1997-98 Men's Big Ten Conference Season Summary

1996-97 Big Ten 1998-99 Big Ten

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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Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Michigan State	13	3	.813	22	8	.733	73.4	64.0	18.7	9.3	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Illinois	13	3	.813	23	10	.697	69.7	63.5	15.2	9.0	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
3	Purdue	12	4	.750	28	8	.778	83.7	72.3	20.7	9.2	NCAA Tournament
4	Michigan	11	5	.688	25	9	.735	77.4	67.2	18.8	9.6	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion; *Overall W-L adjusted to 0-8
5	Iowa	9	7	.563	20	11	.645	80.2	67.5	17.2	6.0
6	Indiana	9	7	.563	20	12	.625	76.8	73.3	14.2	10.7	NCAA Tournament
7	Penn State	8	8	.500	19	13	.594	72.9	68.8	10.5	6.4
8	Minnesota	6	10	.375	20	15	.571	72.3	68.7	11.9	8.3	*Overall W-L adjusted to 15-15
9	Northwestern	3	13	.188	10	17	.370	60.6	63.9	2.3	5.6
10	Wisconsin	3	13	.188	12	19	.387	60.5	62.6	7.2	9.2
11	Ohio State	1	15	.063	8	22	.267	65.9	72.8	1.8	8.7

AP Poll Summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/17	11/24	12/1	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	16	13	14	10	12	16
Purdue	9	8	6	6	8	8	7	5	9	9	12	10	10	8	5	11	9	11
Indiana	17	23	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wisconsin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	18	17	19	16	19	18	21	22	21	17	12
Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	22	18	22
Penn State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ohio State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northwestern	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa	15	14	14	10	10	15	15	14	11	13	10	16	24	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Illinois	33	23	10	.697	13	3	13	1	6	4	102.4	93.2	+9.2	25.1	56.6	.442	6.5	18.0	.363	.500	13.1	19.2	.681	11.2	33.6	14.2	7.4	2.7	13.4	18.7	69.7	63.5	15.21	8.97
2	Michigan State	30	22	8	.733	13	3	12	3	8	3	106.7	93.1	+13.7	26.6	59.3	.449	5.9	16.4	.357	.499	14.3	21.3	.670	16.0	39.9	14.9	7.6	3.9	15.4	19.2	73.4	64.0	18.65	9.25	68.2
3	Purdue	36	28	8	.778	12	4	13	1	8	3	113.3	97.9	+15.5	29.4	60.7	.484	6.8	18.1	.374	.539	18.3	24.0	.760	13.6	31.3	18.9	8.7	3.8	15.5	16.3	83.7	72.3	20.67	9.23	73.6
4	Michigan	34	25	9	.735	11	5	12	3	7	5	111.2	96.5	+14.6	27.4	56.1	.489	7.6	18.3	.419	.557	14.9	21.4	.694	12.4	38.6	15.8	7.1	4.1	15.8	17.2	77.4	67.2	18.79	9.64	69.3
5	Indiana	32	20	12	.625	9	7	10	2	4	7	107.1	102.3	+4.8	27.5	56.0	.491	5.8	15.3	.380	.542	16.0	21.9	.731	10.2	33.7	17.8	7.3	3.3	15.6	18.3	76.8	73.3	14.18	10.71	71.4
6	Iowa	31	20	11	.645	9	7	11	5	7	5	110.4	92.9	+17.5	28.3	59.0	.480	7.0	17.5	.401	.540	16.5	23.3	.710	13.5	38.3	18.3	10.2	3.7	16.6	16.1	80.2	67.5	17.25	6.05
7	Penn State	32	19	13	.594	8	8	12	2	6	8	106.6	100.5	+6.1	25.7	54.2	.473	6.9	19.5	.356	.537	14.7	19.8	.740	9.8	31.6	16.0	7.1	5.6	14.6	17.5	72.9	68.8	10.48	6.42	67.9
8	Minnesota	35	20	15	.571	6	10	15	6	2	8	105.5	100.2	+5.3	25.7	58.0	.444	5.4	15.9	.339	.490	15.4	21.3	.725	12.5	35.1	14.2	8.7	4.1	12.6	20.5	72.3	68.7	11.95	8.32
9	Northwestern	27	10	17	.370	3	13	10	7	0	10	97.1	102.4	-5.2	21.1	44.6	.474	5.3	13.9	.379	.533	13.1	21.4	.611	9.7	33.4	15.1	4.0	1.7	17.1	17.7	60.6	63.9	2.33	5.59
10	Wisconsin	31	12	19	.387	3	13	7	8	2	9	93.8	97.0	-3.1	20.8	50.9	.408	4.2	14.1	.297	.449	14.8	21.0	.704	10.2	32.1	11.2	6.1	3.1	13.9	20.7	60.5	62.6	7.19	9.22
11	Ohio State	30	8	22	.267	1	15	7	10	1	8	95.7	105.7	-10.0	24.8	55.7	.445	4.8	15.3	.312	.488	11.6	20.2	.575	12.3	32.0	14.1	6.4	3.1	15.7	17.7	65.9	72.8	1.83	8.73	68.6

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