The 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1998 and concluded with the 64-team 1999 NCAA Division I men's 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
Conference membership changes
These schools joined new conferences for the 1998–99 season.
Season outlook
Pre-season polls
The top 25 from the AP Poll November 6, 1998[ 2] [ 3]
Regular season
Conferences
Conference winners and tournaments
Twenty-eight conferences concluded their seasons with a single-elimination tournament, with only the Ivy League and Pacific-10 Conference choosing not to conduct conference tournaments. Most conference tournament winners received an automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament .
Conference
Regular [ 4]
Conference
Conference
Tournament
Tournament
America East Conference Delaware & Drexel Mike Pegues , Delaware [ 5] 1999 America East men's basketball tournament Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware )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 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) 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 )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 )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
Conference standings
1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W
L
PCT W
L
PCT
No. 2 Michigan State † 15
–
1
.938
33
–
5
.868
No. 19 Indiana 9
–
7
.563
23
–
11
.676
No. 18 Wisconsin 9
–
7
.563
22
–
10
.688
No. 21 Iowa 9
–
7
.563
20
–
10
.667
Purdue 7
–
9
.438
21
–
13
.618
Northwestern
6
–
10
.375
15
–
14
.517
Penn State
5
–
11
.313
13
–
14
.481
Illinois 3
–
13
.188
14
–
18
.438
No. 14 Ohio State ** 1
–
1
.500
1
–
1
.500
Minnesota ***0
–
8
.000
0
–
11
.000
Michigan *0
–
11
.000
0
–
19
.000
† 1999 Big Ten tournament winnerAP poll [ 51]
1998–99 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W
L
PCT W
L
PCT
Penn 13
–
1
.929
21
–
6
.778
Princeton 11
–
3
.786
22
–
8
.733
Dartmouth 10
–
4
.714
14
–
12
.538
Harvard 7
–
7
.500
13
–
13
.500
Cornell 6
–
8
.429
11
–
15
.423
Columbia 5
–
9
.357
10
–
16
.385
Brown 2
–
12
.143
4
–
22
.154
Yale 2
–
12
.143
4
–
22
.154
Rankings from AP Poll [ 55]
1998–99 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W
L
PCT W
L
PCT
Miami 15
–
3
.833
24
–
8
.750
Kent State †13
–
5
.722
23
–
7
.767
Akron
12
–
6
.667
18
–
9
.667
Ohio 12
–
6
.667
18
–
10
.643
Bowling Green
12
–
6
.667
18
–
10
.643
Marshall
11
–
7
.611
16
–
11
.593
Buffalo
1
–
17
.056
5
–
24
.172
Toledo
11
–
7
.611
19
–
9
.679
Ball State
10
–
8
.556
16
–
11
.593
Central Michigan
7
–
11
.389
10
–
16
.385
Western Michigan
6
–
12
.333
11
–
15
.423
Eastern Michigan
5
–
13
.278
5
–
20
.200
Northern Illinois
2
–
16
.111
6
–
20
.231
† 1999 MAC tournament winnerAP Poll
1998–99 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W
L
PCT W
L
PCT
No. 7 Stanford 15
–
3
.833
26
–
7
.788
No. 12 Arizona 13
–
5
.722
22
–
7
.759
No. 15 UCLA 12
–
6
.667
22
–
9
.710
Washington 10
–
8
.556
17
–
12
.586
California 8
–
10
.444
22
–
11
.667
Oregon 8
–
10
.444
19
–
13
.594
USC 7
–
11
.389
15
–
13
.536
Oregon State 7
–
11
.389
13
–
14
.481
Arizona State 6
–
12
.333
14
–
16
.467
Washington State 4
–
14
.222
10
–
19
.345
As of July 26, 2011[ 61] AP Poll
Division I independents
Two schools played as Division I independents .[ 65]
1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
Conf. Overall
Team W
L
PCT W
L
PCT
Denver -
–
-
–
10
–
17
.370
Texas–Pan American -
–
-
–
5
–
22
.185
Rankings from AP Poll
For the eighth consecutive season, the Philadelphia Big 5 did not play a full round-robin schedule in which each team met each other team once, a format it had used from its first season of competition in 1955–56 through the 1990–91 season . Instead, each team played only two games against other Big 5 members, and Villanova finished with a 2–0 record in head-to-head competition among the Big 5. The Big 5 did not revive its full round-robin schedule until the 1999–2000 season .
Statistical leaders
Source for additional stats categories
Postseason tournaments
NCAA tournament
Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida , hosted the Final Four.National semifinals
National Championship Game
E1
Duke
68
MW1
Michigan State
62
E1
Duke
74
W1
Connecticut
77
S4
Ohio State#
58
W1
Connecticut
64
# - Ohio State vacated 34 games, including all NCAA Tournament wins from the 1998–99 season due to the Jim O’Brien scandal .[ 66] [ 67]
National Invitation tournament
Semifinals
Finals
California
85
Oregon
69
California
61
Clemson
60
Clemson
79
Xavier
76
Third place
Oregon
75
Xavier
106
Award winners
Consensus All-American teams
Major player of the year awards
Major freshman of the year awards
Major coach of the year awards
Other major awards
Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
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