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1997–98 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

1997–98 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
A blue block M with maize-colored borders and the word Michigan across the middle.
Big Ten Tournament Champions (Vacated)
NCAA Tournament, Second Round (Vacated)
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 17
AP No. 12
1997–98 record 0-8 (25-9 unadjusted) (0-5 Big Ten)
Head coach Brian Ellerbe (interim)
Assistant coach Brian Dutcher
Assistant coach Scott Trost
MVP Robert Traylor
Captain Travis Conlan
Captain Robert Traylor
Home arena Crisler Arena
Seasons
← 1996–97
1998–99 →
1997–98 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
No. 16 Michigan State 13 3   .813     22 8   .733
No. 22 Illinois 13 3   .813     23 10   .697
No. 11 Purdue 12 4   .750     28 8   .778
Iowa 9 7   .563     20 11   .645
Indiana 9 7   .563     20 12   .625
Penn State 8 8   .500     19 13   .594
Minnesota** 6 10   .375     15 15   .500
Northwestern 3 13   .188     10 17   .370
Wisconsin 3 13   .188     12 19   .387
Ohio State 1 15   .063     8 22   .267
No. 12 Michigan* † 0 5   .000     0 8   .000
1998 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
*Michigan: 24 reg. season games inc. Big Ten Tourn. Champ.; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program
**Minnesota: 5 NIT games vacated inc. NIT champ. vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed records: Michigan 25–9, 11–5; Minnesota 20–15, 6–10

The 1997–98 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1997–98 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Brian Ellerbe, the team finished fourth in the Big Ten Conference. The team emerged victorious in the inaugural 1998 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. The team earned an invitation to the 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a number three seed where it was eliminated in the second round. The team was ranked for twelve of the eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll, starting the season unranked, peaking at number twelve where it ended the season, and it also ended the season ranked twelve in the final USA Today/CNN Poll. The team had a 4–3 December 13, 1997, against #1 Duke 81–73 at home, December 26, 1997, against #19 Syracuse 93–61 at the Puerto Rico Holiday Classic, Eugene Guerra Sports Complex in San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 1 against #16 Iowa 80–66 on the road, March 8 against #9 Purdue 76–67 at the 1998 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at the United Center. The victory over Duke was one of only two victories over the number one ranked team in the country in the history of the school.


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