	Appalachian State (North) Chattanooga (South)	Bobby Phillips, Western Carolina (Coaches)^[31] & Chuck Vincent, Furman (Media)^[31]	1998 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina)	Davidson^[32]
Southland Conference	UTSA	Roderic Hall, UTSA^[33]	1998 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum (Shreveport, Louisiana) (Semifinals & Finals)	Nicholls State
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Texas Southern	Randy Bolden, Texas Southern^[34]	1998 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament	F. G. Clark Center (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)	Prairie View A&M
Sun Belt Conference	South Alabama	Chico Fletcher, Arkansas State^[35]	1998 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Tournament	Cajundome (Lafayette, Louisiana)	South Alabama
Trans America Athletic Conference	Charleston	Mark Jones, UCF^[36]	1998 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament	Memorial Coliseum (Jacksonville, Florida)	Charleston
West Coast Conference	Gonzaga	Bakari Hendrix, Gonzaga^[37]	1998 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Toso Pavilion (Santa Clara, California)	San Francisco
Western Athletic Conference	TCU (Mountain) Utah (Pacific)	Lee Nailon, TCU^[38]	1998 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament	Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas, Nevada)	UNLV

Statistical leaders

Player	School	PPG	Player	School	RPG	Player	School	APG	Player	School	SPG
Points Per Game			Rebounds Per Game			Assists Per Game			Steals Per Game
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

Player	School	BPG	Player	School	FG%	Player	School	3FG%	Player	School	FT%
Blocked Shots Per Game			Field Goal Percentage			Three-Point FG Percentage			Free Throw Percentage
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

Post-Season Tournaments

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Final Four – Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas

National Semifinals			National Championship Game


E1	North Carolina	59

W3	Utah	65
			W3	Utah	69

			S2	Kentucky	78
S2	Kentucky	86

M3	Stanford	85

National Invitation Tournament

Main article: 1998 National Invitation Tournament

Semifinals & Finals

Semifinals			Finals


	Georgia	60

	Penn State	66
				Penn State	72

				Minnesota	79
	Fresno State	89

	Minnesota	91

Third Place - Georgia 95, Fresno State 79

Award winners

Consensus All-American teams

Main article: 1998 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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**Consensus First Team**
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

**Consensus Second Team**
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

Major player of the year awards

Wooden Award: Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
Naismith Award: Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
Associated Press Player of the Year: Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
NABC Player of the Year: Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA): Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
Adolph Rupp Trophy: Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
Sporting News Player of the Year: Antawn Jamison, North Carolina

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