You Are Here > SR/CBB > Conferences > Western Athletic Conference > 1997-98

News: s-r blog:Best Teams in the History of Each Sweet 16 School

1997-98 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary

Previous Season ▪ Next Season

Record: 272-204, .571 W-L% (6th of 30) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 5.27 (9th of 30) ▪ SOS: 3.71 (9th of 30)

Regular Season Champion: Utah (Mountain) and Texas Christian (Pacific)
Tournament Champion: Nevada-Las Vegas

NCAA Tournament: 4 (Nevada-Las Vegas, New Mexico, Texas Christian and Utah)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Fresno State, New Mexico and Utah)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (New Mexico, Texas Christian and Utah)

Standings

Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk Mountain W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS
1 Utah* RF 12 2 .857 30 4 .882 69.8 57.6 17.1 4.9
2 New Mexico*  11 3 .786 24 8 .750 75.7 65.9 14.9 5.1
3 Wyoming  9 5 .643 19 9 .679 63.4 59.5 5.5 1.5
4 Colorado State  8 6 .571 20 9 .690 67.3 62.7 6.1 1.5
5 Nevada-Las Vegas* T 7 7 .500 20 13 .606 69.2 67.1 7.4 5.3
6 Brigham Young  4 10 .286 9 21 .300 63.5 69.8 -0.2 6.1
7 Texas-El Paso  3 11 .214 12 14 .462 63.5 65.9 0.5 2.9
8 Air Force  2 12 .143 10 16 .385 62.8 70.9 -5.5 2.6
Rk Pacific W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS
1 Texas Christian* R 14 0 1.000 27 6 .818 97.0 77.4 22.1 2.5
2 Fresno State  10 4 .714 21 13 .618 81.8 78.1 9.2 5.5
3 Tulsa  9 5 .643 19 12 .613 68.3 65.1 6.3 3.0
4 Hawaii  8 6 .571 21 9 .700 77.6 70.8 11.1 4.3
5 Southern Methodist  6 8 .429 18 10 .643 76.4 71.2 5.6 0.4
6 San Diego State  5 9 .357 13 15 .464 69.1 73.6 -1.2 3.3
7 Rice  3 11 .214 6 22 .214 62.7 70.6 -2.2 5.7
8 San Jose State  1 13 .071 3 23 .115 59.6 76.7 -12.4 4.7

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
Utah 16 16 16 11 9 7 6 4 3 4 4 3 5 5 6 5 5 7
Texas Christian           24 25             22 19 15 13 15
New Mexico 11 11 10 8 14 14 14 12 12 15 17 14 12 11 11 16 20 18
Fresno State 13 13 12 16 18                          
Hawaii                 21 24 24              

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Nevada-Las Vegas lost (69-57) versus Princeton (East Regional)
New Mexico won (79-62) versus Butler (South Regional)
Texas Christian lost (96-87) versus Florida State (Midwest Regional)
Utah won (85-68) versus San Francisco (West Regional)

Second Round
New Mexico lost (56-46) versus Syracuse (South Regional)
Utah won (75-69) versus Arkansas (West Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Utah won (65-62) versus West Virginia (West Regional)

Regional Final
Utah won (76-51) versus Arizona (West Regional)

