1998-99 Michigan State Spartans Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 33-5 (15-1, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Tom Izzo

PS/G: 71.7 (119th of 311)

PA/G: 59.5 (9th of 311)

SRS: 22.64 (7th of 310)

SOS: 10.91 (6th of 310)

ORtg: 111.5 (8th of 311)

DRtg: 92.5 (43rd of 311)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (76-53) versus #16 Mount St. Mary's
Won Midwest Second Round (74-66) versus #9 Mississippi
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (54-46) versus #13 Oklahoma
Won Midwest Regional Final (73-66) versus #3 Kentucky
Lost National Semifinal (68-62) versus #1 Duke

Big Ten Reg Season Champ
Big Ten Tourney Champ

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AP Poll Summary

1998-99 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/16	11/23	11/30	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	3/1	Final
Michigan State	5	5	7	9	14	14	15	13	12	14	11	8	8	5	4	3	2	2

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 13, 1998	REG		Louisiana-Monroe	Southland	-10.13	W	89	58		1	0	W 1	Breslin Student Events Center
2	Tue, Nov 17, 1998	REG	@	Oakland			W	96	66		2	0	W 2	Athletics Center O''rena
3	Fri, Nov 20, 1998	REG	@	Temple (7)	A-10	17.06	L	59	60		2	1	L 1	The Apollo of Temple
4	Fri, Nov 27, 1998	REG		UCF	TAAC	-2.12	W	87	64		3	1	W 1	Breslin Student Events Center
5	Sat, Nov 28, 1998	REG		Western Michigan	MAC	-1.30	W	90	66		4	1	W 2	Breslin Student Events Center
6	Wed, Dec 2, 1998	REG	N	Duke (4)	ACC	34.79	L	67	73		4	2	L 1	United Center
7	Sat, Dec 5, 1998	REG	@	Connecticut (1)	Big East	24.73	L	68	82		4	3	L 2	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
8	Thu, Dec 10, 1998	REG	@	East Tennessee State	Southern	-6.66	W	86	53		5	3	W 1	Memorial Center
9	Sun, Dec 13, 1998	REG		Illinois-Chicago	MW Coll	-6.88	W	77	33		6	3	W 2	Breslin Student Events Center
10	Mon, Dec 21, 1998	REG	N	Pepperdine	WCC	3.16	W	79	67		7	3	W 3	George Q. Cannon Activities Center
11	Tue, Dec 22, 1998	REG	N	Tulsa	WAC	10.74	W	68	58		8	3	W 4	George Q. Cannon Activities Center
12	Wed, Dec 23, 1998	REG	N	Alabama	SEC	5.85	W	75	58		9	3	W 5	George Q. Cannon Activities Center
13	Wed, Dec 30, 1998	REG		UNC Asheville	Big South	-13.24	W	64	39		10	3	W 6	Breslin Student Events Center
14	Sat, Jan 2, 1999	REG		Louisville	CUSA	15.38	W	69	57		11	3	W 7	Breslin Student Events Center
15	Wed, Jan 6, 1999	REG	@	Wisconsin (24)	Big Ten	17.29	L	51	66		11	4	L 1	Kohl Center
16	Sat, Jan 9, 1999	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	8.49	W	81	67		12	4	W 1	Breslin Student Events Center
17	Wed, Jan 13, 1999	REG		Minnesota (19)	Big Ten	13.53	W	71	55		13	4	W 2	Breslin Student Events Center
18	Sat, Jan 16, 1999	REG	@	Illinois	Big Ten	10.60	W	51	49		14	4	W 3	Assembly Hall
19	Thu, Jan 21, 1999	REG		Iowa (14)	Big Ten	15.37	W	80	65		15	4	W 4	Breslin Student Events Center
20	Sun, Jan 24, 1999	REG	@	Indiana (18)	Big Ten	17.21	W	73	59		16	4	W 5	Assembly Hall
21	Wed, Jan 27, 1999	REG		Ohio State (15)	Big Ten	19.03	W	76	71		17	4	W 6	Breslin Student Events Center
22	Sat, Jan 30, 1999	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	10.81	W	65	48		18	4	W 7	Breslin Student Events Center
23	Tue, Feb 2, 1999	REG	@	Penn State	Big Ten	11.15	W	70	68		19	4	W 8	Bryce Jordan Center
24	Sat, Feb 6, 1999	REG	@	Iowa (14)	Big Ten	15.37	W	95	81		20	4	W 9	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
25	Thu, Feb 11, 1999	REG		Illinois	Big Ten	10.60	W	61	44		21	4	W 10	Breslin Student Events Center
26	Sat, Feb 13, 1999	REG	@	Minnesota (22)	Big Ten	13.53	W	84	82		22	4	W 11	Williams Arena
27	Tue, Feb 16, 1999	REG		Purdue (17)	Big Ten	13.23	W	82	69		23	4	W 12	Breslin Student Events Center
28	Thu, Feb 18, 1999	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	8.49	W	73	58		24	4	W 13	Crisler Arena
29	Sun, Feb 21, 1999	REG		Wisconsin (13)	Big Ten	17.29	W	56	51		25	4	W 14	Breslin Student Events Center
30	Sat, Feb 27, 1999	REG	@	Purdue (23)	Big Ten	13.23	W	60	46		26	4	W 15	Mackey Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Fri, Mar 5, 1999	CTOURN	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	10.81	W	61	59		27	4	W 16	United Center
32	Sat, Mar 6, 1999	CTOURN	N	Wisconsin (19)	Big Ten	17.29	W	56	41		28	4	W 17	United Center
33	Sun, Mar 7, 1999	CTOURN	N	Illinois	Big Ten	10.60	W	67	50		29	4	W 18	United Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
34	Fri, Mar 12, 1999	NCAA	N	Mount St. Mary's	NEC	-7.35	W	76	53		30	4	W 19	Bradley Center
35	Sun, Mar 14, 1999	NCAA	N	Mississippi	SEC	14.97	W	74	66		31	4	W 20	Bradley Center
36	Fri, Mar 19, 1999	NCAA	N	Oklahoma	Big 12	13.28	W	54	46		32	4	W 21	Edward Jones Dome
37	Sun, Mar 21, 1999	NCAA	N	Kentucky (8)	SEC	22.71	W	73	66		33	4	W 22	Edward Jones Dome
38	Sat, Mar 27, 1999	NCAA	N	Duke (1)	ACC	34.79	L	62	68		33	5	L 1	Tropicana Field