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1997-98 Men's Big Ten Conference Schedule and Results

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Record: 207-144, .590 W-L% (3rd of 30) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 12.59 (2nd of 30)

SOS: 8.37 (2nd of 30)

Regular Season Champion: Illinois and Michigan State

Player of the Year: Mateen Cleaves

Coach of the Year: Tom Izzo

Conference Tournament Champion: Michigan

NCAA Tournament: 5 teams (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Indiana, Iowa and Purdue)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 teams (Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue)

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98 Games

Conference games only

98 Games Table
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Tue, Dec 30, 1997	Michigan State	74	Purdue	57
Wed, Dec 31, 1997	Iowa	89	Indiana	76
Wed, Dec 31, 1997	Michigan	76	Wisconsin	63
Fri, Jan 2, 1998	Purdue	83	Minnesota	79
Sat, Jan 3, 1998	Indiana	72	Illinois	74
Sat, Jan 3, 1998	Northwestern	57	Iowa	91
Sat, Jan 3, 1998	Penn State	75	Michigan	92
Sat, Jan 3, 1998	Wisconsin	64	Ohio State	59
Tue, Jan 6, 1998	Michigan	62	Indiana	80
Wed, Jan 7, 1998	Minnesota	59	Northwestern	66
Wed, Jan 7, 1998	Penn State	55	Purdue	77
Thu, Jan 8, 1998	Illinois	76	Iowa	64
Thu, Jan 8, 1998	Wisconsin	40	Michigan State	63
Sat, Jan 10, 1998	Ohio State	66	Indiana	83
Sat, Jan 10, 1998	Michigan State	69	Michigan	79
Sat, Jan 10, 1998	Illinois	59	Northwestern	44
Sat, Jan 10, 1998	Minnesota	68	Penn State	75
Tue, Jan 13, 1998	Purdue	68	Illinois	58
Wed, Jan 14, 1998	Michigan State	74	Minnesota	60
Wed, Jan 14, 1998	Indiana	76	Northwestern	58
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Wed, Jan 14, 1998	Iowa	61	Ohio State	46
Wed, Jan 14, 1998	Penn State	57	Wisconsin	76
Sat, Jan 17, 1998	Illinois	64	Michigan State	68
Sat, Jan 17, 1998	Michigan	79	Ohio State	61
Sat, Jan 17, 1998	Northwestern	33	Wisconsin	56
Sun, Jan 18, 1998	Purdue	88	Indiana	94
Sun, Jan 18, 1998	Iowa	82	Minnesota	69
Tue, Jan 20, 1998	Minnesota	57	Michigan	65
Wed, Jan 21, 1998	Wisconsin	48	Illinois	62
Wed, Jan 21, 1998	Michigan State	78	Iowa	57
Wed, Jan 21, 1998	Ohio State	71	Purdue	82
Thu, Jan 22, 1998	Northwestern	45	Penn State	83
Sat, Jan 24, 1998	Penn State	59	Michigan State	71
Sat, Jan 24, 1998	Ohio State	53	Minnesota	76
Sat, Jan 24, 1998	Northwestern	45	Purdue	80
Sun, Jan 25, 1998	Michigan	53	Illinois	64
Sun, Jan 25, 1998	Indiana	69	Wisconsin	59
Tue, Jan 27, 1998	Wisconsin	48	Minnesota	58
Wed, Jan 28, 1998	Indiana	66	Michigan State	84
Wed, Jan 28, 1998	Illinois	66	Ohio State	62
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Wed, Jan 28, 1998	Iowa	65	Penn State	67
Thu, Jan 29, 1998	Purdue	89	Michigan	82