National Semifinal
Utah won (65-59) versus North Carolina

National Final
Utah lost (78-69) versus Kentucky

Conference Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements ▪ Stats include all games played
Games
1. Larry Abney-FREST 34
  Jordie Mctavish-UT 34
  Trace Caton-UT 34
  Andre Miller-UT 34
  Terrance Roberson-FREST 34
  Hanno Mottola-UT 34
  Demetrius Porter-FREST 34
  Alex Jensen-UT 34
9. Malcom Johnson-TXX 33
  Mike Jones-TXX 33
  Rafer Alston-FREST 33
  Mark Dickel-NVLV 33
  Dennis Davis-TXX 33
  Tyrone Nesby-NVLV 33
  Prince Fowler-TXX 33
  Drew Hansen-UT 33
Field Goals
1. Lee Nailon-TXX 329
2. Mike Jones-TXX 263
3. Malcom Johnson-TXX 223
4. Kenny Thomas-NM 195
5. Anthony Carter-HI 191
6. Tyrone Nesby-NVLV 187
7. Clayton Shields-NM 185
8. Alika Smith-HI 181
9. Terrance Roberson-FREST 180
10. Andre Miller-UT 173
Field Goal Attempts
1. Lee Nailon-TXX 594
2. Mike Jones-TXX 548
3. Malcom Johnson-TXX 487
4. Tyrone Nesby-NVLV 486
5. Anthony Carter-HI 422
6. Alika Smith-HI 411
7. Clayton Shields-NM 405
8. Rod Thompson-TLS 396
9. Terrance Roberson-FREST 391
10. Kenny Thomas-NM 385
Field Goal Percentage
1. Lee Nailon-TXX .554
2. Andre Miller-UT .549
3. Sharif Fajardo-TXEP .510
4. Kenny Thomas-NM .506
5. Jarvis Kelly Sanni-RICE .497
6. Tremaine Fowlkes-FREST .491
7. Michael Doleac-UT .488
8. Mike Jones-TXX .480
9. Chris Herren-FREST .467
10. Lamont Long-NM .461
3-Point Field Goals
1. Clayton Shields-NM 90
2. Terrance Roberson-FREST 87
  Malcom Johnson-TXX 87
4. Royce Olney-NM 80
5. Stephen Woods-SMETH 74
6. Jason Richey-SDGST 72
7. Jarmica Reese-AF 71
  Rod Thompson-TLS 71
9. Danny Bower-BYU 68
10. Alika Smith-HI 67
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Malcom Johnson-TXX 235
2. Clayton Shields-NM 221
3. Terrance Roberson-FREST 213
4. Rod Thompson-TLS 209
5. Jason Richey-SDGST 202
6. Rafer Alston-FREST 196
7. Danny Bower-BYU 187
8. Josko Visnjic-SDGST 179
  Alika Smith-HI 179
10. Stephen Woods-SMETH 177
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Royce Olney-NM .513
2. Stephen Woods-SMETH .418
3. Jarmica Reese-AF .418
4. Terrance Roberson-FREST .408
5. Clayton Shields-NM .407
6. Malcom Johnson-TXX .370
7. Jason Richey-SDGST .356
Free Throws
1. Jeron Roberts-WY 200
2. Michael Doleac-UT 173
3. Kaspars Kambala-NVLV 142
4. Lee Nailon-TXX 137
5. Ron Selleaze-BYU 133
6. Mekeli Wesley-BYU 130
7. Sharif Fajardo-TXEP 129
8. Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 122
  Kenny Thomas-NM 122
10. Andre Miller-UT 117
  Tremaine Fowlkes-FREST 117
Free Throw Attempts
1. Jeron Roberts-WY 250
2. Michael Doleac-UT 215
3. Kaspars Kambala-NVLV 197
4. Ron Selleaze-BYU 188
5. Lee Nailon-TXX 184
  Tremaine Fowlkes-FREST 184
7. Sharif Fajardo-TXEP 173
8. Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 170
9. Mekeli Wesley-BYU 168
10. Andre Miller-UT 162
Free Throw Percentage
1. Jason Richey-SDGST .857
2. Alika Smith-HI .818
3. Rod Thompson-TLS .805
4. Michael Doleac-UT .805
5. Mike Jones-TXX .803
6. Jeron Roberts-WY .800
7. Marmet Williams-SJST .785
8. Malcom Johnson-TXX .783
9. Anthony Carter-HI .782
10. Danny Bower-BYU .779
Total Rebounds
1. Tremaine Fowlkes-FREST 359
2. Dennis Davis-TXX 323
3. Kenny Thomas-NM 297
4. Michael Ruffin-TLS 296
5. Lee Nailon-TXX 285
6. Jarvis Kelly Sanni-RICE 262
7. Kaspars Kambala-NVLV 236
8. Roy Kruiswyk-SDGST 235
9. Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 231
10. Michael Doleac-UT 228
Assists
1. Rafer Alston-FREST 240
2. Anthony Carter-HI 212
3. Prince Fowler-TXX 200
4. Mark Dickel-NVLV 183
5. Mike Jones-TXX 181
6. Andre Miller-UT 177
7. Milt Palacio-COST 148
