1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Preseason AP #1	Duke
Regular season	November 1998 – March 1999
NCAA Tournament	1999
Tournament dates	March 11 – March 29, 1999
National Championship	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida
NCAA Champions	Connecticut Huskies
Other champions	California Golden Bears (NIT)
Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden)	Elton Brand, Duke
NCAA Division I basketball seasons «1997–98  1999–00»

The 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season concluded in the 64-team 1999 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament whose finals were held at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Connecticut Huskies earned their first national championship by defeating the Duke Blue Devils 77–74 on March 29, 1999. They were coached by Jim Calhoun and the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player was Richard Hamilton.

In the 32-team 1999 National Invitation Tournament, the California Golden Bears defeated the Clemson Tigers at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Following the season, the 1999 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American Consensus First team included Elton Brand, Mateen Cleaves, Richard Hamilton, Andre Miller and Jason Terry. The consensus second team was composed of Evan Eschmeyer, Steve Francis, Trajan Langdon, Chris Porter and Wally Szczerbiak.

Season headlines

• The preseason AP All-American team was named on November 10. Richard Hamilton of Connecticut was the leading vote-getter (66 of 72 votes). The rest of the team included Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State (58 votes), Elton Brand of Duke (55), Lee Nailon of TCU (50) and Andre Miller of Utah (44).^[1]

Conference changes

School	1997–98 Conference	1998–99 Conference
Florida International	TAAC	Sun Belt
Jacksonville	Sun Belt	TAAC
Lamar	Sun Belt	Southland
Texas–Pan American	Sun Belt	D-I Independent

Season outlook

Pre-season polls

The top 25 from the AP Poll November 6, 1998^[2] and the ESPN/USA Today Poll November 5, 1998.^[3]

Associated Press Ranking Team 1 Duke (34) 2 Connecticut (25) 3 Stanford (12) 4 Kentucky (1) 5 Michigan State 6 Maryland 7 Temple 8 Kansas 9 Tennessee 10 Utah 11 North Carolina 12 UCLA 13 Oklahoma State 14 Washington 15 Cincinnati 16 Purdue 17 Xavier 18 Arizona 19 Arkansas 20 New Mexico Syracuse 22 Indiana 23 Rhode Island 24 Massachusetts 25 TCU

ESPN/USA Today Coaches Ranking Team 1 Duke (22) 2 Stanford (3) 3 Connecticut (4) 4 Michigan State 5 Maryland 6 Kentucky (1) 7 Temple 8 Kansas 9 Tennessee 10 Xavier 11 North Carolina 12 Utah 13 UCLA 14 Washington 15 Cincinnati 16 Purdue 17 Indiana 18 Oklahoma State 19 Arkansas 20 Arizona 21 New Mexico 22 Syracuse 23 Massachusetts 24 TCU 25 Rhode Island

