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1997-98 Men's Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

Record: 186-109, .631 W-L% (1st of 30) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 16.05 (1st of 30)

SOS: 10.09 (1st of 30)

Regular Season Champion: Duke

Player of the Year: Antawn Jamison

Coach of the Year: Bill Guthridge

Conference Tournament Champion: UNC

NCAA Tournament: 5 teams (Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Maryland and UNC)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Clemson, Duke and UNC)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 teams (Duke, Maryland and UNC)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Duke	15	1	.938	32	4	.889	85.6	64.1	29.6	9.3	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	North Carolina	13	3	.813	34	4	.895	81.9	65.6	26.7	10.4	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA FF
3	Maryland	10	6	.625	21	11	.656	78.8	72.1	18.8	12.1	NCAA Tournament
4	Wake Forest	7	9	.438	16	14	.533	65.8	66.5	9.6	10.4
5	Clemson	7	9	.438	18	14	.563	72.2	65.3	17.2	10.3	NCAA Tournament
6	Georgia Tech	6	10	.375	19	14	.576	76.3	72.2	12.8	8.7
7	Florida State	6	10	.375	18	14	.563	71.5	69.3	12.9	10.8	NCAA Tournament
8	NC State	5	11	.313	17	15	.531	64.4	62.1	10.8	8.5
9	Virginia	3	13	.188	11	19	.367	65.7	70.0	6.0	10.3

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
Virginia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NC State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Duke	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	3
UNC	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	4	1
Florida State	-	-	-	19	16	17	17	15	13	17	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia Tech	-	-	-	22	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wake Forest	-	-	-	24	25	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemson	5	5	13	17	17	-	21	21	24	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maryland	-	-	24	23	19	22	20	20	-	-	-	23	25	24	25	-	21	20

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Duke	36	32	4	.889	15	1	15	0	10	2	116.6	87.3	+29.3	30.0	63.3	.475	7.6	20.5	.369	.534	18.0	26.7	.674	14.8	38.3	14.3	9.4	5.1	12.4	18.6	85.6	64.1	29.55	9.32
2	UNC	38	34	4	.895	13	3	13	1	9	2	118.2	94.7	+23.5	29.8	57.5	.518	4.9	13.4	.362	.560	17.5	24.7	.711	12.9	39.8	18.4	6.8	4.9	13.0	14.0	81.9	65.6	26.67	10.38	68.0
3	Maryland	32	21	11	.656	10	6	12	2	4	6	102.4	93.7	+8.7	28.4	61.5	.461	5.2	14.9	.349	.503	16.8	24.8	.678	13.2	39.7	18.8	8.6	4.9	16.4	19.9	78.8	72.1	18.79	12.10	75.7
4	Clemson	32	18	14	.563	7	9	11	3	4	6	108.0	97.8	+10.2	26.3	55.7	.472	5.1	15.2	.338	.518	14.4	23.5	.614	12.4	33.8	15.1	8.0	2.8	12.7	21.3	72.2	65.3	17.17	10.33
5	Wake Forest	30	16	14	.533	7	9	12	6	3	6	101.2	102.3	-1.1	21.5	53.1	.405	7.8	20.6	.380	.478	15.0	21.4	.699	12.4	35.3	9.9	4.4	3.5	14.0	16.9	65.8	66.5	9.62	10.36	64.7
6	Florida State	32	18	14	.563	6	10	8	5	7	7	100.1	97.1	+3.0	26.1	57.2	.457	4.0	13.7	.295	.492	15.2	22.8	.665	13.6	38.8	14.4	7.4	5.2	17.0	19.7	71.5	69.3	12.93	10.78	71.1
7	Georgia Tech	33	19	14	.576	6	10	11	6	4	7	102.2	96.7	+5.5	26.7	60.8	.440	7.0	21.7	.323	.498	15.8	23.2	.683	14.7	39.9	15.2	7.7	6.3	17.8	15.9	76.3	72.2	12.82	8.70	73.6
8	NC State	32	17	15	.531	5	11	13	8	3	5	101.8	98.2	+3.7	22.3	51.1	.436	6.2	16.7	.372	.497	13.7	19.2	.716	9.8	27.6	12.7	7.4	2.9	13.0	18.2	64.4	62.1	10.84	8.53	62.8
9	Virginia	30	11	19	.367	3	13	6	7	1	9	96.4	102.7	-6.3	24.0	54.6	.439	6.0	17.6	.340	.494	11.8	18.1	.653	11.4	36.3	14.1	4.5	4.0	16.5	19.6	65.7	70.0	6.03	10.33	66.8