1997–98_Arizona_Wildcats_men's_basketball_team

1997–1998 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
1997–1998 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
Pac-10 Regular-Season Champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 4
Record	30–5 (17–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Lute Olson (15th season);
Assistant coaches	Jim Rosborough (9th season); Rodney Tention (1st season);
Home arena	McKale Center
	Seasons ← 1996–97 1998–99 →

1997–98 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1997–98 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Wildcats finished the season in first place in the Pacific-10 conference with a 17–1 record.^[2] Arizona reached the Elite Eight in the 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, losing to Utah 51-76 and finishing the season with a 30-5 record.^[3]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov. 20, 1997*	No. 1	Morgan State	W 115-53	1–0	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Nov. 24, 1997*	No. 1	vs. Boston College Maui Invitational quarterfinal	W 99-69	2–0	Lahaina Civic Center Honolulu, Hawaii
Nov. 25, 1997*	No. 1	vs. No. 8 Kentucky Maui Invitational semifinal	W 89-74	3–0	Lahaina Civic Center Honolulu, Hawaii
Nov. 26, 1997*	No. 1	vs. No. 3 Duke Maui Invitational Championship	L 87-95	3-1	Lahaina Civic Center Honolulu, Hawaii
Nov. 29, 1997*	No. 1	UNC Asheville	W 97-69	4-1	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 2, 1997*	No. 4	vs. No. 2 Kansas Great Eight Basketball Classic	L 87-90	4-2	United Center Chicago, Illinois
Dec. 6, 1997*	No. 4	at Texas	W 88-81	5-2	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Dec. 8, 1997*	No. 4	at Baylor	W 83-68	6-2	Ferrell Center Waco, Texas
Dec. 13, 1997*	No. 6	Coppin State	W 99-82	7-2	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 23, 1997*	No. 5	at No. 17 Florida State	L 79-84	7-3	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center Tallahassee, Florida
Dec. 28, 1997*	No. 5	James Madison	W 92-68	8-3	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec. 29, 1997*	No. 5	Kansas State	W 125-87	9-3	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 3, 1998	No. 8	No. 9 UCLA Rivalry	W 87-75	10-3 (1-0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 5, 1998	No. 5	Southern California	W 91-72	11-3 (2-0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 8, 1998	No. 5	at Washington State	W 94-81	12-3 (3-0)	Spokane Arena Spokane, Washington
Jan. 10, 1998	No. 5	at Washington	W 110-91	13-3 (4-0)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington
Jan. 15, 1998	No. 5	Arizona State Rivalry	W 127-99	14-3 (5-0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 18, 1998*	No. 5	No. 15 New Mexico	W 89-70	15-3	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 22, 1998	No. 6	Oregon	W 87-57	16-3 (6-0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 25, 1998	No. 6	Oregon State	W 93-80	17-3 (7-0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 29, 1998*	No. 6	at No. 4 Stanford	W 93-75	18-3 (8-0)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Jan. 31, 1998	No. 6	at California	W 70-57	19-3 (9-0)	The Arena in Oakland Oakland, California
Feb. 5, 1998	No. 4	Washington	W 112-81	20-3 (10-0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb. 7, 1998	No. 4	Washington State	W 83-61	21-3 (11-0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb. 14, 1998	No. 3	at Arizona State Rivalry	W 83-82	22-3 (12-0)	Wells Fargo Center Tempe, Arizona
Feb. 19, 1998	No. 3	at Oregon State	W 71-70	23-3 (13-0)	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
Feb. 21, 1998	No. 3	at Oregon	W 81-66	24-3 (14-0)	McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon
Feb. 26, 1998	No. 2	California	W 76-73	25–3 (15-0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb. 28, 1998	No. 2	Stanford	W 90-58	26-3 (16-0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Mar. 5, 1998	No. 2	at Southern California	L 90-91 ^OT	26–4 (16-1)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Mar. 7, 1998	No. 2	at No. 19 UCLA Rivalry	W 91-87	27-4 (17-1)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
NCAA tournament
Mar. 12, 1998*	(1 W) No. 4	vs. (16 W) Nicholls State First Round	W 99-60^[4]	28–4	ARCO Arena Sacramento, California
Mar. 14, 1998*	(1 W) No. 4	vs. (9 W) Illinois State Second Round	W 66-59	29–4	ARCO Arena (16,402) Sacramento, California
Mar. 19, 1998*	(1 W) No. 4	vs. (4 W) No. 20 Maryland Sweet Sixteen	W 87-79^[5]	30–4	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Anaheim, California
Mar. 21, 1998*	(1 W) No. 4	vs. (3 W) No. 6 Utah Elite Eight	L 51-76^[6]	30-5	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Anaheim, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Team
1	2	Mike Bibby	Vancouver Grizzlies
1	14	Michael Dickerson	Houston Rockets
2	42	Miles Simon	Orlando Magic

1997–98_Arizona_Wildcats_men's_basketball_team

1997–98 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

Roster

Schedule and results

NCAA Division I tournament

Rankings

1998 NBA draft

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	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Arizona	17	–	1	.944	30	–	5	.857
No. 10 Stanford	15	–	3	.833	30	–	5	.857
No. 19 UCLA	12	–	6	.667	24	–	9	.727
Washington	11	–	7	.611	20	–	10	.667
Arizona State	8	–	10	.444	18	–	14	.563
Oregon	8	–	10	.444	13	–	14	.481
California	8	–	10	.444	12	–	15	.444
USC	5	–	13	.278	9	–	19	.321
Oregon State	3	–	15	.167	13	–	17	.433
Washington State	3	–	15	.167	10	–	19	.345

As of November 23, 2011^[1] Rankings from AP Poll