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1997-98 Season Summary

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National Champion: Kentucky
Final Four: Kentucky, North Carolina, Stanford and Utah

Consensus Player of the Year: Antawn Jamison

AP Preseason #1: Arizona ▪ AP Final #1: North Carolina

Conference Summary

Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games ▪ Sorted by SRS
Rk Conference Schls W L W-L% SRS SOS AP NCAA FF Regular Season Champ Tournament Champ
1 Atlantic Coast Conference 9 186 109 .631 16.05 10.09 3 5 1 Duke North Carolina
2 Big Ten Conference 11 207 144 .590 12.59 8.37 4 5 0 Illinois
Michigan State		 Michigan
3 Southeastern Conference 12 233 143 .620 11.48 6.96 4 5 1 Kentucky (East)
Mississippi (West)		 Kentucky
4 Pacific-10 Conference 10 179 127 .585 10.12 8.07 3 4 1 Arizona
5 Big East Conference 13 231 167 .580 9.43 7.07 2 5 0 Connecticut (Big East 6)
Syracuse (Big East 7)		 Connecticut
6 Big 12 Conference 12 206 158 .566 7.17 5.11 1 4 0 Kansas Kansas
7 Atlantic 10 Conference 12 198 165 .545 6.43 5.04 2 5 0 Temple (East)
Dayton (West)
George Washington (West)
Xavier (West)		 Xavier
8 Conference USA 12 201 172 .539 5.96 5.02 1 3 0 Cincinnati (American)
Memphis (National)		 Cincinnati
9 Western Athletic Conference 16 272 204 .571 5.27 3.71 3 4 1 Utah (Mountain)
Texas Christian (Pacific)		 Nevada-Las Vegas
10 West Coast Conference 8 124 103 .546 2.07 1.37 0 1 0 Gonzaga San Francisco
11 Missouri Valley Conference 10 148 146 .503 2.04 1.65 0 1 0 Illinois State Illinois State
12 Midwestern Collegiate Conference 8 126 107 .541 0.75 1.09 0 3 0 Detroit Mercy
Illinois-Chicago		 Butler
13 Mid-American Conference 12 165 167 .497 0.14 1.01 0 2 0 Akron (East)
Ball State (West)		 Eastern Michigan
14 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 10 144 139 .509 -1.66 -1.98 0 1 0 Iona Iona
15 Big West Conference 12 171 174 .496 -1.78 -0.11 0 1 0 Utah State (East)
Pacific (West)		 Utah State
16 Colonial Athletic Association 9 123 131 .484 -1.90 -1.31 0 1 0 North Carolina-Wilmington
William & Mary		 Richmond
17 Sun Belt Conference 10 137 145 .486 -3.43 -2.35 0 1 0 Arkansas State
South Alabama		 South Alabama
18 America East Conference 10 141 142 .498 -5.13 -4.25 0 1 0 Boston University
Delaware		 Delaware
19 Big Sky Conference 8 105 118 .471 -5.27 -3.28 0 1 0 Northern Arizona Northern Arizona
20 Northeast Conference 9 118 135 .466 -7.51 -5.71 0 1 0 Long Island University Fairleigh Dickinson
21 Ivy Group 8 102 112 .477 -8.10 -6.36 1 1 0 Princeton
22 Ohio Valley Conference 10 137 145 .486 -8.20 -5.68 1 1 0 Murray State Murray State
23 Mid-Continent Conference 9 117 137 .461 -9.52 -5.41 0 1 0 Valparaiso Valparaiso
24 Southern Conference 11 143 165 .464 -10.24 -6.19 0 1 0 Appalachian State (North)
Davidson (North)
Chattanooga (South)		 Davidson
25 Southland Conference 10 123 150 .451 -10.71 -7.30 0 1 0 Nicholls State Nicholls State
26 Patriot League 7 86 109 .441 -11.05 -7.59 0 1 0 Lafayette
Navy		 Navy
27 Atlantic Sun Conference 12 152 179 .459 -11.18 -8.20 0 1 0 College of Charleston (East)
Georgia State (West)		 College of Charleston
28 Southwest Athletic Conference 8 101 124 .449 -12.88 -8.44 0 1 0 Texas Southern Prairie View
29 Big South Conference 7 84 111 .431 -13.53 -8.31 0 1 0 North Carolina-Asheville Radford
30 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 11 121 183 .398 -15.74 -10.18 0 1 0 Coppin State South Carolina State

