Overall: 29-4, .879 W-L% (7th of 306)
Conference: 16-2, 1st in OVC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mark Gottfried (29-4)
PS/G: 84.6 (7th of 306) ▪ PA/G: 71.2 (176th of 306)
SRS: 6.82 (81st of 306) ▪ SOS: -6.35 (239th of 306)
NCAA Tournament: (#9 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest First Round (97-74) versus #8 Rhode Island
| 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 |
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| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Nov 19, 1997 | REG | @ | Dayton | A-10 | W | 76 | 69 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Mon, Nov 24, 1997 | REG | Belmont | W | 79 | 59 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Fri, Nov 28, 1997 | REG | Western Illinois | Mid-Cont | W | 106 | 67 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 29, 1997 | REG | Idaho State | Big Sky | W | 111 | 64 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Dec 4, 1997 | REG | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | W | 64 | 57 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 6, 1997 | REG | Morehead State | OVC | W | 91 | 69 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Sun, Dec 21, 1997 | REG | @ | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | W | 86 | 75 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | |
| 8 | Wed, Dec 24, 1997 | REG | N | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 53 | 76 | 7 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Thu, Dec 25, 1997 | REG | N | Arkansas | SEC | W | 94 | 83 | 8 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Fri, Dec 26, 1997 | REG | N | Iowa State | Big 12 | W | 84 | 76 | 9 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 3, 1998 | REG | @ | Middle Tennessee | OVC | L | 71 | 76 | 9 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Mon, Jan 5, 1998 | REG | @ | Tennessee Tech | OVC | W | 95 | 72 | 10 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 10, 1998 | REG | @ | Tennessee-Martin | OVC | W | 67 | 56 | 11 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 14 | Tue, Jan 13, 1998 | REG | @ | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | W | 73 | 63 | 12 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 15 | Thu, Jan 15, 1998 | REG | Eastern Illinois | OVC | W | 88 | 77 | 13 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 17, 1998 | REG | Southeast Missouri State | OVC | W | 101 | 66 | 14 | 2 | W 5 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Jan 22, 1998 | REG | @ | Austin Peay | OVC | L | 72 | 80 | 14 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Sat, Jan 24, 1998 | REG | @ | Tennessee State | OVC | W | 96 | 84 | 15 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 19 | Thu, Jan 29, 1998 | REG | Middle Tennessee | OVC | W | 78 | 75 | 16 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Jan 31, 1998 | REG | Tennessee Tech | OVC | W | 109 | 70 | 17 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 21 | Tue, Feb 3, 1998 | REG | @ | Morehead State | OVC | W | 95 | 81 | 18 | 3 | W 4 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 7, 1998 | REG | Tennessee-Martin | OVC | W | 94 | 66 | 19 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 12, 1998 | REG | @ | Eastern Illinois | OVC | W | 74 | 64 | 20 | 3 | W 6 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 14, 1998 | REG | @ | Southeast Missouri State | OVC | W | 82 | 71 | 21 | 3 | W 7 | |
| 25 | Thu, Feb 19, 1998 | REG | Austin Peay | OVC | W | 86 | 78 | 22 | 3 | W 8 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Feb 21, 1998 | REG | Tennessee State | OVC | W | 81 | 76 | 23 | 3 | W 9 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Tue, Feb 24, 1998 | CTOURN | Tennessee Tech | OVC | W | 84 | 63 | 24 | 3 | W 10 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Feb 28, 1998 | CTOURN | N | Austin Peay | OVC | W | 81 | 56 | 25 | 3 | W 11 | |
| 29 | Sun, Mar 1, 1998 | CTOURN | @ | Tennessee State | OVC | W | 92 | 69 | 26 | 3 | W 12 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Fri, Mar 13, 1998 | NCAA | N | Rhode Island | A-10 | L | 74 | 97 | 26 | 4 | L 1 |