1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

Basketball season

1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Preseason AP No. 1	Duke
Regular season	November 1998 – March 1999
NCAA Tournament	1999
Tournament dates	March 11 – March 29, 1999
National Championship	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida
NCAA Champions	Connecticut Huskies
Other champions	California Golden Bears (NIT)
Player of the: Year (Naismith, Wooden)	Elton Brand, Duke
← 1997–98 1999–00 →

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

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.

Season headlines※

The preseason AP All-American team was named on November 10. Richard Hamilton of Connecticut was the leading vote-getter (66 of 72 votes). The rest of the team included Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State (58 votes), Elton Brand of Duke (55), Lee Nailon of TCU (50) and Andre Miller of Utah (44).

Conference membership changes※

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

School	Former conference	New conference
Buffalo	Mid-Continent Conference	Mid-American Conference
College of Charleston	Trans America Athletic Conference	Southern Conference
Denver	NCAA Division II	NCAA Division I Independent
FIU	Trans America Athletic Conference	Sun Belt Conference
IUPUI	NCAA Division II	Mid-Continent Conference
Jacksonville	Sun Belt Conference	Trans America Athletic Conference
Lamar	Sun Belt Conference	Southland Conference
Northeastern Illinois	Mid-Continent Conference	Dropped Athletics
Oakland	NCAA Division II	Mid-Continent Conference
Quinnipiac	NCAA Division II	Northeast Conference
Texas-Pan American	Sun Belt Conference	NCAA Division I Independent
UMBC	Big South Conference	Northeast Conference

Season outlook※

Pre-season polls※

The top 25 from the AP Poll November 6, 1998 and the ESPN/USA Today Poll November 5, "1998."

'Associated Press'
Ranking	Team
1	Duke (34)
2	Connecticut (25)
3	Stanford (12)
4	Kentucky (1)
5	Michigan State
6	Maryland
7	Temple
8	Kansas
9	Tennessee
10	Utah
11	North Carolina
12	UCLA
13	Oklahoma State
14	Washington
15	Cincinnati
16	Purdue
17	Xavier
18	Arizona
19	Arkansas
20	New Mexico
20	Syracuse
22	Indiana
23	Rhode Island
24	Massachusetts
25	TCU

ESPN/USA Today Coaches
Ranking	Team
1	Duke (22)
2	Stanford (3)
3	Connecticut (4)
4	Michigan State
5	Maryland
6	Kentucky (1)
7	Temple
8	Kansas
9	Tennessee
10	Xavier
11	North Carolina
12	Utah
13	UCLA
14	Washington
15	Cincinnati
16	Purdue
17	Indiana
18	Oklahoma State
19	Arkansas
20	Arizona
21	New Mexico
22	Syracuse
23	Massachusetts
24	TCU
25	Rhode Island

Regular season※

Conference winners and tournaments※

28 conference seasons concluded with a single-elimination tournament, with only the Ivy League and the Pac-10 choosing not——to conduct conference tournaments. Conference tournament winners generally received an automatic bid——to the NCAA tournament.

Conference	Regular season winner	Conference player of the year	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (City)	Tournament winner
America East Conference	Delaware & Drexel	Mike Pegues, Delaware	1999 America East men's basketball tournament	Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, Delaware) (Except Finals)	Delaware
Atlantic 10 Conference	Temple (East) George Washington (West)	Shawnta Rogers, George Washington	1999 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament	The Spectrum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)	Rhode Island
Atlantic Coast Conference	Duke	Elton Brand, Duke	1999 ACC men's basketball tournament	Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina)	Duke
Big 12 Conference	Texas	Venson Hamilton, Nebraska	1999 Big 12 men's basketball tournament	Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)	Kansas
Big East Conference	Connecticut	Richard Hamilton, Connecticut & Tim James, Miami (Florida)	1999 Big East men's basketball tournament	Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York)	Connecticut
Big Sky Conference	Weber State	Harold Arceneaux, Weber State	1999 Big Sky men's basketball tournament	Dee Events Center (Ogden, Utah)	Weber State
Big South Conference	Winthrop	Kevin Martin, UNC Asheville	1999 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament	Asheville Civic Center (Asheville, North Carolina)	Winthrop
Big Ten Conference	Michigan State	Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State (Coaches) Scoonie Penn, Ohio State (Media)	1999 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament	United Center (Chicago, Illinois)	Michigan State
Big West Conference	Boise State & New Mexico State (Eastern) UC Santa Barbara (Western)	Roberto Bergersen, Boise State	1999 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament	Lawlor Events Center (Reno, Nevada)	New Mexico State
Colonial Athletic Association	George Mason	George Evans, George Mason	1999 CAA men's basketball tournament	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia)	George Mason
Conference USA	Cincinnati (American) UAB (National)	Quentin Richardson, DePaul	1999 Conference USA men's basketball tournament	Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (Birmingham, Alabama)	Charlotte
Ivy League	Penn	Brian Earl, Princeton	No Tournament
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Niagara & Siena	Alvin Young, Niagara	1999 MAAC men's basketball tournament	Marine Midland Arena (Buffalo, New York)	Siena
Mid-American Conference	Miami (Ohio) (East) Toledo (West)	Wally Szczerbiak, Miami (Ohio)	1999 MAC men's basketball tournament	SeaGate Convention Centre (Toledo, Ohio)	Kent State
Mid-Continent Conference	Valparaiso	Chad Wilkerson, Oral Roberts	1999 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament	The MARK of the Quad Cities (Moline, Illinois)	Valparaiso
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Coppin State & South Carolina State	Damian Woolfolk, Norfolk State	1999 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia)	Florida A&M
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	Detroit	Jermaine Jackson, Detroit	1999 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament	UIC Pavilion (Chicago, Illinois)	Detroit
Missouri Valley Conference	Evansville	Marcus Wilson, Evansville	1999 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament	Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)	Creighton
Northeast Conference	UMBC	Ray Minlend, St. Francis (NY)	1999 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament	Spiro Sports Center (Staten Island, New York)	Mount St. Mary's
Ohio Valley Conference	Murray State	Bud Eley, Southeast Missouri State	1999 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament	Gaylord Entertainment Center (Nashville, Tennessee) (Semifinals and Finals)	Murray State
Pacific-10 Conference	Stanford	Jason Terry, Arizona	No Tournament
Patriot League	Lafayette	Brian Ehlers, Lafayette	1999 Patriot League men's basketball tournament	Kirby Sports Center (Easton, Pennsylvania)	Lafayette
Southeastern Conference	Tennessee (East) Auburn (West)	Chris Porter, Auburn	1999 SEC men's basketball tournament	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)	Kentucky
Southern Conference	Appalachian State (North) College of Charleston (South)	Sedric Webber, College of Charleston	1999 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament	Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina)	College of Charleston
Southland Conference	UTSA	Donte Mathis, Texas State	1999 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum (Shreveport, Louisiana) (Semifinals & Finals)	UTSA
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Alcorn State	Adarrial Smylie, Southern	1999 Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament	F. G. Clark Center (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)	Alcorn State
Sun Belt Conference	Louisiana Tech	Chico Fletcher, Arkansas State	1999 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament	Cajundome (Lafayette, Louisiana)	Arkansas State
Trans America Athletic Conference	Samford	Reed Rawlings, Samford	1999 TAAC men's basketball tournament	Memorial Coliseum (Jacksonville, Florida)	Samford
West Coast Conference	Gonzaga	Eric Schraeder, Saint Mary's	1999 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament	Toso Pavilion (Santa Clara, California)	Gonzaga
Western Athletic Conference	UNLV & Tulsa (Mountain) Utah (Pacific)	Andre Miller, Utah (Mountain) Jeryl Sasser, SMU (Pacific)	1999 WAC men's basketball tournament	Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas, Nevada)	Utah