Sat, Jan 31, 1998	Minnesota	82	Indiana	95
Sat, Jan 31, 1998	Michigan State	72	Northwestern	66	OT
Sat, Jan 31, 1998	Illinois	77	Penn State	71
Sat, Jan 31, 1998	Wisconsin	59	Purdue	82
Sun, Feb 1, 1998	Michigan	80	Iowa	66
Tue, Feb 3, 1998	Iowa	79	Wisconsin	76
Wed, Feb 4, 1998	Minnesota	56	Illinois	68
Wed, Feb 4, 1998	Penn State	76	Indiana	95
Wed, Feb 4, 1998	Michigan State	84	Ohio State	58
Thu, Feb 5, 1998	Northwestern	67	Michigan	74
Sat, Feb 7, 1998	Iowa	64	Michigan State	75
Sat, Feb 7, 1998	Michigan	78	Minnesota	88
Sat, Feb 7, 1998	Purdue	107	Ohio State	75
Sat, Feb 7, 1998	Illinois	53	Wisconsin	47	OT
Sun, Feb 8, 1998	Penn State	69	Northwestern	68	OT
Tue, Feb 10, 1998	Indiana	89	Purdue	94
Wed, Feb 11, 1998	Ohio State	68	Michigan	76
Wed, Feb 11, 1998	Wisconsin	39	Northwestern	47
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Feb 12, 1998	Michigan State	63	Illinois	84
Thu, Feb 12, 1998	Minnesota	73	Iowa	71
Sat, Feb 14, 1998	Northwestern	55	Indiana	73
Sat, Feb 14, 1998	Ohio State	70	Iowa	82
Sat, Feb 14, 1998	Minnesota	59	Michigan State	71
Sat, Feb 14, 1998	Wisconsin	69	Penn State	75
Sat, Feb 14, 1998	Illinois	72	Purdue	75
Mon, Feb 16, 1998	Ohio State	81	Penn State	90
Tue, Feb 17, 1998	Michigan	75	Michigan State	80
Wed, Feb 18, 1998	Northwestern	57	Illinois	69
Wed, Feb 18, 1998	Purdue	69	Iowa	88
Wed, Feb 18, 1998	Penn State	77	Minnesota	82
Thu, Feb 19, 1998	Indiana	74	Ohio State	72
Sat, Feb 21, 1998	Ohio State	62	Northwestern	70
Sat, Feb 21, 1998	Purdue	63	Penn State	74
Sat, Feb 21, 1998	Michigan State	56	Wisconsin	47
Sun, Feb 22, 1998	Iowa	72	Illinois	79
Sun, Feb 22, 1998	Indiana	64	Michigan	112
Tue, Feb 24, 1998	Illinois	82	Indiana	72
Wed, Feb 25, 1998	Iowa	75	Northwestern	55
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Wed, Feb 25, 1998	Michigan	77	Penn State	61
Wed, Feb 25, 1998	Minnesota	83	Purdue	87
Wed, Feb 25, 1998	Ohio State	61	Wisconsin	56
Sat, Feb 28, 1998	Indiana	70	Iowa	84
Sat, Feb 28, 1998	Wisconsin	70	Michigan	76
Sat, Feb 28, 1998	Purdue	99	Michigan State	96	OT
Sat, Feb 28, 1998	Northwestern	54	Minnesota	59
Sat, Feb 28, 1998	Penn State	89	Ohio State	85	OT
Thu, Mar 5, 1998	Minnesota	64	Northwestern	56		BG10 First Round
Thu, Mar 5, 1998	Indiana	78	Ohio State	71		BG10 First Round
Thu, Mar 5, 1998	Penn State	51	Wisconsin	52		BG10 First Round
Fri, Mar 6, 1998	Iowa	66	Michigan	77		BG10 Quarterfinal
Fri, Mar 6, 1998	Michigan State	73	Minnesota	76		BG10 Quarterfinal
Fri, Mar 6, 1998	Indiana	71	Purdue	76		BG10 Quarterfinal
Fri, Mar 6, 1998	Illinois	66	Wisconsin	61		BG10 Quarterfinal
Sat, Mar 7, 1998	Michigan	85	Minnesota	69		BG10 Semifinal
Sat, Mar 7, 1998	Illinois	47	Purdue	68		BG10 Semifinal
Sun, Mar 8, 1998	Michigan	76	Purdue	67		BG10 Final

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