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1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

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1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
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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.

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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.

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Season headlines

Conference membership changes

These schools joined new conferences for the 1998–99 season.

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Season outlook

Pre-season polls

The top 25 from the AP Poll November 6, 1998[2] and the ESPN/USA Today Poll November 5, 1998.[3]

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Regular season

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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.

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Conference standings

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Division I independents

Two schools played as Division I independents.[65]

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Informal championships

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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

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Postseason tournaments

NCAA tournament

Final Four – Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

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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] Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with Ohio State removing the wins from its own record.

National Invitation tournament

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
    
California 85
Oregon 69
California 61
Clemson 60
Clemson 79
Xavier 76 Third place
Oregon 75
Xavier 106
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Award winners

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Consensus All-American teams

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Major player of the year awards

Major freshman of the year awards

Major coach of the year awards

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Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

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References

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