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1998-99 Big Ten Conference Season Summary

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Record: 217-134, .618 W-L% (2nd of 31) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 14.48 (2nd of 31) ▪ SOS: 10.47 (1st of 31)

Regular Season Champion: Michigan State
Tournament Champion: Michigan State

NCAA Tournament: 7 (Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Indiana, Michigan State and Purdue)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State and Wisconsin)

Standings

Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games
Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
1 Michigan State* RTF 15 1 .938 33 5 .868 71.1 59.4 22.6 10.9
2 Indiana*  9 7 .563 23 11 .676 75.4 69.6 17.2 11.4
3 Wisconsin*  9 7 .563 22 10 .688 62.1 55.2 17.3 10.4
4 Iowa*  9 7 .563 20 10 .667 73.9 70.0 15.4 11.4
5 Minnesota*  8 8 .500 17 11 .607 68.9 65.3 13.5 9.9
6 Purdue*  7 9 .438 21 13 .618 68.5 65.7 13.2 10.4
7 Northwestern  6 10 .375 15 14 .517 59.8 58.0 10.8 9.1
8 Penn State  5 11 .313 13 14 .481 69.3 66.7 11.2 8.6
9 Michigan  5 11 .313 12 19 .387 65.6 68.8 8.5 11.7 *Overall W-L adjusted to 0-19
10 Illinois  3 13 .188 14 18 .438 61.5 62.8 10.6 11.9
11 Ohio State* F 12 4 .750 27 9 .750 74.5 64.9 19.0 9.5 *Overall W-L adjusted to 1-1

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
Michigan State 5 5 7 9 14 14 15 13 12 14 11 8 8 5 4 3 2 2
Ohio State                   21   15 15 13 11 10 11 14
Wisconsin           23 20 19 24 17 15 12 11 15 13 16 19 18
Indiana 22 21 17 16 11 10 10 8 13 23 18 20 21 17 19 20 17 19
Iowa           25 21 21 17 12 14 16 14 19 20 18 20 21
Minnesota         24 17 17 16 16 19 17 19 18 22     23  
Purdue 16 15 14 14 9 8 9 11 9 13 16 14 18 21 17 23    

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Indiana won (108-88) versus George Washington (South Regional)
Iowa won (77-64) versus Alabama-Birmingham (West Regional)
Michigan State won (76-53) versus Mount St. Mary's (Midwest Regional)
Minnesota lost (75-63) versus Gonzaga (West Regional)
Ohio State won (72-58) versus Murray State (South Regional)
Purdue won (58-54) versus Texas (East Regional)
Wisconsin lost (43-32) versus Missouri State (East Regional)

Second Round
Indiana lost (86-61) versus St. John's (NY) (South Regional)
Iowa won (82-72) versus Arkansas (West Regional)
Michigan State won (74-66) versus Mississippi (Midwest Regional)
Ohio State won (75-44) versus Detroit Mercy (South Regional)
Purdue won (73-63) versus Miami (FL) (East Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Iowa lost (78-68) versus Connecticut (West Regional)
Michigan State won (54-46) versus Oklahoma (Midwest Regional)
Ohio State won (72-64) versus Auburn (South Regional)
Purdue lost (77-55) versus Temple (East Regional)

Regional Final
Michigan State won (73-66) versus Kentucky (Midwest Regional)
Ohio State won (77-74) versus St. John's (NY) (South Regional)

National Semifinal
Michigan State lost (68-62) versus Duke
Ohio State lost (64-58) versus Connecticut

