1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

The 1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by Gene Keady and played its home games at Mackey Arena.

1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
Record	21–13 (7–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady
Assistant coaches	Todd Foster Jay Price Jim Thrash
Home arena	Mackey Arena
Seasons ← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Michigan State†	15	–	1		.938			33	–	5		.868
No. 19 Indiana	9	–	7		.563			23	–	11		.676
No. 18 Wisconsin	9	–	7		.563			22	–	10		.688
No. 21 Iowa	9	–	7		.563			20	–	10		.667
Purdue	7	–	9		.438			21	–	13		.618
Northwestern	6	–	10		.375			15	–	14		.517
Penn State	5	–	11		.313			13	–	14		.481
Illinois	3	–	13		.188			14	–	18		.438
No. 14 Ohio State**	1	–	1		.500			1	–	1		.500
Minnesota***	0	–	8		.000			0	–	11		.000
Michigan*	0	–	11		.000			0	–	19		.000
† 1999 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Michigan: 12 games vacated due to sanctions against the program **Ohio State: 34 games including 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program[1] *** Minnesota vacated 17 games including 1 NCAA Tourn. game due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan: 12–19, 5–11; Ohio State: 27–9, 12–4; Minnesota: 17–11, 8–8

Roster

1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 5 Gary McQuay 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Jr   Gary, Indiana G 11 Chad Kerkhof 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Jr   Greenfield, Indiana G 12 Maynard Lewis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Fr   Terre Haute, Indiana G 15 Alan Eldridge 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr   Fort Wayne, Indiana G 20 Tony Mayfield 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Sr   Milwaukee, Wisconsin F 21 Cam Stephens 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — So   Fort Wayne, Indiana G 22 Jaraan Cornell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Clay South Bend, Indiana F 23 Mike Robinson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Jr Richwoods Peoria, Illinois G 31 Rodney Smith 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Fr   Indianapolis, Indiana C 32 Greg McQuay 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Jr   Gary, Indiana F 35 Brian Cardinal 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Unity Tolono, Illinois F 40 Jamaal Davis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — So   Merrillville, Indiana G 43 Carson Cunningham 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — So Andrean Ogden Dunes, Indiana C 54 John Allison 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) — Fr   New Palestine, Indiana	Head coach Gene Keady (Kansas State) Assistant coach(es) Todd Foster (Purdue) Jay Price (Kansas) Jim Thrash (Eastern New Mexico) 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 13, 1998*	No. 16	UNC Asheville	W 101–64	1–0	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 16, 1998*	No. 15	Illinois-Chicago	W 77–61	2–0	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 18, 1998*	No. 15	Gonzaga	W 83–68	3–0	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 22, 1998*	No. 15	Lafayette	W 72–67	4–0	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 25, 1998*	No. 14	vs. No. 9 North Carolina	L 47–54	4–1	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
Nov 27, 1998*	No. 14	at No. 23 St. John's	W 70–69	5–1	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
Nov 29, 1998*	No. 14	Eastern Illinois	W 62–49	6–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 5, 1998*	No. 14	at No. 23 Xavier	W 71–57	7–1	Cincinnati Gardens  Cincinnati, Ohio
Dec 8, 1998*	No. 9	Illinois State	W 69–55	8–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 11, 1998*	No. 9	Valparaiso	W 78–70	9–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 12, 1998*	No. 9	La Salle	W 80–59	10–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 19, 1998*	No. 8	at Butler	W 63–54	11–1	Hinkle Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, Indiana
Dec 22, 1998*	No. 9	vs. South Carolina	W 80–64	12–1	Continental Airlines Arena  East Rutherford, New Jersey
Dec 27, 1998*	No. 9	at Providence	L 82–87	12–2	Providence Civic Center  Providence, Rhode Island
Jan 6, 1999	No. 9	at Penn State	W 70-67	13–2 (1-0)	Bryce Jordan Center  Happy Valley, Pennsylvania
Jan 10, 1999	No. 9	at No. 24 Wisconsin	L 56-61	13–3 (1-1)	Kohl Center  Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 13, 1999	No. 13	Illinois	W 63-54	14–3 (2-1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 16, 1999	No. 13	No. 23 Indiana	L 76-87	14–4 (2-2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 19, 1999	No. 16	at Ohio State	L 43-72	14–5 (2-3)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 23, 1999	No. 16	Michigan	W 81-71	15–5 (3-3)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 27, 1999	No. 14	at Northwestern	L 50-54	15–6 (3-4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
Feb 27, 1999		No. 3 Michigan State	L 46–60	19–11 (7–9)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 4, 1999*		vs. Michigan First round	L 73–79 OT	19–12	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
NCAA Tournament
Mar 12, 1999*	(10 E)	vs. (7 E) Texas First round	W 58–54	20–12	TD Garden  Boston, Massachusetts
Mar 14, 1999*	(10 E)	vs. (2 E) No. 10 Miami (FL) Second Round	W 73–63	21–12	TD Garden  Boston, Massachusetts
Mar 19, 1999*	(10 E)	vs. (6 E) Temple East Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 55–77[3]	21–13	Continental Airlines Arena  East Rutherford, New Jersey
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

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Rankings

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

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