1998–99 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

1998–99 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
1998–99 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	17–11 (8–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Clem Haskins (13th season);
Home arena	Williams Arena
	Seasons ← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by 13th-year head coach Clem Haskins, the Golden Gophers advanced to the NCAA tournament and finished with a 17–11 record (8–8 Big Ten).

ConferenceBig Ten Conference

Record17–11 (8–8 Big Ten)

Headcoach

Clem Haskins (13th season)

HomearenaWilliams Arena

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1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Michigan State†	15	–	1	.938	33	–	5	.868
No. 19 Indiana	9	–	7	.563	23	–	11	.676
No. 18 Wisconsin	9	–	7	.563	22	–	10	.688
No. 21 Iowa	9	–	7	.563	20	–	10	.667
Purdue	7	–	9	.438	21	–	13	.618
Northwestern	6	–	10	.375	15	–	14	.517
Penn State	5	–	11	.313	13	–	14	.481
Illinois	3	–	13	.188	14	–	18	.438
No. 14 Ohio State**	1	–	1	.500	1	–	1	.500
Minnesota***	0	–	8	.000	0	–	11	.000
Michigan*	0	–	11	.000	0	–	19	.000

† 1999 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll Michigan: 12 games vacated due to sanctions against the program Ohio State: 34 games including 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program^[1] ** Minnesota vacated 17 games including 1 NCAA Tourn. game due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan: 12–19, 5–11; Ohio State: 27–9, 12–4; Minnesota: 17–11, 8–8

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 21, 1998*		Appalachian State	W 81–67	1–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nov 24, 1998*		Seton Hall	W 77–70	2–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nov 28, 1998*		Winthrop	W 68–59	3–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nov 30, 1998*		Oregon	W 72–61	4–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 4, 1998*		at Fresno State	W 77–65	5–0	Selland Arena Fresno, California
Dec 12, 1998*	No. 24	Eastern Michigan	W 72–53	6–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 16, 1998*	No. 17	No. 4 Cincinnati	L 61–62 ^OT	6–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 19, 1998*	No. 17	at Nebraska	W 55–51	7–1	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Dec 22, 1998*	No. 17	Montana State	W 78–64	8–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 29, 1998*	No. 16	Sacramento State	W 98–57	9–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Big Ten regular season
Jan 6, 1999	No. 16	Northwestern	L 55–58	9–2 (0–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 9, 1999	No. 16	Penn State	W 75–60	10–2 (1–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 13, 1999	No. 19	at No. 14 Michigan State	L 55–71	10–3 (1–2)	Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, Michigan
Jan 16, 1999	No. 19	No. 12 Iowa	W 75–70	11–3 (2–2)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 20, 1999	No. 17	Michigan	W 76–70	12–3 (3–2)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 23, 1999	No. 19	at No. 15 Ohio State	L 60–89	12–4 (3–3)	Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
Jan 26, 1999	No. 19	No. 20 Indiana	W 90–83 ^OT	13–4 (4–3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 30, 1999	No. 19	at No. 12 Wisconsin	L 50–61	13–5 (4–4)	Kohl Center Madison, Wisconsin
Feb 3, 1999	No. 18	Illinois	W 75–63	14–5 (5–4)	Williams Arena (14,792) Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 6, 1999	No. 18	at Michigan	L 65–75	14–6 (5–5)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 10, 1999	No. 22	at No. 19 Iowa	L 73–76^[3]	14–7 (5–6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 13, 1999 6:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 22	No. 5 Michigan State	L 82–84	14–8 (5–7)	Williams Arena (14,887) Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 17, 1999		at Penn State	W 69–63	15–8 (6–7)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
Feb 23, 1999		at No. 23 Purdue	L 42–54	15–9 (6–8)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 25, 1999		No. 23 Purdue	W 62–48	16–9 (7–8)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 27, 1999		at Northwestern	W 58–51	17–9 (8–8)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 4, 1999*	(6) No. 23	vs. (11) Illinois Quarterfinals	L 64–67 ^OT	17–10	United Center Chicago, Illinois
NCAA Tournament
Mar 11, 1999*	(7 W)	vs. (10 W) Gonzaga First round	L 63–75^[4]	17–11	KeyArena Seattle, Washington
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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