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1998-99 Big East Conference Season Summary

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Record: 236-171, .580 W-L% (5th of 31) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 10.87 (5th of 31) ▪ SOS: 7.94 (4th of 31)

Regular Season Champion: Connecticut
Tournament Champion: Connecticut

NCAA Tournament: 5 (Connecticut, Miami (FL), St. John's (NY), Syracuse and Villanova)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Connecticut and Syracuse)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Connecticut, Miami (FL) and St. John's (NY))

Standings

Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS
1 Connecticut* RTFN 16 2 .889 34 2 .944 77.3 61.3 24.7 8.8
2 Miami (FL)*  15 3 .833 23 7 .767 72.6 65.0 16.8 9.2
3 St. John's (NY)*  14 4 .778 28 9 .757 79.0 65.4 22.7 9.1
4 Syracuse*  10 8 .556 21 12 .636 72.0 63.8 15.9 7.6
5 Villanova*  10 8 .556 21 11 .656 75.3 71.1 12.0 7.9
6 Rutgers  9 9 .500 19 13 .594 70.3 65.3 12.3 7.3
7 Providence  9 9 .500 16 14 .533 76.1 76.2 8.3 8.3
8 Notre Dame  8 10 .444 14 16 .467 71.9 73.7 5.2 7.0
9 Seton Hall  8 10 .444 15 15 .500 66.2 64.9 9.4 8.0
10 Georgetown  6 12 .333 15 16 .484 67.9 66.1 8.2 6.4
11 Pittsburgh  5 13 .278 14 16 .467 67.2 70.4 4.1 7.2
12 West Virginia  4 14 .222 10 19 .345 66.2 71.8 3.0 8.6
13 Boston College  3 15 .167 6 21 .222 62.6 71.6 -1.2 7.8

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
Connecticut 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 3
St. John's (NY)     23 25 18 15 14 12 10 11 8 9 9 11 10 8 10 9
Miami (FL)                     25 23 25 16 15 11 9 10
Pittsburgh       20 20 22 24 23                    
Syracuse 20 22 19 12 13 21 22 22 20 18 20 17 16 18 21 24    

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Connecticut won (91-66) versus Texas-San Antonio (West Regional)
Miami (FL) won (75-54) versus Lafayette (East Regional)
St. John's (NY) won (69-43) versus Samford (South Regional)
Syracuse lost (69-61) versus Oklahoma State (South Regional)
Villanova lost (72-70) versus Mississippi (Midwest Regional)

Second Round
Connecticut won (78-56) versus New Mexico (West Regional)
Miami (FL) lost (73-63) versus Purdue (East Regional)
St. John's (NY) won (86-61) versus Indiana (South Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Connecticut won (78-68) versus Iowa (West Regional)
St. John's (NY) won (76-62) versus Maryland (South Regional)

Regional Final
Connecticut won (67-62) versus Gonzaga (West Regional)
St. John's (NY) lost (77-74) versus Ohio State (South Regional)