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[4]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
America East Conference	Delaware & Drexel	Mike Pegues, Delaware[5]	1999 America East Men's Basketball Tournament	Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, Delaware) (Except Finals)	Delaware[6]
Atlantic 10 Conference	Temple (East) George Washington (West)	Shawnta Rogers, George Washington[7]	1999 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament	The Spectrum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)	Rhode Island[8]
Atlantic Coast Conference	Duke	Elton Brand, Duke[9]	1999 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament	Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina)	Duke[10]
Big 12 Conference	Texas	Venson Hamilton, Nebraska[11]	1999 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament	Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)	Kansas[12]
Big East Conference	Connecticut	Richard Hamilton, Connecticut & Tim James, Miami (Florida)[13]	1999 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament	Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York)	Connecticut[14]
Big Sky Conference	Weber State	Harold Arceneaux, Weber State[15]	1999 Big Sky Men's Basketball Tournament	Dee Events Center (Ogden, Utah)	Weber State[16]
Big South Conference	Winthrop	Kevin Martin, UNC Asheville[17]	1999 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Asheville Civic Center (Asheville, North Carolina)	Winthrop
Big Ten Conference	Michigan State	Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State (Coaches) Scoonie Penn, Ohio State (Media)[18]	1999 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	United Center (Chicago, Illinois)	Michigan State
Big West Conference	Boise State & New Mexico State (Eastern) UC Santa Barbara (Western)	Roberto Bergersen, Boise State[19]	1999 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Lawlor Events Center (Reno, Nevada)	New Mexico State
Colonial Athletic Association	George Mason	George Evans, George Mason[20]	1999 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia)	George Mason
Conference USA	Cincinnati (American) UAB (National)	Quentin Richardson, DePaul[21]	1999 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament	Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (Birmingham, Alabama)	Charlotte[22]
Ivy League	Penn	Brian Earl, Princeton[23]	No Tournament
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Niagara & Siena	Alvin Young, Niagara[24]	1999 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament	Marine Midland Arena (Buffalo, New York)	Siena[25]
Mid-American Conference	Miami (Ohio) (East) Toledo (West)	Wally Szczerbiak, Miami (Ohio)[26]	1999 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament	SeaGate Convention Centre (Toledo, Ohio)	Kent State[27]
Mid-Continent Conference	Valparaiso	Chad Wilkerson, Oral Roberts[28]	1999 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	The MARK of the Quad Cities (Moline, Illinois)	Valparaiso[29]
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Coppin State & South Carolina State	Damian Woolfolk, Norfolk State	1999 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia)	Florida A&M
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	Detroit	Jermaine Jackson, Detroit[30]	1999 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	UIC Pavilion (Chicago, Illinois)	Detroit
Missouri Valley Conference	Evansville	Marcus Wilson, Evansville[31]	1999 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)	Creighton
Northeast Conference	UMBC	Ray Minlend, St. Francis (NY)[32]	1999 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Spiro Sports Center (Staten Island, New York)	Mount St. Mary's[33]
Ohio Valley Conference	Murray State	Bud Eley, Southeast Missouri State[34]	1999 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Gaylord Entertainment Center (Nashville, Tennessee) (Semifinals and Finals)	Murray State[35]
Pacific-10 Conference	Stanford	Jason Terry, Arizona[36]	No Tournament
Patriot League	Lafayette	Brian Ehlers, Lafayette[37]	1999 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament	Kirby Sports Center (Easton, Pennsylvania)	Lafayette[38]
Southeastern Conference	Tennessee (East) Auburn (West)	Chris Porter, Auburn[39]	1999 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)	Kentucky
Southern Conference	Appalachian State (North) College of Charleston (South)	Sedric Webber, College of Charleston[40]	1999 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina)	College of Charleston[41]
Southland Conference	UTSA	Donte Mathis, Texas State[42]	1999 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum (Shreveport, Louisiana) (Semifinals & Finals)	UTSA
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Alcorn State	Adarrial Smylie, Southern[43]	1999 Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	F. G. Clark Center (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)	Alcorn State
Sun Belt Conference	Louisiana Tech	Chico Fletcher, Arkansas State[44]	1999 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Cajundome (Lafayette, Louisiana)	Arkansas State
Trans America Athletic Conference	Samford	Reed Rawlings, Samford[45]	1999 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament	Memorial Coliseum (Jacksonville, Florida)	Samford
West Coast Conference	Gonzaga	Eric Schraeder, Saint Mary's[46]	1999 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Toso Pavilion (Santa Clara, California)	Gonzaga
Western Athletic Conference	UNLV & Tulsa (Mountain) Utah (Pacific)	Andre Miller, Utah (Mountain) Jeryl Sasser, SMU (Pacific)[47]	1999 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament	Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas, Nevada)	Utah

