Overall: 22-10, .688 W-L% (53rd of 310)
Conference: 9-7, 3rd in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dick Bennett (22-10)
PS/G: 62.1 (281st of 310) ▪ PA/G: 55.2 (3rd of 310)
SRS: 17.28 (12th of 310) ▪ SOS: 10.37 (8th of 310)
NCAA Tournament: (#5 seed in East)
Lost East First Round (43-32) versus #12 Missouri State
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 18 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 14, 1998 | REG | Loyola (IL) | MW Coll | W | 66 | 29 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Mon, Nov 16, 1998 | REG | Milwaukee | MW Coll | W | 75 | 63 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Nov 20, 1998 | REG | N | New Mexico State | Big West | L | 52 | 66 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Sat, Nov 21, 1998 | REG | N | Virginia | ACC | W | 66 | 56 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Sun, Nov 22, 1998 | REG | N | Nebraska | Big 12 | W | 78 | 41 | 4 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 6 | Sat, Nov 28, 1998 | REG | @ | Rhode Island | A-10 | W | 65 | 59 | 5 | 1 | W 3 | |
| 7 | Wed, Dec 2, 1998 | REG | Northern Illinois | MAC | W | 67 | 52 | 6 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 5, 1998 | REG | @ | Illinois State | MVC | W | 71 | 54 | 7 | 1 | W 5 | |
| 9 | Wed, Dec 9, 1998 | REG | @ | Temple | A-10 | W | 63 | 56 | 8 | 1 | W 6 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 12, 1998 | REG | Pepperdine | WCC | W | 57 | 51 | 9 | 1 | W 7 | ||
| 11 | Tue, Dec 15, 1998 | REG | @ | Texas | Big 12 | W | 65 | 62 | 10 | 1 | W 8 | |
| 12 | Wed, Dec 23, 1998 | REG | @ | Marquette | CUSA | W | 61 | 45 | 11 | 1 | W 9 | |
| 13 | Sun, Dec 27, 1998 | REG | Fresno State | WAC | W | 87 | 65 | 12 | 1 | W 10 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Dec 30, 1998 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 55 | 59 | 12 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 2, 1999 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 74 | 78 | 12 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Jan 6, 1999 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 66 | 51 | 13 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Sun, Jan 10, 1999 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 61 | 56 | 14 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Jan 13, 1999 | REG | @ | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 61 | 58 | 15 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 19 | Sat, Jan 16, 1999 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 57 | 49 | 16 | 3 | W 4 | |
| 20 | Wed, Jan 20, 1999 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 75 | 53 | 17 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Jan 23, 1999 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 72 | 52 | 18 | 3 | W 6 | |
| 22 | Sat, Jan 30, 1999 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 61 | 50 | 19 | 3 | W 7 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Feb 3, 1999 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 60 | 71 | 19 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 6, 1999 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 51 | 53 | 19 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 25 | Wed, Feb 10, 1999 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 57 | 45 | 20 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Feb 13, 1999 | REG | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 73 | 63 | 21 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Feb 21, 1999 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 51 | 56 | 21 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 28 | Wed, Feb 24, 1999 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 54 | 63 | 21 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 29 | Sat, Feb 27, 1999 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 39 | 51 | 21 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Fri, Mar 5, 1999 | CTOURN | N | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 74 | 60 | 22 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 31 | Sat, Mar 6, 1999 | CTOURN | N | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 41 | 56 | 22 | 9 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 32 | Fri, Mar 12, 1999 | NCAA | N | Missouri State | MVC | L | 32 | 43 | 22 | 10 | L 2 |