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1997-98 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 35-4 (14-2, 1st in SEC MBB East)

Rank: 5th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Tubby Smith

PS/G: 80.1 (28th of 308)

PA/G: 67.0 (71st of 308)

SRS: 22.95 (4th of 306)

SOS: 9.85 (9th of 306)

ORtg: 111.4 (16th of 308)

DRtg: 93.1 (25th of 308)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in South)
Won South First Round (82-67) versus #15 South Carolina State
Won South Second Round (88-61) versus #10 Saint Louis
Won South Regional Semifinal (94-68) versus #6 UCLA
Won South Regional Final (86-84) versus #1 Duke
Won National Semifinal (86-85) versus #3 Stanford
Won National Final (78-69) versus #3 Utah

NCAA Champion
SEC Reg Season Champ
SEC Tourney Champ

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
Kentucky	8	9	8	7	4	4	4	6	6	6	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	5

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		Morehead State	OVC	-15.16	W	88	49		1	0	W 1	Rupp Arena
2	Mon, Nov 24, 1997	REG	N	George Washington	A-10	9.91	W	70	55		2	0	W 2	Lahaina Civic Center
3	Tue, Nov 25, 1997	REG	N	Arizona (1)	Pac-10	24.56	L	74	89		2	1	L 1	Lahaina Civic Center
4	Wed, Nov 26, 1997	REG	N	Missouri	Big 12	6.81	W	77	55		3	1	W 1	Lahaina Civic Center
5	Sat, Nov 29, 1997	REG	N	Clemson (13)	ACC	17.17	W	76	61		4	1	W 2	US Airways Center
6	Wed, Dec 3, 1997	REG	N	Purdue (6)	Big Ten	20.67	W	89	75		5	1	W 3	United Center
7	Sat, Dec 6, 1997	REG	N	Indiana	Big Ten	14.18	W	75	72		6	1	W 4	RCA Dome
8	Wed, Dec 10, 1997	REG	@	Canisius	MAAC	-3.12	W	81	54		7	1	W 5	HSBC Arena
9	Sat, Dec 13, 1997	REG		Georgia Tech (24)	ACC	12.82	W	85	71		8	1	W 6	Rupp Arena
10	Sat, Dec 20, 1997	REG		Tulsa	WAC	6.41	W	74	53		9	1	W 7	Rupp Arena
11	Tue, Dec 23, 1997	REG		American	CAA	-4.91	W	75	52		10	1	W 8	Rupp Arena
12	Sat, Dec 27, 1997	REG		Louisville	CUSA	7.90	L	76	79		10	2	L 1	Rupp Arena
13	Tue, Dec 30, 1997	REG	@	Ohio	MAC	-11.07	W	95	58		11	2	W 1	Convocation Center
14	Sat, Jan 3, 1998	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	11.68	W	71	62		12	2	W 2	Rupp Arena
15	Tue, Jan 6, 1998	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	13.11	W	90	79		13	2	W 3	Stegeman Coliseum
16	Sat, Jan 10, 1998	REG	@	Mississippi State	SEC	7.75	W	77	71		14	2	W 4	Humphrey Coliseum
17	Tue, Jan 13, 1998	REG		South Carolina (14)	SEC	12.51	W	91	70		15	2	W 5	Rupp Arena
18	Sat, Jan 17, 1998	REG		Arkansas (22)	SEC	16.17	W	80	77	OT	16	2	W 6	Rupp Arena
19	Wed, Jan 21, 1998	REG	N	Alabama	SEC	7.74	W	70	67		17	2	W 7	Freedom Hall
20	Sat, Jan 24, 1998	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	11.15	W	85	67		18	2	W 8	Thompson-Boling Arena
21	Tue, Jan 27, 1998	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	11.68	W	63	61		19	2	W 9	Memorial Gymnasium
22	Sun, Feb 1, 1998	REG		Florida	SEC	8.97	L	78	86		19	3	L 1	Rupp Arena
23	Wed, Feb 4, 1998	REG	@	Louisiana State	SEC	1.08	W	63	61		20	3	W 1	Maravich Assembly Center
24	Sun, Feb 8, 1998	REG	@	Villanova	Big East	6.75	W	79	63		21	3	W 2	CoreStates Center
25	Wed, Feb 11, 1998	REG		Tennessee	SEC	11.15	W	80	74		22	3	W 3	Rupp Arena
26	Sat, Feb 14, 1998	REG		Mississippi (18)	SEC	17.22	L	64	73		22	4	L 1	Rupp Arena
27	Wed, Feb 18, 1998	REG	@	Florida	SEC	8.97	W	79	54		23	4	W 1	Stephen C. O''Connell Center
28	Sun, Feb 22, 1998	REG		Georgia	SEC	13.11	W	85	74		24	4	W 2	Rupp Arena
29	Wed, Feb 25, 1998	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	7.44	W	83	58		25	4	W 3	Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum
30	Sat, Feb 28, 1998	REG	@	South Carolina (14)	SEC	12.51	W	69	57		26	4	W 4	Carolina Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Fri, Mar 6, 1998	CTOURN	N	Alabama	SEC	7.74	W	82	71		27	4	W 5	Georgia Dome
32	Sat, Mar 7, 1998	CTOURN	N	Arkansas (16)	SEC	16.17	W	99	74		28	4	W 6	Georgia Dome
33	Sun, Mar 8, 1998	CTOURN	N	South Carolina (15)	SEC	12.51	W	86	56		29	4	W 7	Georgia Dome
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
34	Fri, Mar 13, 1998	NCAA	N	South Carolina State	MEAC	-5.65	W	82	67		30	4	W 8	Georgia Dome
35	Sun, Mar 15, 1998	NCAA	N	Saint Louis	CUSA	9.47	W	88	61		31	4	W 9	Georgia Dome
36	Fri, Mar 20, 1998	NCAA	N	UCLA (19)	Pac-10	13.03	W	94	68		32	4	W 10	Tropicana Field
37	Sun, Mar 22, 1998	NCAA	N	Duke (3)	ACC	29.55	W	86	84		33	4	W 11	Tropicana Field
38	Sat, Mar 28, 1998	NCAA	N	Stanford (10)	Pac-10	18.95	W	86	85	OT	34	4	W 12	Alamodome
39	Mon, Mar 30, 1998	NCAA	N	Utah (7)	WAC	17.08	W	78	69		35	4	W 13	Alamodome