AP Poll Summary

School Conf 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
North Carolina ACC 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 4 1
Kansas Big 12 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 5 3 4 4 4 3 2
Duke ACC 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 3
Arizona Pac-10 1 1 1 4 6 5 5 8 5 5 6 6 4 3 3 2 2 4
Kentucky SEC 8 9 8 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 5
Connecticut Big East 12 12 11 13 13 12 11 10 8 10 8 9 7 6 7 6 6 6
Utah WAC 16 16 16 11 9 7 6 4 3 4 4 3 5 5 6 5 5 7
Princeton Ivy       25 22 19 18 17 15 12 11 11 11 10 9 9 8 8
Cincinnati CUSA                     21 18 20 19 17 17 14 9
Stanford Pac-10 14 15 15 12 11 9 8 7 7 7 5 4 9 14 10 8 11 10
Purdue Big Ten 9 8 6 6 8 8 7 5 9 9 12 10 10 8 5 11 9 11
Michigan Big Ten           21   18 17 19 16 19 18 21 22 21 17 12
Mississippi SEC 23 21 17 14 21 18 16 16 14 11 13 12 17 18 15 13 10 13
South Carolina SEC 7 6 5 5 5 6 10 11 16 14 14 13 13 15 13 14 15 14
Texas Christian WAC           24 25             22 19 15 13 15
Michigan State Big Ten                       22 16 13 14 10 12 16
Arkansas SEC       18 15 13 12 23 22 22 18 15 14 12 16 12 16 17
New Mexico WAC 11 11 10 8 14 14 14 12 12 15 17 14 12 11 11 16 20 18
UCLA Pac-10 6 7 7 15 12 11 9 9 10 8 9 8 6 9 12 18 19 19
Maryland ACC     24 23 19 22 20 20       23 25 24 25   21 20
Syracuse Big East           25 19 19 18 15 15 20 19 23 21 23 22 21
Illinois Big Ten                             23 22 18 22
Xavier A-10 10 10 9 9 7 10 13 13 19 18 19 24 21         23
Temple A-10 24 18 20 20 20 16 24                 24 24 24
Murray State OVC                                   25
School Conf 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
Charlotte CUSA 18 17 25                              
Clemson ACC 5 5 13 17 17   21 21 24   25              
Florida State ACC       19 16 17 17 15 13 17 20              
Fresno State WAC 13 13 12 16 18                          
George Washington A-10                         22 17 24      
Georgia SEC 19 25 22 21 23 20                        
Georgia Tech ACC       22 24                          
Hawaii WAC                 21 24 24              
Illinois State MVC   24                                
Indiana Big Ten 17 23 21                 25            
Iowa Big Ten 15 14 14 10 10 15 15 14 11 13 10 16 24          
Louisville CUSA 25 22 19                              
Marquette CUSA               25 20 23                
Massachusetts A-10                         23 20 18 20    
Oklahoma Big 12 20 19 18                              
Oklahoma State Big 12                   25           25 25  
Rhode Island A-10 21 20 23       22 24 23 20 22 21   25        
Texas Big 12 22                                  
Wake Forest ACC       24 25 23                        
West Virginia Big East             23 22 25 21 23 17 15 16 20 19 23  