National Semifinal
Connecticut won (64-58) versus Ohio State

National Final
Connecticut won (77-74) versus Duke

Conference Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements ▪ Stats include all games played
Games
1. Ron Artest-STJOHN 37
  Lavor Postell-STJOHN 37
  Marvis Thornton-STJOHN 37
  Erick Barkley-STJOHN 37
5. Ricky Moore-CT 36
  Reggie Jessie-STJOHN 36
  Khalid El-Amin-CT 36
  Kevin Freeman-CT 36
9. Albert Richardson-STJOHN 35
  Edmund Saunders-CT 35
Field Goals
1. Richard Hamilton-CT 247
2. Jamel Thomas-PROV 225
3. Marvis Thornton-STJOHN 223
4. Tim James-MIAFL 215
5. Ron Artest-STJOHN 196
6. Johnny Hemsley-MIAFL 183
  Troy Murphy-NDAME 183
8. Marcus Goree-WV 180
9. Elton Scott-WV 179
10. Khalid El-Amin-CT 174
Field Goal Attempts
1. Richard Hamilton-CT 557
2. Jamel Thomas-PROV 532
3. Tim James-MIAFL 451
4. Marvis Thornton-STJOHN 446
5. Anthony Perry-GTWN 429
6. Khalid El-Amin-CT 422
7. Kevin Braswell-GTWN 421
8. Ron Artest-STJOHN 418
9. Johnny Hemsley-MIAFL 408
10. Jason Hart-SYR 407
Field Goal Percentage
1. Troy Murphy-NDAME .538
2. Marcus Goree-WV .506
3. Marvis Thornton-STJOHN .500
4. Isaac Hawkins-PITT .482
5. Tim James-MIAFL .477
6. Ron Artest-STJOHN .469
7. Johnny Hemsley-MIAFL .449
8. Richard Hamilton-CT .443
9. Elton Scott-WV .441
10. Jamel Thomas-PROV .423
3-Point Field Goals
1. Johnny Hemsley-MIAFL 70
2. Richard Hamilton-CT 68
3. Sean Connolly-PROV 64
4. Geoff Billet-RUT 63
5. Anthony Perry-GTWN 61
6. John Celestand-NOVA 58
  Ron Artest-STJOHN 58
  Jamel Thomas-PROV 58
9. Jarett Kearse-WV 57
  Erick Barkley-STJOHN 57
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Richard Hamilton-CT 196
2. Anthony Perry-GTWN 184
3. Jamel Thomas-PROV 183
4. Johnny Hemsley-MIAFL 175
5. Erick Barkley-STJOHN 166
6. Sean Connolly-PROV 165
7. Ron Artest-STJOHN 155
8. Geoff Billet-RUT 154
9. John Celestand-NOVA 153
10. Khalid El-Amin-CT 151
Free Throws
1. Richard Hamilton-CT 170
2. Jamel Thomas-PROV 153
3. Troy Murphy-NDAME 149
4. Erick Barkley-STJOHN 129
5. Rob Hodgson-RUT 122
6. Geoff Billet-RUT 121
7. Marcus Goree-WV 117
8. Tim James-MIAFL 115
9. Kevin Freeman-CT 114
10. Etan Thomas-SYR 109
Free Throw Attempts
1. Richard Hamilton-CT 204
2. Jamel Thomas-PROV 203
3. Troy Murphy-NDAME 201
4. Etan Thomas-SYR 190
5. Erick Barkley-STJOHN 167
6. Tim James-MIAFL 165
7. Kevin Freeman-CT 160
8. Marcus Goree-WV 158
9. Rob Hodgson-RUT 153
10. Geoff Billet-RUT 148
Free Throw Percentage
1. Rimas Kaukenas-SH .843
2. Richard Hamilton-CT .833
3. Geoff Billet-RUT .818
4. Dahntay Jones-RUT .814
5. John Celestand-NOVA .798
6. Rob Hodgson-RUT .797
7. Malik Allen-NOVA .794
8. Lavor Postell-STJOHN .794
9. Johnny Hemsley-MIAFL .784
10. Khalid El-Amin-CT .778
Total Rebounds
1. Troy Murphy-NDAME 267
2. Kevin Freeman-CT 263
3. Ryan Blackwell-SYR 259
4. Isaac Hawkins-PITT 257
5. Tyrone Grant-STJOHN 248
6. Tim James-MIAFL 246
7. Etan Thomas-SYR 243
8. Lavor Postell-STJOHN 236
9. Ron Artest-STJOHN 232
10. Marcus Goree-WV 230
Assists
1. Erick Barkley-STJOHN 175
2. Vernon Jennings-MIAFL 167
3. Ron Artest-STJOHN 156
4. Jason Hart-SYR 143
5. Shaheen Holloway-SH 141
  Kevin Braswell-GTWN 141
7. Khalid El-Amin-CT 140
8. John Celestand-NOVA 137
9. Geoff Billet-RUT 135
10. Ricky Moore-CT 131
Steals
1. Jason Hart-SYR 101
2. John Linehan-PROV 98
3. Kevin Braswell-GTWN 84
4. Erick Barkley-STJOHN 83
5. Elton Scott-WV 79
6. Ron Artest-STJOHN 76
7. Vonteego Cummings-PITT 69
8. Kellii Taylor-PITT 67
9. Ricardo Greer-PITT 63
