1998 NCAA Tournament

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1998 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

Play In Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box.

It began on March 12, 1998, and ended with the championship game on March 30 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. A total of 63 games were played.

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1998 tournament:

First and Second Rounds

March 12 and 14
- East Region
  - Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut (Host: University of Connecticut)
  - MCI Center, Washington, D.C. (Host: George Mason University)
- West Region
  - BSU Pavilion, Boise, Idaho (Host: Boise State University)
  - ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California (Host: University of the Pacific)
March 13 and 15
- Midwest Region
  - United Center, Chicago, Illinois (Host: Big Ten Conference)
  - Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Host: University of Oklahoma)
- South Region
  - Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia (Host: Georgia Institute of Technology)
  - Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: University of Kentucky)

Round of 64

945

East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	#1 North Carolina 88,	16	#16 Navy 52
		2	#2 Connecticut 93,	15	#15 Fairleigh Dickinson 85
		3	#3 South Carolina 61	14	#14 Richmond 62,
		4	#4 Michigan State 83,	13	#13 Eastern Michigan 71
		5	#5 Princeton 69,	12	#12 UNLV 57
		6	, #6 Xavier 68	11	#11 Washington 69
		7	#7 Indiana 94,	10	#10 Oklahoma 87
		8	#8 UNCC 77,	9	#9 Ill-Chicago 62

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	#1 Kansas 110,	16	#16 Prairie View 52
		2	#2 Purdue 95,	15	#15 Delaware 56
		3	#3 Stanford 67,	14	#14 College of Charleston 57
		4	#4 Mississippi 69	13	#13 Valparaiso 70,
		5	#5 TCU 87	12	#12 Florida State 96,
		6	#6 Clemson 72	11	#11 Western Michigan 75,
		7	, #7 St. John's 64	10	#10 Detroit 66
		8	#8 Rhode Island 97,	9	#9 Murray State 74

South REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	#1 Duke 99,	16	#16 Radford 63
		2	#2 Kentucky 82,	15	#15 S. Carolina State 67
		3	#3 Michigan 80,	14	#14 Davison 62
		4	#4 New Mexico 79,	13	# 13 Butler 62
		5	#5 Syracuse 63,	12	#12 Iona 61
		6	#6 UCLA 65,	11	#11 Miami 62
		7	, #7 UMass 46	10	#10 St. Louis 51
		8	#8 Oklahoma State 74,	9	#9 George Washington 59

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	#1 Arizona 99,	16	#16 Nicholls State 60
		2	#2 Cincinnati 65,	15	#15 Northern Arizona 62
		3	#3 Utah 85,	14	#14 San Francisco 68
		4	#4 Maryland 82,	13	#13 Utah State 68
		5	#5 Illinois 64,	12	#12 South Alabama 51
		6	#6 Arkansas 74,	11	#11 Nebraska 65
		7	, #7 Temple 52	10	#10 West Virginia 82
		8	Tennessee 81 (OT)	9	#9 Illinois State 82,

Round of 32

East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	North Carolina 93	8	, UNC-Charlotte 83 (OT)
		2	UConn 78,	7	Indiana 68
		4	Michigan State 63	5	, Princeton 56
		11	Washington 81	14	, Richmond 66

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Kansas 75	8	Rhode Island 80,
		2	Purdue 80	10	, Detroit 65
		3	Stanford 83,	11	Western Michigan 65
		12	Florida State 77 (OT)	13	Valparaiso 83,

South REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Duke 79,	8	Oklahoma State 73
		2	Kentucky 88,	10	St. Louis 61
		3	Michigan 82	6	UCLA 85,
		4	New Mexico 46	5	Syracuse 56,

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Arizona 82,	9	Illinois State 49
		2	Cincinnati 74	10	West Virginia 75,
		3	Utah 75,	6	Arkansas 69
		4	Maryland 67,	5	Illinois 61

Sweet 16

East REGIONAL atGreensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North CarMarch 19 and 21
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	North Carolina 73,	4	Michigan State 58
	2	UConn 75,	11	Washington 74

Midwest REGIONAL atKiel Center, St. LouisMarch 20 and 22
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	8	Rhode Island 74,	13	Valparaiso 68
	2	Purdue 59	3	Stanford 67,

South REGIONAL at Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FloMarch 20 and 22
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Duke 80	5	, Syracuse 67
	2	Kentucky 94	6	, UCLA 68

West REGIONAL at Arrowhead Pond of AnaheimMarch 19 and 21
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Arizona 87,	4	Maryland 79
	3	Utah 65,	10	West Virginia 62

Elite 8

East REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	North Carolina 75,	2	UConn 64

Midwest REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	3	Stanford 79	8	, Rhode Island 77

South REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	, Duke 84	2	Kentucky 86

West REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Arizona 51	3	Utah 76,

Final 4

at San Antonio, TX

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

March 28 and 30
- Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio)

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	2	Kentucky 86,	3	Stanford 85 (OT)
	1	North Carolina 59	3	Utah 65,

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

at San Antonio, TX

Favorite

Seed

Team

Seed

Team

Score

Star Efforts

Kentucky 78,

Utah 69

Kentucky leaders: Scott Padgett, Jr., F; Allen Edwards, Sr., F; Nazr Mohammed, Jr., C; Wayne Turner, Sr., G; Jeff Sheppard, Sr., G.

Top 10 Teams

Rank Team	W-L	Post-Season Result
1. Kentucky	33-4	NCAA 1st Place
2. Utah	30-4	NCAA 2nd Place
3. North Carolina	34-4	Lost to Utah in NCAA semfinals
4. Stanford	30-5	Lost to Kentucky in NCAA semifinals
5. Duke	32-4	Lost to Kentucky in regional semifinal
6. Arizona	30-5	Lost to Utah in regional final
7. Connecticut	32-5	Lost to North Carolina in regional final
8. Kansas	35-4	Lost to Rhode Island in NCAA 2nd round
9. Purdue	28-8	Lost to Stanford in regional semifinal
10. Michigan State	22-8	Lost to North Carolina in regional semifinal

All-America Team

Pos	Name	Cl.	School
F	Raef LaFrentz	6-11	Kansas
F	Paul Pierce	6-7	Kansas
C-F	Antawn Jamison	6-9	North Carolina
G	Miles Simon	6-5	Arizona
G	Mike Bibby	6-2	Arizona

All NCAA Tournament Team

MVP: Jeff Sheppard (Kentucky)

Team Offense

TCU, 93.3

Notes

Northwestern was rocked by a scandal regarding point-shaving that was said to have taken place during the 1995 season.
Minnesota def. Big Ten rival Penn State 79-72 to win. Tournament MVP Kevin Clark led the Gophers with 28 points.

Team Defense

Princeton, 50.9

Individual Scoring

1. Charles Jones	LIU	28.4
2. Earl Boykins	Eastern Michigan	26.0
3. Lee Nailon	TCU	24.7
4. Brett Eppeheimer	Lehigh	24.6
5. Wally Szczerbiak	Miami of Ohio	24.4

Individual Rebounding

1. Ryan Perryman	Dayton	12.0
2. Eric Taylor	St. Francis (Pa.)	11.9
3. Raef Lafrentz	Kansas	11.2