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1998-99 Atlantic 10 Conference Season Summary
Record: 183-178, .507 W-L% (13th of 31) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 4.70 (10th of 31) ▪ SOS: 4.31 (9th of 31)
Regular Season Champion: Temple (East) and George Washington (West)
Tournament Champion: Rhode Island
NCAA Tournament: 3 (George Washington, Rhode Island and Temple)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Temple and Xavier)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | East | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Temple* R | 13 | 3 | .813 | 24 | 11 | .686 | 66.6 | 58.5 | 17.1 | 9.0 |
| 2 | Rhode Island* T | 10 | 6 | .625 | 20 | 13 | .606 | 72.0 | 68.0 | 9.5 | 5.6 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | 9 | 7 | .563 | 14 | 16 | .467 | 64.3 | 63.9 | 6.4 | 6.0 |
| 4 | St. Bonaventure | 8 | 8 | .500 | 14 | 15 | .483 | 64.1 | 65.2 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 5 | Fordham | 5 | 11 | .313 | 12 | 15 | .444 | 66.1 | 69.6 | -1.6 | 1.9 |
| 5 | Saint Joseph's | 5 | 11 | .313 | 12 | 18 | .400 | 65.3 | 68.1 | 2.2 | 5.0 |
| Rk | West | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | George Washington* R | 13 | 3 | .813 | 20 | 9 | .690 | 79.5 | 74.0 | 11.0 | 5.5 |
| 2 | Xavier | 12 | 4 | .750 | 25 | 11 | .694 | 77.3 | 68.3 | 12.9 | 3.9 |
| 3 | La Salle | 8 | 8 | .500 | 13 | 15 | .464 | 72.3 | 74.6 | -0.4 | 1.9 |
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 9 | .438 | 13 | 15 | .464 | 65.3 | 66.1 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| 5 | Dayton | 5 | 11 | .313 | 11 | 17 | .393 | 67.9 | 68.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 6 | Duquesne | 1 | 15 | .063 | 5 | 23 | .179 | 61.5 | 73.1 | -7.6 | 4.0 |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 11/17 | 11/24 | 12/1 | 12/8 | 12/15 | 12/22 | 12/29 | 1/5 | 1/12 | 1/19 | 1/26 | 2/2 | 2/9 | 2/16 | 2/23 | 3/2 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 24 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 23 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Xavier | 17 | 16 | 13 | 23 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
George Washington lost (108-88) versus Indiana (South Regional)
Rhode Island lost (81-70) versus Charlotte (Midwest Regional)
Temple won (61-54) versus Kent State (East Regional)
Second Round
Temple won (64-54) versus Cincinnati (East Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Temple won (77-55) versus Purdue (East Regional)
Regional Final
Temple lost (85-64) versus Duke (East Regional)
Conference Leaders
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