1998–99 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

The 1998–99 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1998–99 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 second place in the Pacific-10 conference with a 13–5 record. Arizona reached the 1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, losing to Oklahoma in the first round and finishing the season with a 22–7 record.

1998–99 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Round of 64
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 12
Record	22–7 (13–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Lute Olson (16th season)
Assistant coaches	Jim Rosborough (10th season) Rodney Tention (2nd season)
Home arena	McKale Center
Seasons ← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

1998–99 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	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[1] Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1998–99 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 12 Josh Pastner 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Glen Dale, West Virginia C 13 Donnell Harris 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Salinas, California G 15 John Ash 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Tucson, Arizona G 24 Quynn Tebbs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS So Salt Lake City, Utah F 30 Justin Wessel 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS So Cedar Rapids, Iowa G 31 Jason Terry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Seattle, Washington F 33 Eugene Edgerson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr New Orleans, Louisiana F 35 Rick Anderson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 213 lb (97 kg) Fr Long Beach, California C 42 AJ Bramlett 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Albuquerque, New Mexico F 44 Richard Jefferson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Fr Phoenix, Arizona G 52 Jason Steward 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Sr Gardena, California	Head coach Lute Olson (Augsburg) Assistant coach(es) Jim Rosborough (associate head coach) (Iowa) Rodney Tention (San Francisco) Jay John (Arizona) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 13, 1998*	No. 18	vs. No. 9 Tennessee	W 73–72	1–0	The Pit  Albuquerque, New Mexico
Nov 25, 1998*	No. 11	Texas	W 73–57	2–0	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Nov 28, 1998*	No. 11	at BYU	W 78–74 OT	3–0	Marriott Center  Provo, Utah
Dec 5, 1998*	No. 13	vs. Wyoming	W 94–84	4–0	US Airways Center  Phoenix, Arizona
Dec 14, 1998*	No. 8	UC Irvine	W 93–70	5–0	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Dec 19, 1998*	No. 8	vs. Iowa State Las Vegas Shootout	W 75–61	6–0	Thomas & Mack Center  Las Vegas, Nevada
Dec 28, 1998*	No. 8	Holy Cross	W 89–41	7–0	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Dec 30, 1998*	No. 6	Florida International	W 91–75	8–0	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan 2, 1999	No. 6	at No. 10 UCLA Rivalry	L 75–82	8–1 (0–1)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, California
Jan 4, 1999	No. 6	at USC	W 87–78	9–1 (1–1)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Jan 7, 1999	No. 8	Washington State	W 98–87	10–1 (2–1)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan 9, 1999	No. 8	Washington	W 88–86	11–1 (3–1)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan 14, 1999	No. 7	at Arizona State Rivalry	W 74–73	12–1 (4–1)	Wells Fargo Arena  Tempe, Arizona
Jan 16, 1999*	No. 7	at No. 16 New Mexico	L 78–79	12–2	The Pit  Albuquerque, New Mexico
Jan 21, 1999	No. 9	at Oregon	W 85–83	13–2 (5–1)	McArthur Court  Eugene, Oregon
Jan 24, 1999	No. 9	at Oregon State	L 59–60	13–3 (5–2)	Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, Oregon
Jan 28, 1999	No. 13	No. 3 Stanford	W 78–76	14–3 (6–2)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan 30, 1999	No. 13	California	W 91–74	15–3 (7–2)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb 4, 1999	No. 10	at Washington	L 84–90	15–4 (7–3)	Bank of America Arena  Seattle, Washington
Feb 6, 1999	No. 10	at Washington State	W 81–79	16–4 (8–3)	Friel Court  Pullman, Washington
Feb 10, 1999	No. 10	Arizona State Rivalry	W 86–80	17–4 (9–3)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb 13, 1999*	No. 10	LSU	W 78–71	18–4	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb 18, 1999	No. 8	Oregon State	W 89–72	19–4 (10–3)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb 20, 1999	No. 8	Oregon	W 92–86	20–4 (11–3)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb 25, 1999	No. 7	at California	L 76–89	20–5 (11–4)	Oracle Arena  Oakland, California
Feb 27, 1999	No. 7	at No. 6 Stanford	L 83–98	20–6 (11–5)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Mar 4, 1999	No. 13	USC	W 88–73	21–6 (12–5)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Mar 6, 1999	No. 13	No. 12 UCLA Rivalry	W 87–70	22–6 (13–5)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
NCAA tournament
Mar 12, 1999*	(4 MW) No. 12	vs. (13 MW) Oklahoma First Round	L 60–61	22–7	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Mountain Time.

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Rankings

Main article: 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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