1997–98 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1997–98 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 27th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1997–98 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	20–12 (9–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (27th season)
Assistant coach	Mike Davis (1st season)
Home arena	Assembly Hall
Seasons ← 1996–97 1998–99 →

1997–98 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No.  16 Michigan State	13	–	3		.813			22	–	8		.733
No. 22 Illinois	13	–	3		.813			23	–	10		.697
No. 11 Purdue	12	–	4		.750			28	–	8		.778
Iowa	9	–	7		.563			20	–	11		.645
Indiana	9	–	7		.563			20	–	12		.625
Penn State	8	–	8		.500			19	–	13		.594
Northwestern	3	–	13		.188			10	–	17		.370
Wisconsin	3	–	13		.188			12	–	19		.387
Ohio State	1	–	15		.063			8	–	22		.267
No. 12 Michigan* †	0	–	5		.000			0	–	8		.000
Minnesota**	0	–	10		.000			0	–	15		.000
† 1998 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Michigan: 24 reg. season games including Big Ten Tourn. Champ.; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program **Minnesota: 15 games including 5 NIT games and championship vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan 25–9, 11–5; Minnesota 20–15, 6–10

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 20–12 and a conference record of 9–7, finishing 5th in the Big Ten Conference. After losing to Purdue in the quarterfinals of the inaugural Big Ten tournament, the Hoosiers were invited to dance in the 1998 NCAA tournament. However, IU lost in the second round 78–68 to Connecticut.^[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
3	Charlie Miller	F	6–7	Sr.	Miami, Florida
4	Luke Recker	G/F	6–6	Fr.	Auburn, Indiana
12	Luke Jimenez	G	6–3	So.	Redwood Falls, Minnesota
21	Richard Mandeville	C	7–1	Sr.	Pasadena, California
23	Rob Turner	G	6–4	Jr.	Wilmington, Delaware
24	Michael Lewis	G	6–1	So.	Jasper, Indiana
25	A.J. Guyton	G	6–1	So.	Peoria, Illinois
30	William Gladness	F	6–8	Jr.	West Memphis, Arkansas
32	Robbie Eggers	F	6–10	Sr.	Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
33	Larry Richardson	G	6–8	So.	Orange Park, Florida
35	Kirk Haston	F/C	6–10	RS Fr.	Lobelville, Tennessee
40	Jason Collier	C	7–1	So.	Springfield, Ohio
45	Andrae Patterson	F	6–8	Sr.	Abilene, Texas
53	Tom Geyer	F	6–8	RS Fr.	Indianapolis, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/14/1997*	No. 17	vs. No. 24 Temple	L 53–59	0–1	CoreStates Spectrum  Philadelphia, PA
11/20/1997*	No. 23	at Alabama-Birmingham	W 80–64	1–1	Bartow Arena  Birmingham, AL
11/28/1997*	No. 21	vs. Hawaii United Airlines Classic	L 65–82	1–2	Special Events Arena  Honolulu, HI
11/30/1997*	No. 21	vs. Northeast Louisiana United Airlines Classic	W 103–69	2–2	Special Events Arena  Honolulu, HI
12/3/1997*		Notre Dame	W 91–80	3–2	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/6/1997*		vs. No. 7 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	L 72–75	3–3	RCA Dome  Indianapolis, IN
12/9/1997*		Evansville	W 85–73	4–3	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/12/1997*		Wisconsin-Green Bay Indiana Classic	W 72–58	5–3	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/13/1997*		South Alabama Indiana Classic	W 64–56	6–3	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/22/1997*		vs. San Francisco	W 65–62	7–3	The Arena in Oakland  Oakland, CA
12/27/1997*		vs. Southwest Missouri State Union Federal Hoosier Classic	W 78–66	8–3	Market Square Arena  Indianapolis, IN
12/28/1997*		vs. Western Michigan Union Federal Hoosier Classic	W 70–63	9–3	Market Square Arena  Indianapolis, IN
Big Ten regular season
12/31/1997		No. 14 Iowa	L 76–89	9–4 (0–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/3/1998		at Illinois Rivalry	L 72–74	9–5 (0–2)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
1/6/1998		No. 17 Michigan	W 80–62	10–5 (1–2)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/10/1998		Ohio State	W 83–66	11–5 (2–2)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/14/1998		at Northwestern	W 76–58	12–5 (3–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
1/18/1998		No. 9 Purdue Rivalry	W 94–88	13–5 (4–2)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/25/1998		at Wisconsin	W 69–59	14–5 (5–2)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
1/28/1998	No. 25	at No. 22 Michigan State	L 66–84	14–6 (5–3)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
1/31/1998	No. 25	Minnesota	W 95–82	15–6 (6–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/4/1998		Penn State	W 95–76	16–6 (7–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/10/1998		at No. 8 Purdue Rivalry	L 89–94	16–7 (7–4)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
2/14/1998		Northwestern	W 73–55	17–7 (8–4)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/19/1998		at Ohio State	W 74–72	18–7 (9–4)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
2/22/1998		at No. 22 Michigan	L 64–112	18–8 (9–5)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
2/24/1998		No. 22 Illinois Rivalry	L 72–82	18–9 (9–6)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/28/1998		at Iowa	L 70–84	18–10 (9–7)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
Big Ten tournament
3/5/1998	(6)	vs. (11) Ohio State opening round	W 78–71	19–10	United Center  Chicago, IL
3/6/1998	(6)	vs. (3) No. 9 Purdue quarterfinals	L 71–76	19–11	United Center  Chicago, IL
NCAA tournament
3/12/1998* CBS	(7 E)	vs. (10 E) Oklahoma First Round	W 94–87 OT[2]	20–11	MCI Center  Washington, D.C.
3/14/1998* CBS	(7 E)	vs. (2 E) No. 6 Connecticut Second Round	L 68–78	20–12	MCI Center  Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.