Overall: 23-10, .697 W-L% (47th of 306)
Conference: 13-3, 1st in Mid-Cont (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Homer Drew (23-10)
PS/G: 73.5 (90th of 306) ▪ PA/G: 67.8 (87th of 306)
SRS: 1.75 (129th of 306) ▪ SOS: -2.66 (177th of 306)
NCAA Tournament: (#13 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (70-69) versus #4 Mississippi
Won Midwest Second Round (83-77) versus #12 Florida State
Lost Midwest Regional Semifinal (74-68) versus #8 Rhode Island
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 17, 1997 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 56 | 73 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Nov 28, 1997 | REG | N | Montana | Big Sky | W | 70 | 58 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Sat, Nov 29, 1997 | REG | N | Stanford | Pac-10 | L | 65 | 70 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Sun, Nov 30, 1997 | REG | N | Pacific | Big West | W | 75 | 73 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Tue, Dec 9, 1997 | REG | @ | Green Bay | MW Coll | L | 52 | 60 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 13, 1997 | REG | @ | Illinois-Chicago | MW Coll | L | 51 | 72 | 2 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 20, 1997 | REG | @ | Missouri-Kansas City | Mid-Cont | W | 80 | 68 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 8 | Mon, Dec 22, 1997 | REG | @ | Belmont | W | 78 | 62 | 4 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Dec 31, 1997 | REG | @ | Western Illinois | Mid-Cont | L | 62 | 63 | 4 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 3, 1998 | REG | Chicago State | Mid-Cont | W | 82 | 62 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Mon, Jan 5, 1998 | REG | Northeastern Illinois | Mid-Cont | W | 72 | 69 | 6 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Jan 8, 1998 | REG | @ | Southern Utah | Mid-Cont | W | 79 | 70 | 7 | 5 | W 3 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 10, 1998 | REG | @ | Oral Roberts | Mid-Cont | L | 60 | 68 | 7 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 17, 1998 | REG | Buffalo | Mid-Cont | W | 82 | 80 | 8 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Jan 21, 1998 | REG | Northern Illinois | MAC | W | 87 | 73 | 9 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 24, 1998 | REG | Youngstown State | Mid-Cont | L | 66 | 69 | 9 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Jan 26, 1998 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | CUSA | L | 66 | 77 | 9 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 18 | Thu, Jan 29, 1998 | REG | @ | Northeastern Illinois | Mid-Cont | W | 88 | 82 | 10 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 19 | Sat, Jan 31, 1998 | REG | @ | Chicago State | Mid-Cont | W | 102 | 74 | 11 | 8 | W 2 | |
| 20 | Thu, Feb 5, 1998 | REG | Oral Roberts | Mid-Cont | W | 90 | 68 | 12 | 8 | W 3 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 7, 1998 | REG | Southern Utah | Mid-Cont | W | 66 | 56 | 13 | 8 | W 4 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 11, 1998 | REG | @ | Buffalo | Mid-Cont | W | 73 | 64 | 14 | 8 | W 5 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 14, 1998 | REG | Belmont | W | 95 | 61 | 15 | 8 | W 6 | |||
| 24 | Thu, Feb 19, 1998 | REG | @ | Youngstown State | Mid-Cont | W | 70 | 68 | 16 | 8 | W 7 | |
| 25 | Mon, Feb 23, 1998 | REG | Missouri-Kansas City | Mid-Cont | W | 75 | 65 | 17 | 8 | W 8 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Feb 25, 1998 | REG | Western Illinois | Mid-Cont | W | 66 | 56 | 18 | 8 | W 9 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Mon, Mar 2, 1998 | CTOURN | N | Buffalo | Mid-Cont | W | 84 | 73 | 19 | 8 | W 10 | |
| 28 | Tue, Mar 3, 1998 | CTOURN | N | Youngstown State | Mid-Cont | W | 67 | 48 | 20 | 8 | W 11 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Fri, Mar 13, 1998 | NCAA | N | Mississippi | SEC | W | 70 | 69 | 21 | 8 | W 12 | |
| 30 | Sun, Mar 15, 1998 | NCAA | N | Florida State | ACC | W | 83 | 77 | OT | 22 | 8 | W 13 |
| 31 | Fri, Mar 20, 1998 | NCAA | N | Rhode Island | A-10 | L | 68 | 74 | 22 | 9 | L 1 |