1997–98 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

1997–98 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Big Ten Regular Season Co-Champions Coca Cola Spartan Classic Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 16
1997–98 record	22–8 (13–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Izzo (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Tom Crean (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Stan Heath (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Mike Garland (2nd year)
Captain	Antonio Smith
Captain	Mateen Cleaves
Home arena	Breslin Center

1997–98 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#16 Michigan State	13	–	3	.813	22	–	8	.733
#22 Illinois	13	–	3	.813	23	–	10	.697
#11 Purdue	12	–	4	.750	28	–	8	.778
Iowa	9	–	7	.563	20	–	11	.645
Indiana	9	–	7	.563	20	–	12	.625
Penn State	8	–	8	.500	19	–	13	.594
Minnesota**	6	–	10	.375	15	–	15	.500
Northwestern	3	–	13	.188	10	–	17	.370
Wisconsin	3	–	13	.188	12	–	19	.387
Ohio State	1	–	15	.063	8	–	22	.267
#12 Michigan* †	0	–	5	.000	0	–	8	.000

† 1998 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll Michigan: 24 reg. season games inc. Big Ten Tourn. Champ.; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program *Minnesota: 5 NIT games vacated inc. NIT champ. vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan-(25-9)(11-5); Minnesota-(20-15)(6-10)

The 1997–98 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were member of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by 3rd year head coach, Tom Izzo. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 22–8, 13–3 in Big Ten play to share the regular season Big Ten championship. MSU received a bid to the NCAA Tournament where they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen before losing to North Carolina.

Previous Season

The Spartans finished the 1996–97 season with an overall record of 17–12 and in eighth place in the Big Ten with a 9–9 record. Michigan State received an invitation to the NIT and advanced to the second round.

The Spartans lost Jon Garavaglia (10.4 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 1.1 APG) and Ray Weathers (13.6, 2.4 RPG, 1.6 APG) to graduation following the season.

Season Summary

The Spartans began the season looking for their first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 1995. They were led by sophomore Mateen Cleaves (16.1 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 7.2 APG) and junior Jason Klein (11.2 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 1.3 APG). This season marked the first year for all four of MSU's "Flintstones", Cleaves (sophomore), Charlie Bell (freshman), Antonio Smith (junior), and Morris Peterson (sophomore), who would end their careers with a National Championship in 2000. The Spartans played one ranked team in the non-conference season, No. 7 Temple and lost 54–56.^[1] MSU also suffered surprising losses to UIC^[2] and Detroit in non-conference.^[3] MSU finished the non-conference season at 7–3.

The Spartans opened the Big Ten season with win versus No. 4 Purdue.^[4] Following a loss at No. 17 Michigan,^[5] the Spartans won their next eight conference games ibefore losing at eventual Big Ten co-champion, Illinois. In January, MSU entered the AP and Coaches rankings for the first time since the end of the 1994–95 season.^[6] The Spartans finished in a tie for the conference championship, their first since 1990, with a record of 13–3 and 20–6 overall.^[7] The Spartans earned the No. 1 seed in the inaugural Big Ten Tournament, but lost their first game in the quarterfinals to Minnesota.^[7]

The Spartans received at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 4 seed in the East Region, their first trip to the Tournament since 1995. MSU advanced to their first Sweet Sixteen since 1990 by beating Eastern Michigan^[8]^[9] and No. 8 Princeton.^[10]^[11]^[12] The Spartans were eliminated from the tournament by No. 1 North Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen.^[13]

As of 2016, no MSU team has failed to make the NCAA tournament, a streak which began with the 1997–98 team.