Conference Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements ▪ Stats include all games played
Games
1. Thomas Kelley-MIST 38
  Mateen Cleaves-MIST 38
  Morris Peterson-MIST 38
  Doug Davis-MIST 38
  Charlie Bell-MIST 38
  Antonio Smith-MIST 38
  A.J. Granger-MIST 38
8. Andre Hutson-MIST 37
  Jason Klein-MIST 37
10. George Reese-OHST 36
  Jason Singleton-OHST 36
  Brian Brown-OHST 36
  Michael Redd-OHST 36
  Ken Johnson-OHST 36
  Scoonie Penn-OHST 36
Field Goals
1. Michael Redd-OHST 261
2. Quincy Lewis-MN 226
3. Scoonie Penn-OHST 202
4. A.J. Guyton-IN 198
5. Louis Bullock-MI 195
6. Morris Peterson-MIST 190
7. Luke Recker-IN 182
8. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 180
9. Cory Bradford-IL 174
10. Jaraan Cornell-PUR 171
Field Goal Attempts
1. Michael Redd-OHST 560
2. Quincy Lewis-MN 495
3. Louis Bullock-MI 476
4. Scoonie Penn-OHST 450
  Cory Bradford-IL 450
6. A.J. Guyton-IN 435
7. Luke Recker-IN 425
8. Jaraan Cornell-PUR 421
9. Sean Mason-WI 419
10. Mateen Cleaves-MIST 392
Field Goal Percentage
1. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST .584
2. Morris Peterson-MIST .554
3. Calvin Booth-PAST .513
4. Michael Redd-OHST .466
5. Quincy Lewis-MN .457
6. A.J. Guyton-IN .455
7. Scoonie Penn-OHST .449
8. Luke Recker-IN .428
9. Louis Bullock-MI .410
10. Jaraan Cornell-PUR .406
3-Point Field Goals
1. Scoonie Penn-OHST 88
2. Robbie Reid-MI 86
3. Jaraan Cornell-PUR 85
  Cory Bradford-IL 85
5. Sean Mason-WI 78
6. A.J. Guyton-IN 76
7. Louis Bullock-MI 75
8. Joe Crispin-PAST 68
9. Luke Recker-IN 64
10. Kent McCausland-IA 59
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Jaraan Cornell-PUR 245
2. Scoonie Penn-OHST 229
3. Robbie Reid-MI 222
4. Sean Mason-WI 208
5. Cory Bradford-IL 205
6. Louis Bullock-MI 199
7. Joe Crispin-PAST 191
8. A.J. Guyton-IN 187
9. Luke Recker-IN 176
10. Ty Calderwood-WI 165
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Cory Bradford-IL .415
2. Robbie Reid-MI .387
3. Joe Crispin-PAST .356
4. Jaraan Cornell-PUR .347
Free Throws
1. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 208
2. Louis Bullock-MI 178
3. Sean Mason-WI 137
4. Michael Redd-OHST 135
5. Quincy Lewis-MN 120
6. Luke Recker-IN 118
7. Scoonie Penn-OHST 117
8. Brian Cardinal-PUR 114
  Morris Peterson-MIST 114
10. Dean Oliver-IA 111
Free Throw Attempts
1. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 273
2. Michael Redd-OHST 220
3. Louis Bullock-MI 206
4. Sean Mason-WI 169
5. Scoonie Penn-OHST 158
  Luke Recker-IN 158
7. Dean Oliver-IA 155
8. Quincy Lewis-MN 148
9. Brian Cardinal-PUR 147
10. Morris Peterson-MIST 140
Free Throw Percentage
1. Louis Bullock-MI .864
2. Morris Peterson-MIST .814
3. Quincy Lewis-MN .811
4. Sean Mason-WI .811
5. Jaraan Cornell-PUR .789
6. Andre Hutson-MIST .781
7. Brian Cardinal-PUR .775
8. Calvin Booth-PAST .775
9. Kevin Clark-MN .773
10. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST .762
Total Rebounds
1. Antonio Smith-MIST 319
2. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 292
3. Calvin Booth-PAST 236
4. Peter Vignier-MI 229
5. Kirk Haston-IN 220
6. Morris Peterson-MIST 216
7. Ken Johnson-OHST 204
8. Michael Redd-OHST 203
9. Andre Hutson-MIST 192
10. Brian Cardinal-PUR 186
Assists
1. Mateen Cleaves-MIST 274
2. Scoonie Penn-OHST 154
3. Michael Lewis-IN 147
4. Dean Oliver-IA 136
5. Dan Earl-PAST 111
6. Ty Calderwood-WI 104
7. Titus Ivory-PAST 97
8. Robbie Reid-MI 96
9. Joe Crispin-PAST 90
  Luke Recker-IN 90
Steals
1. Brian Cardinal-PUR 78
2. Sergio McClain-IL 71
3. Scoonie Penn-OHST 70
4. Mateen Cleaves-MIST 69
5. Jason Singleton-OHST 64
6. Mike Kelley-WI 62
