1998–99 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

1998–99 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
1998–99 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	14-16 (8-10 Big East Conference)
Head coach	John MacLeod (8th season);
Assistant coach	Billy Taylor (1st season)
Home arena	Joyce Center
	Seasons ← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Basketball Team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

ConferenceBig East Conference

Record14-16 (8-10 Big East Conference)

Headcoach

John MacLeod (8th season)

Assistant coachBilly Taylor (1st season)

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1998–99 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Connecticut†	16	–	2	.889	34	–	2	.944
No. 10 Miami (FL)	15	–	3	.833	23	–	7	.767
No. 9 St. John's	14	–	4	.778	28	–	9	.757
Syracuse	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
Villanova	10	–	8	.556	21	–	11	.656
Rutgers	9	–	9	.500	19	–	13	.594
Providence	9	–	9	.500	16	–	14	.533
Notre Dame	8	–	10	.444	14	–	16	.467
Seton Hall	8	–	10	.444	15	–	15	.500
Georgetown	6	–	12	.333	15	–	16	.484
Pittsburgh	5	–	13	.278	14	–	16	.467
West Virginia	4	–	14	.222	10	–	19	.345
Boston College	3	–	15	.167	6	–	21	.222

† 1999 Big East tournament winner As of March 29, 1999^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 13*	Miami (OH)	L 65–76	0–1	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
November 15*	Yale	W 64–62	1–1	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
November 21*	at Vanderbilt	L 63–68	1–2	Memorial Gymnasium
November 26*	vs. Duke	L 82–111	1–3	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
November 27*	at Alaska-Anchorage	L 82–88 ^OT	1–4	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
November 28*	vs. Southern Utah	W 81–77	2–4	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
December 1*	No. 16 Indiana	L 72–76 ^OT	2–5	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 5*	Central Michigan	W 83–56	3–5	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 8	at Providence	W 83–80	4–5 (1–0)	Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI
December 19*	Eastern Kentucky	W 82–77	5–5 (1–0)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 21*	Stetson	W 79–55	6–5 (1–0)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 27*	St. Francis (NY)	W 99–88	7–5 (1–0)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 29	No. 22 Syracuse	L 63–75	7–6 (1–1)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 5	Pittsburgh	W 87–64	8–6 (2–1)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 7	Villanova	L 62–93	8–7 (2–2)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 9	at Miami (FL)	W 71–68	9–7 (3–2)	Miami Arena Miami, Florida
January 12	at No. 1 Connecticut	L 70–101	9–8 (3–3)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut
January 16	at Villanova	L 58–85	9–9 (3–4)	Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 19	Seton Hall	W 59–56	10–9 (4–4)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 23	Rutgers	L 70–72	10–10 (4–5)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 27	at Boston College	L 67–78	10–11 (4–6)	Silvio O. Conte Forum Boston, Massachusetts
January 30	Providence	W 81–62	11–11 (5–6)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 6	at Seton Hall	W 76–60	12–11 (6–6)	Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, NJ
February 10	Georgetown	L 53–62	12–12 (6–7)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 14	at West Virginia	L 80–85	13–12 (7–7)	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 17	at No. 21 Syracuse	L 65–71	13–13 (7–8)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 21	West Virginia	W 71–69	14–13 (8–8)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 24	at No. 8 St. John’s (NY)	L 53–73	14–14 (8–9)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
February 28	Boston College	W 78–59	15–14 (9–9)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
Big East tournament
March 3	vs. Seton Hall	L 69–79	15–15 (9–9)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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