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1997-98 Big Ten Conference Season Summary
Record: 207-144, .590 W-L% (3rd of 30) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 12.59 (2nd of 30) ▪ SOS: 8.37 (2nd of 30)
Regular Season Champion: Illinois and Michigan State
Tournament Champion: Michigan
NCAA Tournament: 5 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Indiana, Iowa and Purdue)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS | Notes |
| 1 | Michigan State* R | 13 | 3 | .813 | 22 | 8 | .733 | 73.4 | 64.0 | 18.7 | 9.3 | |
| 2 | Illinois* R | 13 | 3 | .813 | 23 | 10 | .697 | 69.7 | 63.5 | 15.2 | 9.0 | |
| 3 | Purdue* | 12 | 4 | .750 | 28 | 8 | .778 | 83.7 | 72.3 | 20.7 | 9.2 | |
| 4 | Michigan* T | 11 | 5 | .688 | 25 | 9 | .735 | 76.9 | 67.7 | 18.8 | 9.6 | *Overall W-L adjusted to 0-8 |
| 5 | Iowa | 9 | 7 | .563 | 20 | 11 | .645 | 79.7 | 68.5 | 17.2 | 6.0 | |
| 6 | Indiana* | 9 | 7 | .563 | 20 | 12 | .625 | 76.8 | 73.3 | 14.2 | 10.7 | |
| 7 | Penn State | 8 | 8 | .500 | 19 | 13 | .594 | 72.9 | 68.9 | 10.5 | 6.4 | |
| 8 | Minnesota | 6 | 10 | .375 | 20 | 15 | .571 | 72.3 | 68.7 | 11.9 | 8.3 | *Overall W-L adjusted to 15-15 |
| 9 | Northwestern | 3 | 13 | .188 | 10 | 17 | .370 | 60.6 | 63.9 | 2.3 | 5.6 | |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 3 | 13 | .188 | 12 | 19 | .387 | 60.5 | 62.6 | 7.2 | 9.2 | |
| 11 | Ohio State | 1 | 15 | .063 | 8 | 22 | .267 | 65.9 | 72.8 | 1.8 | 8.7 | |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 11/18 | 11/25 | 12/2 | 12/9 | 12/16 | 12/23 | 12/30 | 1/6 | 1/13 | 1/20 | 1/27 | 2/3 | 2/10 | 2/17 | 2/24 | 3/3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 11 |
| Michigan | 21 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 12 | ||||||
| Michigan State | 22 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Illinois | 23 | 22 | 18 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 17 | 23 | 21 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 24 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Illinois won (64-51) versus South Alabama (West Regional)
Indiana won (94-87) versus Oklahoma (East Regional)
Michigan won (80-61) versus Davidson (South Regional)
Michigan State won (83-71) versus Eastern Michigan (East Regional)
Purdue won (95-56) versus Delaware (Midwest Regional)
Second Round
Illinois lost (67-61) versus Maryland (West Regional)
Indiana lost (78-68) versus Connecticut (East Regional)
Michigan lost (85-82) versus UCLA (South Regional)
Michigan State won (63-56) versus Princeton (East Regional)
Purdue won (80-65) versus Detroit Mercy (Midwest Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Michigan State lost (73-58) versus North Carolina (East Regional)
Purdue lost (67-59) versus Stanford (Midwest Regional)
Conference Leaders
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