7. Luke Recker-IN 59
8. Antonio Smith-MIST 56
9. Cleotis Brown-IL 52
10. Dean Oliver-IA 51
  Michael Redd-OHST 51
Blocks
1. Ken Johnson-OHST 100
2. Calvin Booth-PAST 95
3. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 48
4. Antoine Broxsie-MN 39
5. Fess Hawkins-IL 36
  Josh Asselin-MI 36
7. J.R. Koch-IA 32
8. Brandon Smith-MI 30
9. Kirk Haston-IN 28
  Greg McQuay-PUR 28
Points
1. Michael Redd-OHST 703
2. Louis Bullock-MI 643
3. Quincy Lewis-MN 625
4. Scoonie Penn-OHST 609
5. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 568
6. Luke Recker-IN 546
7. A.J. Guyton-IN 543
8. Sean Mason-WI 539
9. Jaraan Cornell-PUR 517
10. Morris Peterson-MIST 516
Points Per Game
1. Quincy Lewis-MN 23.1
2. Louis Bullock-MI 20.7
3. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 19.6
4. Michael Redd-OHST 19.5
5. Scoonie Penn-OHST 16.9
6. Sean Mason-WI 16.8
7. Luke Recker-IN 16.1
8. A.J. Guyton-IN 16.0
9. Cory Bradford-IL 15.4
10. Calvin Booth-PAST 15.3
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 10.1
2. Calvin Booth-PAST 8.7
3. Antonio Smith-MIST 8.4
4. Peter Vignier-MI 7.4
5. Myles Tarver-MN 7.1
6. Kirk Haston-IN 6.5
7. Quincy Lewis-MN 5.9
8. Josh Asselin-MI 5.9
9. Joel Przybilla-MN 5.8
10. Morris Peterson-MIST 5.7
Assists Per Game
1. Mateen Cleaves-MIST 7.2
2. Dean Oliver-IA 4.5
3. Michael Lewis-IN 4.5
4. Scoonie Penn-OHST 4.3
5. Dan Earl-PAST 4.1
6. Titus Ivory-PAST 3.6
7. Joe Crispin-PAST 3.3
8. Ty Calderwood-WI 3.2
9. Robbie Reid-MI 3.1
10. Julian Bonner-NWEST 2.7
Steals Per Game
1. Brian Cardinal-PUR 2.3
2. Sergio McClain-IL 2.3
3. Scoonie Penn-OHST 1.9
4. Mike Kelley-WI 1.9
5. Mateen Cleaves-MIST 1.8
6. Jason Singleton-OHST 1.8
  Dan Earl-PAST 1.8
8. Luke Recker-IN 1.7
9. Dean Oliver-IA 1.7
10. Jason Bauer-IA 1.6
Blocks Per Game
1. Calvin Booth-PAST 3.5
2. Ken Johnson-OHST 2.8
3. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 1.7
4. Antoine Broxsie-MN 1.4
5. Josh Asselin-MI 1.2
6. Fess Hawkins-IL 1.1
7. J.R. Koch-IA 1.1
8. Brandon Smith-MI 1.0
9. Guy Rucker-IA 0.9
10. Greg McQuay-PUR 0.8
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Morris Peterson-MIST .586
2. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST .584
3. Scoonie Penn-OHST .547
4. A.J. Guyton-IN .543
5. Calvin Booth-PAST .513
6. Quincy Lewis-MN .510
7. Michael Redd-OHST .507
8. Jaraan Cornell-PUR .507
9. Luke Recker-IN .504
10. Louis Bullock-MI .488
True Shooting Percentage
1. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST .649
2. Morris Peterson-MIST .630
3. J.R. Koch-IA .622
4. Brian Cardinal-PUR .613
5. Dan Earl-PAST .601
6. Kevin Clark-MN .582
7. Scoonie Penn-OHST .580
8. Greg McQuay-PUR .567
9. A.J. Guyton-IN .566
10. Calvin Booth-PAST .564
Offensive Win Shares
1. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 5.6
2. Morris Peterson-MIST 4.2
3. Scoonie Penn-OHST 3.8
4. Louis Bullock-MI 3.5
5. Andre Hutson-MIST 3.1
6. Quincy Lewis-MN 3.1
7. Brian Cardinal-PUR 2.9
8. A.J. Guyton-IN 2.8
9. Sean Mason-WI 2.8
10. Michael Redd-OHST 2.7
Defensive Win Shares
1. Ken Johnson-OHST 4.3
2. Antonio Smith-MIST 3.7
3. Morris Peterson-MIST 3.2
4. Andre Hutson-MIST 2.8
5. Mateen Cleaves-MIST 2.6
6. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 2.5
7. Jason Singleton-OHST 2.5
8. Scoonie Penn-OHST 2.5
9. Andy Kowske-WI 2.4
10. Fess Hawkins-IL 2.4
Win Shares
1. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 8.2
2. Morris Peterson-MIST 7.4
3. Scoonie Penn-OHST 6.2
4. Andre Hutson-MIST 6.0
5. Brian Cardinal-PUR 5.1
6. Ken Johnson-OHST 5.0
7. Jason Singleton-OHST 5.0
8. Michael Redd-OHST 5.0
9. Sean Mason-WI 4.8
10. Antonio Smith-MIST 4.8