Season Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements
Games
1. Nazr Mohammed-KY 39
  Heshimu Evans-KY 39
  Nick Bradford-KS 39
  Eric Chenowith-KS 39
  Kenny Gregory-KS 39
  Saul Smith-KY 39
  Ryan Robertson-KS 39
  Wayne Turner-KY 39
  Scott Padgett-KY 39
10. Shammond Williams-NC 38
  Ademola Okulaja-NC 38
  Cameron Mills-KY 38
  C.B. McGrath-KS 38
  Brendan Haywood-NC 38
  Jamaal Magloire-KY 38
  Jeffrey Sheppard-KY 38
  Vince Carter-NC 38
  Paul Pierce-KS 38
  Makhtar N'Diaye-NC 38
Field Goals
1. Lee Nailon-TXX 329
2. Charles Jones-LIU 326
3. Antawn Jamison-NC 316
4. Michael Olowokandi-PAC 310
5. Paul Pierce-KS 287
6. Richard Hamilton-CT 270
7. Earl Boykins-EMI 266
8. Mike Jones-TXX 263
9. Norman Nolan-VA 257
10. De'Teri Mayes-MURRST 246
Field Goal Attempts
1. Charles Jones-LIU 720
2. Richard Hamilton-CT 614
3. Lee Nailon-TXX 594
4. Earl Boykins-EMI 564
5. Paul Pierce-KS 559
6. Michael Redd-OHST 550
7. Mike Jones-TXX 548
8. Tyronn Lue-NE 547
9. Antawn Jamison-NC 546
10. Larry Hughes-STLOU 540
Field Goal Percentage
1. Todd MacCulloch-WA .650
2. Ryan Moss-ARLR .650
3. Jarrett Stephens-PAST .639
4. Isaac Spencer-MURRST .633
5. Brad Miller-PUR .632
6. Kareem Livingston-APPST .628
7. Zoran Viskovic-VALPO .626
8. David Montgomery-SEMO .621
9. Travis Lyons-MANH .621
10. Leon Watson-TXSA .616
3-Point Field Goals
1. Curtis Staples-VA 130
2. Charles Jones-LIU 116
3. Billy Thomas-KS 105
4. Denmark Reid-NMST 104
5. De'Teri Mayes-MURRST 103
6. Ronnie McCollum-CENTLA 101
7. Richard Hamilton-CT 99
8. Corey Reed-RADF 98
9. Shane Hawkins-SIL 96
10. Cory Johnson-SEMO 95
  Tim Gill-ORAL 95
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Charles Jones-LIU 337
2. Curtis Staples-VA 333
3. Randy Bolden-TXS 313
4. Cedric Foster-MSVST 266
5. Billy Thomas-KS 262
6. Donnie Carr-LASALL 259
  Casey Green-LALAF 259
8. Demond Mallet-MCNST 258
9. Tyson Wheeler-RI 251
10. Shane Hawkins-SIL 250
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Royce Olney-NM .513
2. Tim Gill-ORAL .485
3. Mark Poag-ODU .474
4. Jarod Stevenson-RICH .471
5. Sean Wink-NWEST .457
6. Andy Cavo-NH .451
7. Louis Bullock-MI .449
8. Mike Tolman-BOISE .443
9. Shellord Pinkett-GAST .442
10. De'Teri Mayes-MURRST .440
Free Throws
1. Mike Powell-LOYMD 207
2. B.J. Mckie-SC 205
3. Jeron Roberts-WY 200
4. Brad Miller-PUR 199
5. Bobby Brannen-CIN 197
6. Corey Brewer-OK 186
7. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 185
  Brett Eppehimer-LEH 185
9. Antawn Jamison-NC 184
10. Larry Hughes-STLOU 180
Free Throw Attempts
1. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 302
2. Antawn Jamison-NC 276
3. B.J. Mckie-SC 262
4. J.R. Henderson-UCLA 260
  Larry Hughes-STLOU 260
  Zendon Hamilton-STJOHN 260
7. Brad Miller-PUR 255
  Mike Powell-LOYMD 255
9. Jeron Roberts-WY 250
10. Rasaun Young-BUF 244
Free Throw Percentage
1. Matt Sundblad-LAMAR .923
2. Louis Bullock-MI .911
3. Shammond Williams-NC .911
4. Kevin Ault-MOST .900
  Clifton Ellis-TXST .900
6. Danny Sprinkle-MTST .893
7. Pete Lisicky-PAST .891
8. Mike Wozniak-CAPOLY .890
9. Garrett Davis-STET .888
10. Arthur Lee-STAN .886
Total Rebounds
1. Ryan Perryman-DAYT 412
2. Antawn Jamison-NC 389
3. Michael Olowokandi-PAC 369
4. Tremaine Fowlkes-FREST 359
5. Robert Traylor-MI 344
6. Raef LaFrentz-KS 342
7. Rocky Walls-ORAL 325
8. Dennis Davis-TXX 323
9. Nick Davis-AR 322
10. Eric Taylor-STFRPA 321
Assists
1. Ahlon Lewis-AZST 294
2. Ed Cota-NC 274
3. Ryan Robertson-KS 248
4. Rafer Alston-FREST 240
  Chico Fletcher-ARST 240
6. Sean Colson-CHAR 231
7. Speedy Claxton-HOF 224
8. Charles Jones-LIU 221
9. Mateen Cleaves-MIST 217
10. Anthony Carter-HI 212
Steals
1. Bonzi Wells-BALLST 103
2. Willie Coleman-DEPAUL 100
3. Damian Owens-WV 97
4. Mike Jones-TXX 96
5. Pepe Sanchez-TEMP 93
6. J.R. Camel-MT 90
7. Mike Campbell-LIU 89
8. Charles Jones-LIU 87
  Laron Profit-MD 87
10. Jason Rowe-LOYMD 86
Blocks
1. Alvin Jones-GATECH 141
2. Calvin Booth-PAST 140
3. Etan Thomas-SYR 138
4. Jerome James-FLAM 124
5. Caswell Cyrus-STBON 99
6. Brian Skinner-BAY 98
7. Michael Olowokandi-PAC 95
8. Chris Mihm-TX 90
9. Antonio Reynolds-Dean-RI 85
10. Kashif Hameed-IONA 83
  Kenyon Martin-CIN 83
Points
1. Charles Jones-LIU 869
2. Antawn Jamison-NC 822
3. Lee Nailon-TXX 796
4. Richard Hamilton-CT 795
5. Paul Pierce-KS 777
6. Earl Boykins-EMI 746
7. Michael Olowokandi-PAC 734
8. De'Teri Mayes-MURRST 711
9. Mike Jones-TXX 702
10. Matt Harpring-GATECH 691
Points Per Game
1. Charles Jones-LIU 29.0
2. Earl Boykins-EMI 25.7
3. Lee Nailon-TXX 24.9
4. Brett Eppehimer-LEH 24.6
5. Cory Carr-TXTECH 23.3
6. Pat Garrity-NDAME 23.2
7. Mike Powell-LOYMD 23.1
8. Bonzi Wells-BALLST 22.8
9. Xavier Singletary-HOW 22.3
10. Michael Olowokandi-PAC 22.2
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Ryan Perryman-DAYT 12.5
2. Eric Taylor-STFRPA 11.9
3. Raef LaFrentz-KS 11.4
4. Tremaine Fowlkes-FREST 11.2
5. Michael Olowokandi-PAC 11.2
6. T.J. Lux-NIL 11.1
7. Thad Burton-WRGST 10.9
8. Allen Ledbetter-ME 10.9
9. Kenyon Ross-MSVST 10.8
10. Rahshon Turner-FD 10.8
Assists Per Game
1. Ahlon Lewis-AZST 9.2
2. Chico Fletcher-ARST 8.3
3. Sean Colson-CHAR 8.0
4. Ed Cota-NC 7.4
5. Charles Jones-LIU 7.4
6. Anthony Carter-HI 7.3
7. Rafer Alston-FREST 7.3
8. Mateen Cleaves-MIST 7.2
9. Speedy Claxton-HOF 7.2
10. Mick Wheeler-WAGNER 7.0
Steals Per Game
1. Bonzi Wells-BALLST 3.6
2. Pepe Sanchez-TEMP 3.4
3. Willie Coleman-DEPAUL 3.3
4. J.R. Camel-MT 3.1
5. Jason Rowe-LOYMD 3.1
6. Damian Owens-WV 3.0
7. Jason Bell-VAMI 2.9
8. Mike Jones-TXX 2.9
9. Charles Jones-LIU 2.9
10. Mike Campbell-LIU 2.8
Blocks Per Game
1. Jerome James-FLAM 4.6
2. Calvin Booth-PAST 4.4
3. Alvin Jones-GATECH 4.3
4. Etan Thomas-SYR 3.9
5. Brian Skinner-BAY 3.5
6. Caswell Cyrus-STBON 3.1
7. Tarvis Williams-HAMP 3.1
8. Chris Mihm-TX 2.9
9. Michael Olowokandi-PAC 2.9
10. Erik Nelson-VT 2.8
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Steve Goodrich-PRIN .654
2. Todd MacCulloch-WA .650
3. Ryan Moss-ARLR .650
4. Vince Carter-NC .649
5. Jarrett Stephens-PAST .641
6. Brian Miles-SD .639
7. Brad Miller-PUR .637
8. Isaac Spencer-MURRST .633
9. Mark Poag-ODU .633
10. Kareem Livingston-APPST .628
True Shooting Percentage
1. Royce Olney-NM .726
2. Brad Miller-PUR .690
3. Brian Miles-SD .683
4. Wayne Walker-GB .675
5. Jaraan Cornell-PUR .671
6. Tige Darner-APPST .669
7. Todd MacCulloch-WA .666
8. Nate Holmstadt-MTST .662
9. James Posey-XAV .660
10. Jarrett Stephens-PAST .660
Offensive Win Shares
1. Antawn Jamison-NC 5.2
2. Brad Miller-PUR 5.0
3. Shammond Williams-NC 4.9
4. Vince Carter-NC 4.8
5. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 4.8
6. Jarod Stevenson-RICH 4.7
7. Michael Olowokandi-PAC 4.6
8. Todd MacCulloch-WA 4.3
9. Paul Pierce-KS 4.3
10. Wally Szczerbiak-MIAOH 4.3
Defensive Win Shares
1. Kenyon Martin-CIN 5.0
2. Shane Battier-DUKE 4.7
3. Sedric Webber-CCHAR 4.7
4. Nick Davis-AR 4.6
5. Lamont Barnes-TEMP 4.4
6. Damian Owens-WV 3.8
7. Jake Voskuhl-CT 3.7
8. Etan Thomas-SYR 3.7
9. Raef LaFrentz-KS 3.6
10. Erik Nelson-VT 3.6
Win Shares
1. Antawn Jamison-NC 8.3
2. Michael Olowokandi-PAC 8.1
3. Brad Miller-PUR 7.9
4. Paul Pierce-KS 7.9
5. Lamont Barnes-TEMP 7.5
6. Vince Carter-NC 7.4
7. Andre Miller-UT 7.4
8. Jarod Stevenson-RICH 7.3
9. Lee Nailon-TXX 7.2
10. Bonzi Wells-BALLST 7.1