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1997-98 Utah Utes Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 30-4 (12-2, 1st in WAC MBB Mountain)

Rank: 7th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Rick Majerus

PS/G: 70.0 (167th of 308)

PA/G: 57.6 (4th of 308)

SRS: 17.08 (18th of 306)

SOS: 4.90 (79th of 306)

ORtg: 111.1 (19th of 308)

DRtg: 91.4 (13th of 308)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in West)
Won West First Round (85-68) versus #14 San Francisco
Won West Second Round (75-69) versus #6 Arkansas
Won West Regional Semifinal (65-62) versus #10 West Virginia
Won West Regional Final (76-51) versus #1 Arizona
Won National Semifinal (65-59) versus #1 North Carolina
Lost National Final (78-69) versus #2 Kentucky

WAC Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1997-98 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
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
Utah	16	16	16	11	9	7	6	4	3	4	4	3	5	5	6	5	5	7

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Nov 15, 1997	REG		Cal State Fullerton	Big West	-3.54	W	87	59		1	0	W 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
2	Wed, Nov 19, 1997	REG	@	Weber State	Big Sky	-0.19	W	87	72		2	0	W 2	Dee Events Center
3	Sat, Nov 22, 1997	REG		Southern Utah	Mid-Cont	-13.89	W	66	48		3	0	W 3	Jon M. Huntsman Center
4	Tue, Nov 25, 1997	REG	@	Loyola Marymount	WCC	-6.97	W	89	50		4	0	W 4	Gersten Pavilion
5	Sat, Nov 29, 1997	REG		UC Irvine	Big West	-8.07	W	83	45		5	0	W 5	Jon M. Huntsman Center
6	Tue, Dec 2, 1997	REG	N	Providence	Big East	7.08	W	64	58		6	0	W 6	United Center
7	Sat, Dec 6, 1997	REG	@	Wake Forest (24)	ACC	9.62	W	62	53		7	0	W 7	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
8	Wed, Dec 10, 1997	REG		Utah State	Big West	6.54	W	71	55		8	0	W 8	Jon M. Huntsman Center
9	Fri, Dec 12, 1997	REG		Azusa Pacific			W	78	58		9	0	W 9	Jon M. Huntsman Center
10	Sat, Dec 20, 1997	REG	N	Oregon State	Pac-10	4.72	W	69	61		10	0	W 10
11	Sat, Dec 27, 1997	REG	@	Milwaukee	MW Coll	-9.89	W	66	51		11	0	W 11	Wisconsin Center Arena
12	Sat, Jan 3, 1998	REG		Rice	WAC	-1.99	W	73	65		12	0	W 12	Jon M. Huntsman Center
13	Sat, Jan 10, 1998	REG	@	Brigham Young	WAC	-0.11	W	71	61		13	0	W 13	Marriott Center
14	Thu, Jan 15, 1998	REG		Colorado State	WAC	6.28	W	65	51		14	0	W 14	Jon M. Huntsman Center
15	Sat, Jan 17, 1998	REG		Wyoming	WAC	5.53	W	75	58		15	0	W 15	Jon M. Huntsman Center
16	Thu, Jan 22, 1998	REG	@	Air Force	WAC	-5.45	W	57	46		16	0	W 16	Clune Arena
17	Sat, Jan 24, 1998	REG	@	Nevada-Las Vegas	WAC	7.43	W	67	54		17	0	W 17	Thomas & Mack Center
18	Thu, Jan 29, 1998	REG		UTEP	WAC	0.57	W	62	56		18	0	W 18	Jon M. Huntsman Center
19	Sun, Feb 1, 1998	REG	@	New Mexico (14)	WAC	14.98	L	74	77		18	1	L 1	University Arena
20	Thu, Feb 5, 1998	REG		Brigham Young	WAC	-0.11	W	83	68		19	1	W 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
21	Sat, Feb 7, 1998	REG	@	Rice	WAC	-1.99	W	60	49		20	1	W 2	Rice Gymnasium
22	Thu, Feb 12, 1998	REG	@	Wyoming	WAC	5.53	L	56	62		20	2	L 1	Arena-Auditorium
23	Sat, Feb 14, 1998	REG	@	Colorado State	WAC	6.28	W	60	48		21	2	W 1	Moby Arena
24	Sat, Feb 21, 1998	REG		Air Force	WAC	-5.45	W	55	41		22	2	W 2	Jon M. Huntsman Center
25	Mon, Feb 23, 1998	REG		Nevada-Las Vegas	WAC	7.43	W	79	68		23	2	W 3	Jon M. Huntsman Center
26	Thu, Feb 26, 1998	REG	@	UTEP	WAC	0.57	W	71	49		24	2	W 4	Don Haskins Center
27	Sat, Feb 28, 1998	REG		New Mexico (16)	WAC	14.98	W	65	55		25	2	W 5	Jon M. Huntsman Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Thu, Mar 5, 1998	CTOURN	@	Nevada-Las Vegas	WAC	7.43	L	51	54		25	3	L 1	Thomas & Mack Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Thu, Mar 12, 1998	NCAA	N	San Francisco	WCC	7.80	W	85	68		26	3	W 1	BSU Pavilion
30	Sat, Mar 14, 1998	NCAA	N	Arkansas (17)	SEC	16.17	W	75	69		27	3	W 2	BSU Pavilion
31	Thu, Mar 19, 1998	NCAA	N	West Virginia	Big East	16.24	W	65	62		28	3	W 3	Honda Center
32	Sat, Mar 21, 1998	NCAA	N	Arizona (4)	Pac-10	24.56	W	76	51		29	3	W 4	Honda Center
33	Sat, Mar 28, 1998	NCAA	N	North Carolina (1)	ACC	26.67	W	65	59		30	3	W 5	Alamodome
34	Mon, Mar 30, 1998	NCAA	N	Kentucky (5)	SEC	22.95	L	69	78		30	4	L 1	Alamodome