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1997-98 Arizona Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 30-5 (17-1, 1st in Pac-10 MBB)

Rank: 4th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Lute Olson

PS/G: 90.8 (3rd of 308)

PA/G: 74.6 (238th of 308)

SRS: 24.56 (3rd of 306)

SOS: 8.36 (23rd of 306)

ORtg: 115.6 (6th of 308)

DRtg: 95.0 (50th of 308)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in West)
Won West First Round (99-60) versus #16 Nicholls State
Won West Second Round (82-49) versus #9 Illinois State
Won West Regional Semifinal (87-79) versus #4 Maryland
Lost West Regional Final (76-51) versus #3 Utah

Pac-10 Reg Season Champ

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AP Poll Summary

1997-98 Season 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
Arizona	1	1	1	4	6	5	5	8	5	5	6	6	4	3	3	2	2	4

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Thu, Nov 20, 1997	REG		Morgan State	MEAC	-13.99	W	115	53		1	0	W 1	McKale Center
2	Mon, Nov 24, 1997	REG	N	Boston College	Big East	5.14	W	99	69		2	0	W 2	Lahaina Civic Center
3	Tue, Nov 25, 1997	REG	N	Kentucky (8)	SEC	22.95	W	89	74		3	0	W 3	Lahaina Civic Center
4	Wed, Nov 26, 1997	REG	N	Duke (3)	ACC	29.55	L	87	95		3	1	L 1	Lahaina Civic Center
5	Sat, Nov 29, 1997	REG		UNC Asheville	Big South	-4.27	W	97	69		4	1	W 1	McKale Center
6	Tue, Dec 2, 1997	REG	N	Kansas (2)	Big 12	22.83	L	87	90		4	2	L 1	United Center
7	Sat, Dec 6, 1997	REG	@	Texas	Big 12	4.53	W	88	81		5	2	W 1	Frank Erwin Center
8	Mon, Dec 8, 1997	REG	@	Baylor	Big 12	3.19	W	83	68		6	2	W 2	Ferrell Center
9	Sat, Dec 13, 1997	REG		Coppin State	MEAC	-2.39	W	99	82		7	2	W 3	McKale Center
10	Tue, Dec 23, 1997	REG	@	Florida State (17)	ACC	12.93	L	79	84		7	3	L 1	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
11	Sun, Dec 28, 1997	REG		James Madison	CAA	-5.01	W	92	68		8	3	W 1	McKale Center
12	Mon, Dec 29, 1997	REG		Kansas State	Big 12	9.39	W	125	87		9	3	W 2	McKale Center
13	Sat, Jan 3, 1998	REG		UCLA (9)	Pac-10	13.03	W	87	75		10	3	W 3	McKale Center
14	Mon, Jan 5, 1998	REG		Southern California	Pac-10	2.12	W	91	72		11	3	W 4	McKale Center
15	Thu, Jan 8, 1998	REG	N	Washington State	Pac-10	4.98	W	94	81		12	3	W 5	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
16	Sat, Jan 10, 1998	REG	@	Washington	Pac-10	10.28	W	110	91		13	3	W 6	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
17	Thu, Jan 15, 1998	REG		Arizona State	Pac-10	7.92	W	127	99		14	3	W 7	McKale Center
18	Sun, Jan 18, 1998	REG		New Mexico (15)	WAC	14.98	W	89	70		15	3	W 8	McKale Center
19	Thu, Jan 22, 1998	REG		Oregon	Pac-10	5.96	W	87	57		16	3	W 9	McKale Center
20	Sun, Jan 25, 1998	REG		Oregon State	Pac-10	4.72	W	93	80		17	3	W 10	McKale Center
21	Thu, Jan 29, 1998	REG	@	Stanford (4)	Pac-10	18.95	W	93	75		18	3	W 11	Maples Pavilion
22	Sat, Jan 31, 1998	REG	@	California	Pac-10	8.33	W	70	57		19	3	W 12	The Arena in Oakland
23	Thu, Feb 5, 1998	REG		Washington	Pac-10	10.28	W	112	81		20	3	W 13	McKale Center
24	Sat, Feb 7, 1998	REG		Washington State	Pac-10	4.98	W	83	61		21	3	W 14	McKale Center
25	Sat, Feb 14, 1998	REG	@	Arizona State	Pac-10	7.92	W	83	82		22	3	W 15	Wells Fargo Arena
26	Thu, Feb 19, 1998	REG	@	Oregon State	Pac-10	4.72	W	71	70		23	3	W 16	Gill Coliseum
27	Sat, Feb 21, 1998	REG	@	Oregon	Pac-10	5.96	W	81	66		24	3	W 17	McArthur Court
28	Thu, Feb 26, 1998	REG		California	Pac-10	8.33	W	76	73		25	3	W 18	McKale Center
29	Sat, Feb 28, 1998	REG		Stanford (8)	Pac-10	18.95	W	90	58		26	3	W 19	McKale Center
30	Thu, Mar 5, 1998	REG	@	Southern California	Pac-10	2.12	L	90	91	OT	26	4	L 1	L.A. Sports Arena
31	Sat, Mar 7, 1998	REG	@	UCLA (19)	Pac-10	13.03	W	91	87		27	4	W 1	Pauley Pavilion
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
32	Thu, Mar 12, 1998	NCAA	N	Nicholls State	Southland	-5.33	W	99	60		28	4	W 2	ARCO Arena
33	Sat, Mar 14, 1998	NCAA	N	Illinois State	MVC	9.64	W	82	49		29	4	W 3	ARCO Arena
34	Thu, Mar 19, 1998	NCAA	N	Maryland (20)	ACC	18.79	W	87	79		30	4	W 4	Honda Center
35	Sat, Mar 21, 1998	NCAA	N	Utah (7)	WAC	17.08	L	51	76		30	5	L 1	Honda Center