8. Chris Herren-FREST 138
9. Marmet Williams-SJST 118
  Alika Smith-HI 118
Steals
1. Mike Jones-TXX 96
2. Andre Miller-UT 73
3. Rafer Alston-FREST 70
4. Malcom Johnson-TXX 69
5. Anthony Carter-HI 64
6. Matt Watts-SDGST 61
7. Lee Nailon-TXX 56
8. Greedy Daniels-NVLV 55
9. Chris Herren-FREST 54
10. Eric Coley-TLS 53
Blocks
1. Kenny Thomas-NM 79
2. Michael Ruffin-TLS 78
3. Avondre Jones-FREST 75
4. Ryan Chilton-COST 72
5. Erin Galloway-HI 41
6. Isiah Epps-NVLV 39
7. Eric Coley-TLS 37
8. James Penny-TXX 36
9. Lee Nailon-TXX 33
  Michael Doleac-UT 33
Points
1. Lee Nailon-TXX 796
2. Mike Jones-TXX 702
3. Malcom Johnson-TXX 616
4. Kenny Thomas-NM 539
5. Clayton Shields-NM 534
6. Jeron Roberts-WY 532
  Alika Smith-HI 532
8. Anthony Carter-HI 527
9. Tyrone Nesby-NVLV 521
10. Michael Doleac-UT 516
Points Per Game
1. Lee Nailon-TXX 24.9
2. Mike Jones-TXX 21.3
3. Jeron Roberts-WY 19.0
4. Jarmica Reese-AF 18.8
5. Malcom Johnson-TXX 18.7
6. Alika Smith-HI 18.3
7. Anthony Carter-HI 18.2
8. Jason Richey-SDGST 17.4
9. Kenny Thomas-NM 16.8
10. Clayton Shields-NM 16.7
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Tremaine Fowlkes-FREST 11.2
2. Dennis Davis-TXX 9.8
3. Michael Ruffin-TLS 9.5
4. Jarvis Kelly Sanni-RICE 9.4
5. Kenny Thomas-NM 9.3
6. Lee Nailon-TXX 8.9
7. Roy Kruiswyk-SDGST 8.4
8. Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 8.2
9. Matt Barnett-COST 7.6
10. Sharif Fajardo-TXEP 7.4
Assists Per Game
1. Anthony Carter-HI 7.3
2. Rafer Alston-FREST 7.3
3. Prince Fowler-TXX 6.1
4. Mark Dickel-NVLV 5.5
5. Mike Jones-TXX 5.5
6. Andre Miller-UT 5.2
7. Milt Palacio-COST 5.1
8. Chris Herren-FREST 4.8
9. Marmet Williams-SJST 4.5
10. Alika Smith-HI 4.1
Steals Per Game
1. Mike Jones-TXX 2.9
2. Anthony Carter-HI 2.2
3. Matt Watts-SDGST 2.2
4. Andre Miller-UT 2.1
5. Rafer Alston-FREST 2.1
6. Malcom Johnson-TXX 2.1
7. Eric Coley-TLS 2.0
8. Chris Herren-FREST 1.9
9. Jason Richey-SDGST 1.8
10. Kevin Betts-SDGST 1.8
Blocks Per Game
1. Michael Ruffin-TLS 2.5
2. Ryan Chilton-COST 2.5
3. Kenny Thomas-NM 2.5
4. Isiah Epps-NVLV 1.4
5. Erin Galloway-HI 1.4
6. Eric Coley-TLS 1.4
7. David Schuck-AF 1.2
8. James Penny-TXX 1.1
9. Bobby Dimson-SMETH 1.1
10. Michael Doleac-UT 1.0
  Lee Nailon-TXX 1.0
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Andre Miller-UT .581
2. Terrance Roberson-FREST .572
3. Clayton Shields-NM .568
4. Lee Nailon-TXX .555
5. Malcom Johnson-TXX .547
6. Chris Herren-FREST .545
7. Kenny Thomas-NM .542
8. Mike Jones-TXX .536
9. Jarmica Reese-AF .536
10. Sharif Fajardo-TXEP .523
True Shooting Percentage
1. Royce Olney-NM .726
2. Kevin Betts-SDGST .649
3. Andre Miller-UT .616
4. James Smith-COST .594
5. Kaspars Kambala-NVLV .592
6. Clayton Shields-NM .589
7. Michael Doleac-UT .586
  Sharif Fajardo-TXEP .586
9. Kenny Thomas-NM .585
10. Lee Nailon-TXX .584
Offensive Win Shares
1. Andre Miller-UT 3.9
2. Royce Olney-NM 3.9
3. Lee Nailon-TXX 3.8
4. Michael Doleac-UT 3.4
5. Clayton Shields-NM 3.3
6. Kenny Thomas-NM 3.2
7. Mike Jones-TXX 3.2
8. Jeron Roberts-WY 2.8
9. Malcom Johnson-TXX 2.7
10. Alika Smith-HI 2.7
Defensive Win Shares
1. Andre Miller-UT 3.5
2. Lee Nailon-TXX 3.4
3. Dennis Davis-TXX 3.2
4. Kenny Thomas-NM 3.1
5. Ryan Chilton-COST 2.8
6. Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 2.8
7. Michael Ruffin-TLS 2.7
8. Bobby Dimson-SMETH 2.7
9. Mike Jones-TXX 2.7
10. Michael Doleac-UT 2.6
Win Shares
1. Andre Miller-UT 7.4
2. Lee Nailon-TXX 7.2
3. Kenny Thomas-NM 6.4
4. Michael Doleac-UT 6.0
5. Mike Jones-TXX 5.8
6. Malcom Johnson-TXX 5.1
7. Clayton Shields-NM 4.9
8. Royce Olney-NM 4.7
9. Sharif Fajardo-TXEP 4.5
10. Michael Ruffin-TLS 4.4