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1997-98 Michigan State Spartans Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-8 (13-3, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 16th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Tom Izzo

PS/G: 73.4 (100th of 308)

PA/G: 64.0 (28th of 308)

SRS: 18.65 (13th of 306)

SOS: 9.25 (12th of 306)

ORtg: 106.7 (50th of 308)

DRtg: 93.1 (23rd of 308)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in East)
Won East First Round (83-71) versus #13 Eastern Michigan
Won East Second Round (63-56) versus #5 Princeton
Lost East Regional Semifinal (73-58) versus #1 North Carolina

Big Ten 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
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	16	13	14	10	12	16

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Mon, Nov 17, 1997	REG		East Tennessee State	Southern	-11.59	W	82	59		1	0	W 1	Breslin Student Events Center
2	Fri, Nov 21, 1997	REG	@	Illinois-Chicago	MW Coll	9.21	L	58	70		1	1	L 1	UIC Pavilion
3	Fri, Nov 28, 1997	REG		Central Michigan	MAC	-11.57	W	89	61		2	1	W 1	Breslin Student Events Center
4	Sat, Nov 29, 1997	REG		Gonzaga	WCC	10.50	W	70	68		3	1	W 2	Breslin Student Events Center
5	Thu, Dec 4, 1997	REG		Temple (20)	A-10	12.50	L	54	56		3	2	L 1	Breslin Student Events Center
6	Sat, Dec 6, 1997	REG	@	Cleveland State	MW Coll	-2.62	W	85	54		4	2	W 1	Henry J. Goodman Arena
7	Sat, Dec 13, 1997	REG		Detroit Mercy	MW Coll	9.86	L	65	68		4	3	L 1	Breslin Student Events Center
8	Wed, Dec 17, 1997	REG		Wright State	MW Coll	-4.35	W	95	52		5	3	W 1	Breslin Student Events Center
9	Sat, Dec 20, 1997	REG	@	South Florida	CUSA	2.69	W	68	53		6	3	W 2	Sun Dome
10	Sat, Dec 27, 1997	REG		Eastern Illinois	OVC	-4.89	W	81	69		7	3	W 3	Breslin Student Events Center
11	Tue, Dec 30, 1997	REG	@	Purdue (5)	Big Ten	20.67	W	74	57		8	3	W 4	Mackey Arena
12	Thu, Jan 8, 1998	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	7.19	W	63	40		9	3	W 5	Breslin Student Events Center
13	Sat, Jan 10, 1998	REG	@	Michigan (17)	Big Ten	18.79	L	69	79		9	4	L 1	Crisler Arena
14	Wed, Jan 14, 1998	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	11.95	W	74	60		10	4	W 1	Williams Arena
15	Sat, Jan 17, 1998	REG		Illinois	Big Ten	15.21	W	68	64		11	4	W 2	Breslin Student Events Center
16	Wed, Jan 21, 1998	REG	@	Iowa (10)	Big Ten	17.25	W	78	57		12	4	W 3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
17	Sat, Jan 24, 1998	REG		Penn State	Big Ten	10.48	W	71	59		13	4	W 4	Breslin Student Events Center
18	Wed, Jan 28, 1998	REG		Indiana (25)	Big Ten	14.18	W	84	66		14	4	W 5	Breslin Student Events Center
19	Sat, Jan 31, 1998	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	2.33	W	72	66	OT	15	4	W 6	Welsh-Ryan Arena
20	Wed, Feb 4, 1998	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	1.83	W	84	58		16	4	W 7	St. John Arena
21	Sat, Feb 7, 1998	REG		Iowa (24)	Big Ten	17.25	W	75	64		17	4	W 8	Breslin Student Events Center
22	Thu, Feb 12, 1998	REG	@	Illinois	Big Ten	15.21	L	63	84		17	5	L 1	Assembly Hall
23	Sat, Feb 14, 1998	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	11.95	W	71	59		18	5	W 1	Breslin Student Events Center
24	Tue, Feb 17, 1998	REG		Michigan (22)	Big Ten	18.79	W	80	75		19	5	W 2	Breslin Student Events Center
25	Sat, Feb 21, 1998	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7.19	W	56	47		20	5	W 3	Wisconsin Field House
26	Sat, Feb 28, 1998	REG		Purdue (11)	Big Ten	20.67	L	96	99	OT	20	6	L 1	Breslin Student Events Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Fri, Mar 6, 1998	CTOURN	N	Minnesota	Big Ten	11.95	L	73	76		20	7	L 2	United Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Thu, Mar 12, 1998	NCAA	N	Eastern Michigan	MAC	6.70	W	83	71		21	7	W 1	Hartford Civic Center
29	Sat, Mar 14, 1998	NCAA	N	Princeton (8)	Ivy	11.54	W	63	56		22	7	W 2	Hartford Civic Center
30	Thu, Mar 19, 1998	NCAA	N	North Carolina (1)	ACC	26.67	L	58	73		22	8	L 1	Greensboro Coliseum