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1997-98 Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 20-15 Overall W-L adjusted to 15-15 (6-10, 8th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Clem Haskins

PS/G: 72.3 (118th of 308)

PA/G: 68.7 (114th of 308)

SRS: 11.95 (34th of 306)

SOS: 8.32 (24th of 306)

ORtg: 105.5 (65th of 308)

DRtg: 100.2 (171st of 308)

NIT Champion

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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
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 14, 1997	REG		Villanova	Big East	6.75	W	68	55		1	0	W 1	Williams Arena
2	Mon, Nov 17, 1997	REG		Utah State	Big West	6.54	L	64	75		1	1	L 1	Williams Arena
3	Sat, Nov 22, 1997	REG		Alabama	SEC	7.74	L	63	64		1	2	L 2	Williams Arena
4	Mon, Dec 1, 1997	REG		Campbell	TAAC	-18.24	W	67	57		2	2	W 1	Williams Arena
5	Wed, Dec 3, 1997	REG		Eastern Michigan	MAC	6.70	W	65	58		3	2	W 2	Williams Arena
6	Fri, Dec 5, 1997	REG		Western Carolina	Southern	-10.70	W	63	46		4	2	W 3	Williams Arena
7	Sat, Dec 13, 1997	REG		Nebraska	Big 12	8.72	L	66	70		4	3	L 1	Williams Arena
8	Wed, Dec 17, 1997	REG	@	Cincinnati	CUSA	17.85	L	71	81		4	4	L 2	Myrl H. Shoemaker Center
9	Sat, Dec 20, 1997	REG		Fresno State	WAC	9.32	W	92	72		5	4	W 1	Williams Arena
10	Mon, Dec 22, 1997	REG		Sacramento State	Big Sky	-22.34	W	100	56		6	4	W 2	Williams Arena
11	Sun, Dec 28, 1997	REG		Florida Atlantic	TAAC	-19.25	W	95	45		7	4	W 3	Williams Arena
12	Fri, Jan 2, 1998	REG		Purdue (5)	Big Ten	20.67	L	79	83		7	5	L 1	Williams Arena
13	Wed, Jan 7, 1998	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	2.33	L	59	66		7	6	L 2	Welsh-Ryan Arena
14	Sat, Jan 10, 1998	REG	@	Penn State	Big Ten	10.48	L	68	75		7	7	L 3	Bryce Jordan Center
15	Wed, Jan 14, 1998	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	18.65	L	60	74		7	8	L 4	Williams Arena
16	Sun, Jan 18, 1998	REG		Iowa (13)	Big Ten	17.25	L	69	82		7	9	L 5	Williams Arena
17	Tue, Jan 20, 1998	REG	@	Michigan (16)	Big Ten	18.79	L	57	65		7	10	L 6	Crisler Arena
18	Sat, Jan 24, 1998	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	1.83	W	76	53		8	10	W 1	Williams Arena
19	Tue, Jan 27, 1998	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	7.19	W	58	48		9	10	W 2	Williams Arena
20	Sat, Jan 31, 1998	REG	@	Indiana (25)	Big Ten	14.18	L	82	95		9	11	L 1	Assembly Hall
21	Wed, Feb 4, 1998	REG	@	Illinois	Big Ten	15.21	L	56	68		9	12	L 2	Assembly Hall
22	Sat, Feb 7, 1998	REG		Michigan (18)	Big Ten	18.79	W	88	78		10	12	W 1	Williams Arena
23	Thu, Feb 12, 1998	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	17.25	W	73	71		11	12	W 2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
24	Sat, Feb 14, 1998	REG	@	Michigan State (13)	Big Ten	18.65	L	59	71		11	13	L 1	Breslin Student Events Center
25	Wed, Feb 18, 1998	REG		Penn State	Big Ten	10.48	W	82	77		12	13	W 1	Williams Arena
26	Wed, Feb 25, 1998	REG	@	Purdue (11)	Big Ten	20.67	L	83	87		12	14	L 1	Mackey Arena
27	Sat, Feb 28, 1998	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	2.33	W	59	54		13	14	W 1	Williams Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Thu, Mar 5, 1998	CTOURN	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	2.33	W	64	56		14	14	W 2	United Center
29	Fri, Mar 6, 1998	CTOURN	N	Michigan State (12)	Big Ten	18.65	W	76	73		15	14	W 3	United Center
30	Sat, Mar 7, 1998	CTOURN	N	Michigan (17)	Big Ten	18.79	L	69	85		15	15	L 1	United Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Wed, Mar 11, 1998	NIT		Colorado State	WAC	6.28	W	77	65		16	15	W 1	Williams Arena
32	Mon, Mar 16, 1998	NIT		UAB	CUSA	6.88	W	79	66		17	15	W 2	Williams Arena
33	Wed, Mar 18, 1998	NIT		Marquette	CUSA	10.55	W	73	71		18	15	W 3	Williams Arena
34	Tue, Mar 24, 1998	NIT	N	Fresno State	WAC	9.32	W	91	89	OT	19	15	W 4	Madison Square Garden (IV)
35	Thu, Mar 26, 1998	NIT	N	Penn State	Big Ten	10.48	W	79	72		20	15	W 5	Madison Square Garden (IV)