10. Vernon Jennings-MIAFL 60
Blocks
1. Etan Thomas-SYR 131
2. Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje-GTWN 89
3. Malik Allen-NOVA 71
4. Tim James-MIAFL 65
5. Jameel Watkins-GTWN 58
6. Jake Voskuhl-CT 51
7. Duane Jordan-SH 46
8. Ron Artest-STJOHN 44
9. Attila Cosby-PITT 43
10. Marcus Goree-WV 40
Points
1. Richard Hamilton-CT 732
2. Jamel Thomas-PROV 661
3. Tim James-MIAFL 557
4. Marvis Thornton-STJOHN 550
5. Ron Artest-STJOHN 535
6. Johnny Hemsley-MIAFL 534
7. Troy Murphy-NDAME 519
8. Erick Barkley-STJOHN 500
9. Khalid El-Amin-CT 497
10. Lavor Postell-STJOHN 485
Points Per Game
1. Jamel Thomas-PROV 22.0
2. Richard Hamilton-CT 21.5
3. Troy Murphy-NDAME 19.2
4. Tim James-MIAFL 18.6
5. Johnny Hemsley-MIAFL 17.8
6. Marcus Goree-WV 16.5
7. Vonteego Cummings-PITT 16.1
8. Elton Scott-WV 15.3
9. Marvis Thornton-STJOHN 14.9
10. John Celestand-NOVA 14.8
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Troy Murphy-NDAME 9.9
2. Isaac Hawkins-PITT 8.9
3. Tyrone Grant-STJOHN 8.6
4. Tim James-MIAFL 8.2
5. Marcus Goree-WV 7.9
6. Ryan Blackwell-SYR 7.8
7. Etan Thomas-SYR 7.4
8. Kevin Freeman-CT 7.3
9. Jamel Thomas-PROV 7.2
10. Jameel Watkins-GTWN 7.2
Assists Per Game
1. Vernon Jennings-MIAFL 5.6
2. Shaheen Holloway-SH 5.0
3. Erick Barkley-STJOHN 4.7
4. Kevin Braswell-GTWN 4.5
5. Jarett Kearse-WV 4.4
6. John Celestand-NOVA 4.4
7. Dwayne Pina-BC 4.3
  Jason Hart-SYR 4.3
9. Vonteego Cummings-PITT 4.3
10. Geoff Billet-RUT 4.2
Steals Per Game
1. John Linehan-PROV 3.3
2. Jason Hart-SYR 3.1
3. Kellii Taylor-PITT 2.8
4. Elton Scott-WV 2.7
5. Kevin Braswell-GTWN 2.7
6. Vonteego Cummings-PITT 2.7
7. Erick Barkley-STJOHN 2.2
8. Ricardo Greer-PITT 2.2
9. Ron Artest-STJOHN 2.1
10. Vernon Jennings-MIAFL 2.0
Blocks Per Game
1. Etan Thomas-SYR 4.0
2. Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje-GTWN 2.9
3. Malik Allen-NOVA 2.2
4. Tim James-MIAFL 2.2
5. Jameel Watkins-GTWN 1.9
6. Attila Cosby-PITT 1.5
7. Duane Jordan-SH 1.5
8. Jake Voskuhl-CT 1.5
9. Troy Murphy-NDAME 1.4
10. Marcus Goree-WV 1.4
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Marvis Thornton-STJOHN .559
2. Troy Murphy-NDAME .544
3. Ron Artest-STJOHN .538
4. Johnny Hemsley-MIAFL .534
5. Marcus Goree-WV .507
6. Richard Hamilton-CT .504
7. Tim James-MIAFL .490
8. Isaac Hawkins-PITT .484
9. Jamel Thomas-PROV .477
10. Jason Hart-SYR .475
True Shooting Percentage
1. Kevin Freeman-CT .623
2. Mario Bland-MIAFL .622
3. Rob Hodgson-RUT .620
4. Etan Thomas-SYR .613
5. Malik Allen-NOVA .612
6. Tyrone Grant-STJOHN .597
7. Troy Murphy-NDAME .596
8. Geoff Billet-RUT .595
9. Rimas Kaukenas-SH .587
10. David Graves-NDAME .577
Offensive Win Shares
1. Richard Hamilton-CT 3.8
2. Kevin Freeman-CT 3.3
3. Troy Murphy-NDAME 3.2
4. Rob Hodgson-RUT 3.2
5. Johnny Hemsley-MIAFL 3.1
6. Etan Thomas-SYR 3.0
7. Marvis Thornton-STJOHN 2.9
8. Geoff Billet-RUT 2.9
9. Ron Artest-STJOHN 2.7
10. Rimas Kaukenas-SH 2.6
Defensive Win Shares
1. Ron Artest-STJOHN 5.1
2. Etan Thomas-SYR 4.4
3. Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje-GTWN 4.2
4. Jake Voskuhl-CT 3.8
5. Jameel Watkins-GTWN 3.3
6. Erick Barkley-STJOHN 3.0
7. Kevin Braswell-GTWN 2.8
8. Ricky Moore-CT 2.8
9. Tim James-MIAFL 2.8
10. Kevin Freeman-CT 2.7
Win Shares
1. Ron Artest-STJOHN 7.8
2. Etan Thomas-SYR 7.3
3. Richard Hamilton-CT 6.4
4. Kevin Freeman-CT 6.1
5. Marvis Thornton-STJOHN 5.3
6. Erick Barkley-STJOHN 4.9
7. Rob Hodgson-RUT 4.8
8. Tim James-MIAFL 4.8
9. Jake Voskuhl-CT 4.7
10. Lavor Postell-STJOHN 4.7