1998–99 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
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Big Ten regular season champions
Big Ten Tournament champions |
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NCAA Tournament, Final Four
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
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| Coaches | No. 3 |
| AP | No. 2 |
| 1998–99 record | 33–5 (15–1 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Tom Izzo (4th year) |
| Assistant coach | Tom Crean (4th year) |
| Assistant coach | Stan Heath (3rd year) |
| Assistant coach | Mike Garland (3rd year) |
| Captain | Mateen Cleaves |
| Captain | Antonio Smith |
| Captain | Jason Klein |
| Captain | Thomas Kelley |
| Home arena | Breslin Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #2 Michigan State † | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 33 | – | 5 | .868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #19 Indiana | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #18 Wisconsin | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #21 Iowa | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #11 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #14 Ohio State** | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan* | 0 | – | 11 | .000 | 0 | – | 19 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1999 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll *Michigan: 12 reg. season games vacated due to sanctions against the program **Ohio State: 29 reg. season games; 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan-(12-19)(5-11); Ohio State-(27-9)(12-4) |
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The 1998–99 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan. They were coached by fourth year head coach, Tom Izzo. The Spartans won the Big Ten regular season championship by three games with a record of 33–5, 15–1. The 33 wins marked a school record for wins in a season. MSU also won the Big Ten Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament where they lost to eventual National Runner-up, Duke in the Final Four.
The Spartans finished the 1997–98 season with an overall record of 22–8 and in first place in the Big Ten with a 13–3 record. Michigan State received a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament, their first trip to the Tournament under Tom Izzo, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.
The Spartans, fresh off their first trip to the Sweet Sixteen since 1990, started the season ranked No. 5 in the country. Michigan State was led by juniors Mateen Cleaves (11.7 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 7.2 APG) and Morris Peterson (13.6 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 0.9 APG).
The Spartans played three top seven teams in their first seven games. MSU lost all three: at No. 7 Temple, versus No. 4 Duke on a neutral court, and at No. 1 Connecticut. However, the Spartans finished the non–conference season without another loss with a record of 11–3 and ranked No. 14 in the country.
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