1997–98 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

The 1997–98 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by Gene Keady and played its home games at Mackey Arena.

1997–98 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 11
Record	28–8 (12–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady
Home arena	Mackey Arena
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

Roster

1997–98 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 3 Chad Austin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr   Richmond, Indiana C 14 Matt ten Dam 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 285 lb (129 kg) Sr   Almelo, Holland G 15 Alan Eldridge 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr   Fort Wayne, Indiana G 22 Jaraan Cornell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Clay South Bend, Indiana F 31 David Lesmond 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr   Pierrefitte, France C 34 Luther Clay 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr   Oberlin, Ohio F 35 Brian Cardinal 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Unity Tolono, Illinois F 52 Brad Miller 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr East Noble Kendallville, Indiana	Head coach Gene Keady (Kansas State) Assistant coach(es) Bruce Weber (Milwaukee) Jay Price Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 14, 1997*	No. 9	Long Island University	W 119–95	1–0	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 17, 1997*	No. 9	at Valparaiso	W 73–56	2–0	Athletics-Recreation Center  Valparaiso, Indiana
Nov 20, 1997*	No. 8	Northeast Louisiana	W 107–80	3–0	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 26, 1997*	No. 6	vs. UAB Great Alaska Shootout	W 92–64	4–0	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 28, 1997*	No. 6	vs. UMass Great Alaska Shootout	W 82–69	5–0	Sullivan Arena (8,700) Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 29, 1997*	No. 6	vs. No. 4 North Carolina Great Alaska Shootout	L 69–73	5–1	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
Dec 3, 1997*	No. 6	vs. No. 7 Kentucky Great Eight Classic	L 75–89	5–2	United Center (19,567) Chicago, Illinois
Dec 6, 1997*	No. 6	at Louisville	W 87–69	6–2	Freedom Hall  Louisville, Kentucky
Dec 12, 1997*	No. 8	Tennessee-Martin Boilermaker Invitational	W 87–56	7–2	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 13, 1997*	No. 8	San Francisco Boilermaker Invitational	W 107–82	8–2	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 20, 1997*	No. 8	vs. No. 10 Xavier	W 86–84	9–2	Market Square Arena  Indianapolis, Indiana
Dec 22, 1997*	No. 7	Florida A&M	W 118–77	10–2	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 27, 1997*	No. 7	Providence	W 81–79	11–2	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 30, 1997	No. 5	Michigan State	L 57–74	11–3 (0–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 2, 1998	No. 5	at Minnesota	W 83–79	12–3 (1–1)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 7, 1998	No. 9	Penn State	W 77–55	13–3 (2–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 10, 1998*	No. 9	at Houston	W 86–53	14–3	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
Jan 13, 1998	No. 9	at Illinois	W 68–58	15–3 (3–1)	Assembly Hall (14,874) Champaign, Illinois
Jan 18, 1998	No. 9	at Indiana	L 88–94	15–4 (3–2)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
Jan 21, 1998	No. 12	Ohio State	W 82–71	16–4 (4–2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 24, 1998	No. 12	Northwestern	W 80–45	17–4 (5–2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 29, 1998	No. 10	at No. 19 Michigan	W 89–82	18–4 (6–2)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jan 31, 1998	No. 10	Wisconsin	W 82–59	19–4 (7–2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 7, 1998	No. 10	at Ohio State	W 107–75	20–4 (8–2)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 10, 1998	No. 8	Indiana	W 94–89	21–4 (9–2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 14, 1998	No. 8	Illinois	W 75–72	22–4 (10–2)	Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 18, 1998	No. 5	at Iowa	L 69–88	22–5 (10–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 21, 1998	No. 5	at Penn State	L 63–74	22–6 (10–4)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
Feb 25, 1998	No. 11	Minnesota	W 87–83	23–6 (11–4)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 28, 1998	No. 11	at No. 10 Michigan State	W 99–96 OT	24–6 (12–4)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, Michigan
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 6, 1998*	No. 9	vs. Indiana Quarterfinal	W 76–71	25–6	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
Mar 7, 1998*	No. 9	vs. No. 18 Illinois Semifinal	W 68–47	26–6	United Center (21,711) Chicago, Illinois
Mar 8, 1998*	No. 9	vs. No. 17 Michigan Championship Game	L 67–76[2]	26–7	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
NCAA Tournament
Mar 13, 1998*	(2 MW) No. 11	vs. (15 MW) Delaware First round	W 95–56[3]	27–7	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
Mar 15, 1998*	(2 MW) No. 11	vs. (10 MW) Detroit Second Round	W 80–65[4]	28–7	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
Mar 20, 1998*	(2 MW) No. 11	vs. (3 MW) No. 10 Stanford Midwest Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 59–67[5]	28–8	Scottrade Center  St. Louis, Missouri
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

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Rankings

Main article: 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings