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1998-99 Season Summary

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National Champion: Connecticut
Final Four: Connecticut, Duke, Michigan State and Ohio State

Consensus Player of the Year: Elton Brand

AP Preseason #1: Duke ▪ AP Final #1: Duke

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 9 187 110 .630 14.83 9.01 3 3 1 Duke Duke
2 Big Ten Conference 11 217 134 .618 14.48 10.47 5 7 2 Michigan State Michigan State
3 Pacific-10 Conference 10 180 121 .598 11.67 8.60 3 4 0 Stanford
4 Southeastern Conference 12 229 149 .606 11.29 6.59 5 6 0 Tennessee (East)
Auburn (West)		 Kentucky
5 Big East Conference 13 236 171 .580 10.87 7.94 3 5 1 Connecticut Connecticut
6 Conference USA 12 199 161 .553 7.84 5.72 2 4 0 Cincinnati (American)
Alabama-Birmingham (National)		 Charlotte
7 Big 12 Conference 12 211 166 .560 7.35 5.12 1 5 0 Texas Kansas
8 Missouri Valley Conference 10 162 133 .549 6.31 4.87 0 3 0 Evansville Creighton
9 Western Athletic Conference 16 264 208 .559 4.74 2.90 2 3 0 Nevada-Las Vegas (Mountain)
Tulsa (Mountain)
Utah (Pacific)		 Utah
10 Atlantic 10 Conference 12 183 178 .507 4.70 4.31 0 3 0 Temple (East)
George Washington (West)		 Rhode Island
11 Mid-American Conference 13 189 170 .526 1.79 2.04 0 2 0 Miami (OH) (East)
Toledo (West)		 Kent State
12 West Coast Conference 8 124 114 .521 0.47 1.20 0 1 0 Gonzaga Gonzaga
13 Midwestern Collegiate Conference 8 114 117 .494 -1.29 0.06 0 1 0 Detroit Mercy Detroit Mercy
14 Sun Belt Conference 8 113 116 .493 -1.68 -0.73 0 1 0 Louisiana Tech Arkansas State
15 Colonial Athletic Association 9 129 130 .498 -2.15 -2.32 0 1 0 George Mason George Mason
16 Big Sky Conference 9 128 126 .504 -3.06 -1.55 0 1 0 Weber State Weber State
17 Big West Conference 12 159 173 .479 -4.35 -1.98 0 1 0 Boise State (East)
New Mexico State (East)
California-Santa Barbara (West)		 New Mexico State
18 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 10 145 139 .511 -4.77 -4.61 0 1 0 Niagara
Siena		 Siena
19 Mid-Continent Conference 8 105 125 .457 -6.16 -3.26 0 1 0 Oral Roberts
Valparaiso		 Valparaiso
20 Ohio Valley Conference 10 131 152 .463 -7.81 -4.45 0 1 0 Murray State Murray State
21 America East Conference 10 137 147 .482 -8.30 -6.61 0 1 0 Delaware
Drexel		 Delaware
22 Ivy Group 8 99 114 .465 -8.33 -6.48 0 1 0 Pennsylvania
23 Southern Conference 12 168 168 .500 -8.91 -5.71 1 1 0 Appalachian State (North)
College of Charleston (South)		 College of Charleston
24 Independent 2 15 39 .278 -9.07 -1.72 0 0 0 Denver
25 Northeast Conference 11 142 164 .464 -9.68 -7.66 0 1 0 Maryland-Baltimore County Mount St. Mary's
26 Patriot League 7 93 103 .474 -10.84 -7.29 0 1 0 Lafayette Lafayette
27 Southland Conference 11 135 164 .452 -10.90 -7.20 0 1 0 Texas State Texas-San Antonio
28 Atlantic Sun Conference 11 140 163 .462 -10.97 -7.57 0 1 0 Samford Samford
29 Big South Conference 6 75 93 .446 -14.27 -7.68 0 1 0 Winthrop Winthrop
30 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 11 125 182 .407 -14.38 -9.85 0 1 0 Coppin State
South Carolina State		 Florida A&M
31 Southwest Athletic Conference 9 108 140 .435 -15.85 -10.36 0 1 0 Alcorn State Alcorn State

AP Poll Summary

School Conf 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
Duke ACC 1 1 1 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Michigan State Big Ten 5 5 7 9 14 14 15 13 12 14 11 8 8 5 4 3 2 2
Connecticut Big East 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 3
Auburn SEC           19 18 17 14 8 6 7 6 3 3 2 4 4
Maryland ACC 6 6 5 2 2 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 7 7 5 5 5 5
Utah WAC 10 9 18 21 25               20 14 12 12 8 6
Stanford Pac-10 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 4 6 7 6 6 7
Kentucky SEC 4 4 4 8 5 3 3 7 6 6 7 6 5 8 6 13 14 8
St. John's (NY) Big East     23 25 18 15 14 12 10 11 8 9 9 11 10 8 10 9
Miami (FL) Big East                     25 23 25 16 15 11 9 10
Cincinnati CUSA 15 17 15 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 3 4 9 9 7 11
Arizona Pac-10 18 12 11 13 8 8 8 6 8 7 9 13 10 10 8 7 13 12
North Carolina ACC 11 10 9 3 7 7 7 9 11 9 10 10 12 12 14 14 15 13
Ohio State Big Ten                   21   15 15 13 11 10 11 14
UCLA Pac-10 12 11 10 18 15 12 12 10 7 10 13 11 13 9 16 15 12 15
College of Charleston Southern                         22 20 18 17 16 16
Arkansas SEC 19 19 21 19 23 20 19 20 19 24 22 21 23       22 17
Wisconsin Big Ten           23 20 19 24 17 15 12 11 15 13 16 19 18
Indiana Big Ten 22 21 17 16 11 10 10 8 13 23 18 20 21 17 19 20 17 19
Tennessee SEC 9 18 25   21                       18 20
Iowa Big Ten           25 21 21 17 12 14 16 14 19 20 18 20 21
Kansas Big 12 8 8 8 7 10 13 13 18 18 15 19 22   24       22
Florida SEC                       25   23 23 19 21 23
Charlotte CUSA                                   24
New Mexico WAC 20 20 20 17 12 11 11 15 15 16 12 18 17 25 24 21 25 25
School Conf 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
California Pac-10                 25                  
Clemson ACC   24 22 24 17 16 16 14 21 25                
Louisville CUSA                     24              
Massachusetts A-10 24 23                                
Miami (OH) MAC     24 22                     25      
Minnesota Big Ten         24 17 17 16 16 19 17 19 18 22     23  
Missouri Big 12                         24   22   24  
Oklahoma Big 12           24 23                      
Oklahoma State Big 12 13 13 12 11 19 18 25 25 23 22 23              
Pittsburgh Big East       20 20 22 24 23                    
Purdue Big Ten 16 15 14 14 9 8 9 11 9 13 16 14 18 21 17 23    
Rhode Island A-10 23 25                                
Syracuse Big East 20 22 19 12 13 21 22 22 20 18 20 17 16 18 21 24    
Temple A-10 7 7 6 10 16                     24    
Texas Big 12                               22    
Texas Christian WAC 25             24 22 20 21 24            
Washington Pac-10 14 14 16 15 22                          
Xavier A-10 17 16 13 23                            

Season Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements
Games
1. Chris Carrawell-DUKE 39
  Chris Burgess-DUKE 39
  Corey Maggette-DUKE 39
  Elton Brand-DUKE 39
  Nate James-DUKE 39
  William Avery-DUKE 39
7. Antonio Smith-MIST 38
  A.J. Granger-MIST 38
  Charlie Bell-MIST 38
  Doug Davis-MIST 38
  Mateen Cleaves-MIST 38
  Morris Peterson-MIST 38
  Thomas Kelley-MIST 38
Field Goals
1. Wally Szczerbiak-MIAOH 270
2. Harold Arceneaux-WEBST 266
  Lee Nailon-TXX 266
4. Courtney Alexander-FREST 264
5. Michael Redd-OHST 261
6. Elton Brand-DUKE 255
7. Alvin Young-NIAG 253
8. Richard Hamilton-CT 247
9. Mike Pegues-DE 243
10. Brian Merriweather-TXPA 239
Field Goal Attempts
1. Brian Merriweather-TXPA 586
2. Courtney Alexander-FREST 563
3. Michael Redd-OHST 560
4. Richard Hamilton-CT 557
5. Alvin Young-NIAG 535
6. Jamel Thomas-PROV 532
7. Monroe Pippins-FLAM 528
8. Lee Nailon-TXX 524
9. Harold Arceneaux-WEBST 521
10. Wally Szczerbiak-MIAOH 517
Field Goal Percentage
1. Delawn Grandison-LIB .674
2. Todd MacCulloch-WA .662
3. Quincy Gause-GAST .652
4. Ryan Moss-ARLR .643
5. Elton Brand-DUKE .620
6. Damous Anderson-FLST .605
7. Charles Gosa-NMST .605
8. David Tompkins-YALE .600
9. Bud Eley-SEMO .594
10. J.R. Vanhoose-MARSH .594
3-Point Field Goals
1. Trajan Langdon-DUKE 112
2. Brian Merriweather-TXPA 110
3. Lenny Brown-XAV 104
4. Shannon Taylor-EWA 103
5. Kevin Henry-NM 102
6. Terrell McIntyre-CLEM 99
7. Fred Warrick-COPST 98
  Josh Heard-TNTECH 98
9. Kenny Price-CO 97
10. Alan Barksdale-ARLR 95
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Brian Merriweather-TXPA 272
2. Shannon Taylor-EWA 264
3. Lenny Brown-XAV 263
4. Josh Heard-TNTECH 262
5. Robert Rushing-TROY 261
6. Kenny Price-CO 257
7. Fred Warrick-COPST 254
  Trajan Langdon-DUKE 254
9. Terrell McIntyre-CLEM 246
10. Jaraan Cornell-PUR 245
  Pat Bradley-AR 245
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Ross Land-NAZ .509
2. Ryan Borowicz-GB .491
3. Keith Green-TXARL .468
4. Marcus Wilson-EVAN .467
5. Greg Buth-DART .466
6. John Gordon-DE .462
7. Robbie Sieverding-NIA .447
8. Jed Ryan-PA .447
9. Brett Bohanan-MOREST .445
10. Trajan Langdon-DUKE .441
Free Throws
1. Ray Minlend-STFRNY 229
2. Chad Angeli-MILW 209
3. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 208
4. Mike Pegues-DE 187
5. Elton Brand-DUKE 181
6. James Posey-XAV 179
  Adam Larrick-CHAS 179
8. Louis Bullock-MI 178
9. Kevin Martin-NCASH 174
10. Wally Szczerbiak-MIAOH 172
Free Throw Attempts
1. Ray Minlend-STFRNY 305
2. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 273
3. Ugo Udezue-WY 271
4. Frantz Pierre-Louis-WAGNER 268
5. Chad Angeli-MILW 257
6. Elton Brand-DUKE 256
7. Michael Ruffin-TLS 247
8. Lee Nailon-TXX 239
  Mike Pegues-DE 239
10. Ken Kavanagh-MANH 235
Free Throw Percentage
1. Lonnie Cooper-LATECH .921
2. Haywood Eaddy-LOYMAR .898
3. Marcus Wilson-EVAN .897
4. Jermel President-CCHAR .895
5. Arthur Lee-STAN .886
6. Matt Sundblad-LAMAR .884
7. Rayford Young-TXTECH .877
8. Brandon Welsch-RMOR .876
9. Mike Derocckis-DREXEL .875
  Brian Earl-PRIN .875
Total Rebounds
1. Elton Brand-DUKE 382
2. Chris Mihm-TX 351
3. Derek Hood-AR 349
4. Harold Jamison-CLEM 346
5. Todd MacCulloch-WA 345
6. Michael Ruffin-TLS 342
7. Cal Bowdler-ODU 339
8. Venson Hamilton-NE 335
9. Quentin Richardson-DEPAUL 327
10. James Posey-XAV 322
Assists
1. Doug Gottlieb-OKST 299
2. Mateen Cleaves-MIST 274
3. Chico Fletcher-ARST 250
4. Ed Cota-NC 238
5. Prince Fowler-TXX 226
6. Terrell Stokes-MD 213
7. Shawnta Rogers-GW 196
  William Avery-DUKE 196
9. Devan Clark-SOUTH 194
  Lamar Taylor-VACOMM 194
Steals
1. Shawnta Rogers-GW 103
2. Cookie Belcher-NE 102
  James Posey-XAV 102
4. Jason Hart-SYR 101
  Pepe Sanchez-TEMP 101
6. John Linehan-PROV 98
7. Jason Rowe-LOYMD 95
  Steve Francis-MD 95
9. Morris Scott-FLAM 90
  Rick Mickens-CCTST 90
Blocks
1. Tarvis Williams-HAMP 135
2. Etan Thomas-SYR 131
3. Henry Jordan-MSVST 108
4. Alvin Jones-GATECH 107
5. Ken Johnson-OHST 100
6. Cal Bowdler-ODU 97
7. Wojciech Myrda-LAMON 96
8. Calvin Booth-PAST 95
9. John Bennett-DE 93
10. Melvin Ely-FREST 91
Points
1. Wally Szczerbiak-MIAOH 775
2. Richard Hamilton-CT 732
3. Alvin Young-NIAG 728
4. Harold Arceneaux-WEBST 713
5. Lee Nailon-TXX 707
6. Michael Redd-OHST 703
7. Elton Brand-DUKE 691
8. Courtney Alexander-FREST 684
9. Marcus Wilson-EVAN 682
10. Ray Minlend-STFRNY 680
Points Per Game
1. Alvin Young-NIAG 25.1
2. Ray Minlend-STFRNY 24.3
3. Wally Szczerbiak-MIAOH 24.2
4. Brian Merriweather-TXPA 23.7
5. Damian Woolfolk-NORFST 23.5
6. Quincy Lewis-MN 23.1
7. Jason Hartman-PORST 22.8
8. Lee Nailon-TXX 22.8
9. Maurice Evans-WICHST 22.6
10. Harold Arceneaux-WEBST 22.3
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Ian McGinnis-DART 12.2
2. Todd MacCulloch-WA 11.9
3. Jeff Foster-TXST 11.3
4. Chris Mihm-TX 11.0
5. K'Zell Wesson-LASALL 10.8
6. Bud Eley-SEMO 10.7
7. Quentin Richardson-DEPAUL 10.5
8. Michael Ruffin-TLS 10.4
9. Eric Dow-DEN 10.2
10. Venson Hamilton-NE 10.2
Assists Per Game
1. Doug Gottlieb-OKST 8.8
2. Chico Fletcher-ARST 8.3
3. Ali Ton-DAVID 7.6
4. Ed Cota-NC 7.4
5. Chris Herren-FREST 7.2
6. Mateen Cleaves-MIST 7.2
7. Prince Fowler-TXX 7.1
8. Devan Clark-SOUTH 6.9
9. Shawnta Rogers-GW 6.8
10. Tim Hill-HARV 6.6
Steals Per Game
1. Shawnta Rogers-GW 3.6
2. Tim Winn-STBON 3.5
3. Jason Rowe-LOYMD 3.4
4. John Linehan-PROV 3.3
5. Cookie Belcher-NE 3.2
6. Damon Arnette-FLATL 3.2
7. Jason Hart-SYR 3.1
  Pepe Sanchez-TEMP 3.1
9. Gene Nabors-RMOR 3.0
10. Skip Victor-NAVY 3.0
Blocks Per Game
1. Tarvis Williams-HAMP 5.0
2. Henry Jordan-MSVST 4.0
3. Etan Thomas-SYR 4.0
4. Wojciech Myrda-LAMON 3.6
5. Calvin Booth-PAST 3.5
6. Alvin Jones-GATECH 3.5
7. Frantz Pierre-Louis-WAGNER 3.1
8. Kris Hunter-VA 3.0
9. Caswell Cyrus-STBON 3.0
  John Bennett-DE 3.0
  Vincent Jones-JCKST 3.0
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Delawn Grandison-LIB .704
2. Todd MacCulloch-WA .662
3. Quincy Gause-GAST .652
4. Ryan Moss-ARLR .643
5. Greg Buth-DART .633
6. Ryan Carroll-TXX .625
7. Elton Brand-DUKE .620
8. Nate Fox-ME .614
9. Marcus Wilson-EVAN .613
10. Damous Anderson-FLST .611
True Shooting Percentage
1. Ross Land-NAZ .699
2. Delawn Grandison-LIB .690
3. Quincy Gause-GAST .690
4. Chad Angeli-MILW .681
5. Dan McClintock-NAZ .675
6. Marcus Wilson-EVAN .669
7. Greg Buth-DART .664
8. Clay McKnight-PAC .660
9. Brendan Haywood-NC .660
10. Todd MacCulloch-WA .655
Offensive Win Shares
1. Wally Szczerbiak-MIAOH 6.6
2. Marcus Wilson-EVAN 5.8
3. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 5.6
4. Elton Brand-DUKE 5.0
5. Roberto Bergersen-BOISE 4.6
6. Trajan Langdon-DUKE 4.5
7. Todd MacCulloch-WA 4.4
8. James Posey-XAV 4.3
9. Morris Peterson-MIST 4.2
10. Terrell McIntyre-CLEM 4.2
Defensive Win Shares
1. Mamadou N'Diaye-AUB 8.1
2. Ron Artest-STJOHN 5.1
3. Elton Brand-DUKE 5.0
4. Kenyon Martin-CIN 4.8
5. Chris Porter-AUB 4.7
6. Lamont Barnes-TEMP 4.5
7. Andre Miller-UT 4.4
8. Etan Thomas-SYR 4.4
9. Eric Chenowith-KS 4.4
10. Ken Johnson-OHST 4.3
Win Shares
1. Wally Szczerbiak-MIAOH 10.4
2. Elton Brand-DUKE 10.0
3. Mamadou N'Diaye-AUB 8.9
4. Evan Eschmeyer-NWEST 8.2
5. James Posey-XAV 7.8
6. Ron Artest-STJOHN 7.8
7. Terence Morris-MD 7.6
8. Andre Miller-UT 7.4
9. Morris Peterson-MIST 7.4
10. Bud Eley-SEMO 7.3