Statistical leaders※

Source for additional stats categories

Player	School	PPG	Player	School	RPG	Player	School	APG	Player	School	SPG
Points per game			Rebounds per game			Assists per game			Steals per game
Alvin Young	Niagara	25.1	Ian McGinnis	Dartmouth	12.2	Doug Gottlieb	Oklahoma State	8.8	Shawnta Rogers	George Washington	3.6
Ray Minlend	San Francisco	24.3	Todd MacCulloch	Washington	11.9	Chico Fletcher	Arkansas State	8.3	Tim Winn	St. Bonaventure	3.5
Wally Szczerbiak	Miami (OH)	24.2	Jeff Foster	SW Texas State	11.3	Ali Ton	Davidson	7.6	Jason Rowe	Loyola (MD)	3.4
Brian Merriweather	Texas–Pan American	23.7	Chris Mihm	Texas	11.0	Ed Cota	North Carolina	7.4	John Linehan	Providence	3.3
Damian Woolfolk	Norfolk State	23.5	K'zell Wesson	La Salle	10.8	Chris Herren	Fresno State	7.2	Cookie Belcher	Nebraska	3.2

Player	School	BPG	Player	School	FG%	Player	School	3FG%	Player	School	FT%
Blocked shots per game			Field-goal percentage			Three-Point FG percentage			Free-throw percentage
Tarvis Williams	Hampton	5.0	Delawn Grandison	Liberty	67.4	Rodney Thomas	IUPUI	52.2	Lonnie Cooper	Louisiana Tech	92.1
Henry Jordan	Miss. Valley St.	4.0	Todd MacCulloch	Washington	66.2	Ross Land	N. Arizona	50.9	Haywood Eaddy	Loyola Marymount	89.8
Etan Thomas	Syracuse	4.0	Quincy Gause	Georgia State	65.2	Brian Grawer	Missouri	49.6	Marcus Wilson	Evansville	89.7
Wojciech Myrda	Northeast Louisiana	3.6	Ryan Moss	Arkansas–Little Rock	64.3	Ryan Borowicz	Wisconsin–Green Bay	44.4	Jermel President	College of Charleston	89.5
Calvin Booth	Penn State	3.5	Elton Brand	Duke	62.0	Alan Puckett	The Citadel	44.4	Arthur Lee	Stanford	88.6

Award winners※

Consensus All-American teams※

Main article: 1999 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

**Consensus First Team**
Player	Position	Class	Team
Elton Brand	C	Sophomore	Duke
Mateen Cleaves	G	Junior	Michigan State
Richard Hamilton	F-G	Junior	Connecticut
Andre Miller	G	Senior	Utah
Jason Terry	G	Senior	Arizona

**Consensus Second Team**
Player	Position	Class	Team
Evan Eschmeyer	C	Senior	Northwestern
Steve Francis	G	Junior	Maryland
Trajan Langdon	G	Senior	Duke
Chris Porter	F	Junior	Auburn
Wally Szczerbiak	F	Senior	Miami (OH)

Coaching changes※

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

Team	Former Coach	Interim Coach	New Coach	Reason
UTEP	Don Haskins		Jason Rabedeaux

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