Statistical leaders

Points Per Game				Rebounds Per Game				Assists Per Game				Steals Per Game
Player	School	PPG		Player	School	RPG		Player	School	APG		Player	School	SPG
Alvin Young	Niagara	25.1		Ian McGinnis	Dartmouth	12.2		Doug Gottlieb	Oklahoma State	8.8		Shawnta Rogers	George Washington	3.6
Ray Minlend	San Francisco	24.3		Todd MacCulloch	Washington	11.9		Chico Fletcher	Arkansas State	8.3		Tim Winn	St. Bonaventure	3.5
Wally Szczerbiak	Miami (OH)	24.2		Jeff Foster	SW Texas State	11.3		Ali Ton	Davidson	7.6		Jason Rowe	Loyola (MD)	3.4
Brian Merriweather	Texas–Pan American	23.7		Chris Mihm	Texas	11.0		Ed Cota	North Carolina	7.4		John Linehan	Providence	3.3
Damian Woolfolk	Norfolk State	23.5		K'zell Wesson	La Salle	10.8		Chris Herren	Fresno State	7.2		Cookie Belcher	Nebraska	3.2

Blocked Shots Per Game				Field Goal Percentage				Three-Point FG Percentage				Free Throw Percentage
Player	School	BPG		Player	School	FG%		Player	School	3FG%		Player	School	FT%
Tarvis Williams	Hampton	5.0		Delawn Grandison	Liberty	67.4		Rodney Thomas	IUPUI	52.2		Lonnie Cooper	Louisiana Tech	92.1
Henry Jordan	Miss. Valley St.	4.0		Todd MacCulloch	Washington	66.2		Ross Land	N. Arizona	50.9		Haywood Eaddy	Loyola Marymount	89.8
Etan Thomas	Syracuse	4.0		Quincy Gause	Georgia State	65.2		Brian Grawer	Missouri	49.6		Marcus Wilson	Evansville	89.7
Wojciech Myrda	Northeast Louisiana	3.6		Ryan Moss	Arkansas–Little Rock	64.3		Ryan Borowicz	Wisconsin–Green Bay	44.4		Jermel President	College of Charleston	89.5
Calvin Booth	Penn State	3.5		Elton Brand	Duke	62.0		Alan Puckett	The Citadel	44.4		Arthur Lee	Stanford	88.6

Award winners

Consensus All-American teams

Consensus First Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Elton Brand	C	Sophomore	Duke
Mateen Cleaves	G	Junior	Michigan State
Richard Hamilton	F-G	Junior	Connecticut
Andre Miller	G	Senior	Utah
Jason Terry	G	Senior	Arizona

Consensus Second Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Evan Eschmeyer	C	Senior	Northwestern
Steve Francis	G	Junior	Maryland
Trajan Langdon	G	Senior	Duke
Chris Porter	F	Junior	Auburn
Wally Szczerbiak	F	Senior	Miami (OH)

Major player of the year awards

• Wooden Award: Elton Brand, Duke
• Naismith Award: Elton Brand, Duke
• Associated Press Player of the Year: Elton Brand, Duke
• NABC Player of the Year: Elton Brand, Duke
• Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA): Elton Brand, Duke
• Adolph Rupp Trophy: Elton Brand, Duke
• Sporting News Player of the Year: Elton Brand, Duke

Major freshman of the year awards

• USBWA Freshman of the Year: Quentin Richardson, DePaul
• Sporting News Freshman of the Year: Quentin Richardson, DePaul

Major coach of the year awards

• Associated Press Coach of the Year: Cliff Ellis, Auburn
• Henry Iba Award (USBWA): Cliff Ellis, Auburn
• NABC Coach of the Year: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke & Jim O'Brien, Ohio State
• Naismith College Coach of the Year: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
• CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year: Cliff Ellis, Auburn
• Sporting News Coach of the Year: Cliff Ellis, Auburn

Other major awards

• NABC Defensive Player of the Year: Shane Battier, Duke
• Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (Best player under 6'0): Shawnta Rogers, George Washington
• Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Top player in Philadelphia Big 5): Pepe Sanchez, Temple
• NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in NYC): Ron Artest, St. John's

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