Roster and statistics

1997–98 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
No	Name	Pos	Class	Height	Pts	Reb	Ast
14	Charlie Bell	G	FR	6–3	9.2	4.4	1.3
20	Steve Cherry	G	FR	6–6	0.2	0.4	0.0
12	Mateen Cleaves	G	SO	6–2	16.1	2.5	7.2
30	Doug Davis	G	FR	6–3	2.1	0.8	0.7
43	A.J. Granger	F	SO	6–9	2.6	1.8	0.5
34	Andre Hutson	F	FR	6–8	7.5	5.2	0.8
44	Jason Klein	G/F	JR	6–7	11.2	3.7	1.3
54	Ken Miller	C	FR	6–10	0.7	0.8	0.2
42	Morris Peterson	F	SO	6–6	8.0	3.5	0.9
13	Antonio Smith	F	JR	6–8	7.9	8.7	1.1
11	David Thomas	F	SO	6–7	3.5	3.8	0.8
55	Dujuan Wiley	C	SR	6–9	6.3	3.4	0.3

Source^[14]^[15]

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
Nov 11, 1997 7:30 pm		Russia Aquarius	W 84–65		Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Non-conference regular season
Nov 17, 1997* 7:30 pm		East Tennessee State	W 82–59	1–0	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Nov 21, 1997* 9:00 pm, ESPN Plus		at Illinois–Chicago	L 58–70	1–1	UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
Nov 28, 1997* 6:00 pm		Western Michigan Coca Cola Spartan Classic semifinals	W 89–61	2–1	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Nov 29, 1997* 8:00 pm		Gonzaga Coca Cola Spartan Classic championship	W 70–68	3–1	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 4, 1997* 7:30 pm		No. 20 Temple	L 54–56	3–2	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 6, 1997* 7:30 pm		at Cleveland State	W 85–54	4–2	Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
Dec 13, 1997* 7:00 pm, ESPN Plus		Detroit Mercy	L 65–68	4–3	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 17, 1997* 7:30 pm		Wright State	W 95–52	5–3	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 20, 1997* 5:00 pm, ESPN		at South Florida	W 68–53	6–3	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
Dec 27, 1997* 2:00 pm		Eastern Illinois	W 81–69	7–3	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Big Ten regular season
Dec 30, 1997 7:00 pm, ESPN Plus		at No. 5 Purdue	W 74–57	8–3 (1–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Jan 8, 1998 7:30 pm, ESPN		Wisconsin	W 63–40	9–3 (2–0)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 10, 1998 2:30 pm, ESPN Plus Regional		at No. 17 Michigan Rivalry	L 69–79	9–4 (2–1)	Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 14, 1998 8:00 pm, ESPN Plus		at Minnesota	W 74–60	10–4 (3–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Jan 17, 1998 12:15 pm, ESPN Plus Regional		Illinois	W 68–64	11–4 (4–1)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 24, 1999 8:00 pm, ESPN Plus		at No. 10 Iowa	W 78–57	12–4 (5–1)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Jan 24, 1998 12:15 pm, ESPN Plus Regional		Penn State	W 71–59	13–4 (6–1)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 28, 1998 8:00 pm, ESPN Plus	No. 22	No. 25 Indiana	W 84–66	14–4 (7–1)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 31, 1998 8:00 pm, ESPN Plus	No. 22	at Northwestern	W 72–66 ^OT	14–4 (8–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Feb 4, 1998 8:00 pm, ESPN Plus	No. 16	at Ohio State	W 84–58	16–4 (9–1)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
Feb 7, 1998 12:00 pm, ESPN Plus Regional	No. 16	No. 24 Iowa	W 75–64	17–4 (10–1)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 12, 1998 8:00 pm, ESPN Plus	No. 13	at Illinois	L 63–84	17–5 (10–2)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
Feb 14, 1998 8:00 pm, ESPN Plus	No. 10	Minnesota	W 71–59	18–5 (11–2)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 17, 1998 7:30 pm, ESPN	No. 14	No. 22 Michigan Rivalry	W 71–58	19–5 (12–2)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 21, 1998 2:30 pm, ESPN Plus Regional	No. 14	at Wisconsin	W 56–47	20–5 (13–2)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Feb 28, 1998 2:00 pm, CBS	No. 10	No. 11 Purdue	L 96–99 ^OT	20–6 (13–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 6, 1998	(1) No. 12	vs. (8) Minnesota quarterfinals	L 73–76	20–7	United Center Chicago, IL
NCAA Tournament
Mar 12, 1999 , CBS	(4 E) No. 12	vs. (13 E) Eastern Michigan First round	W 83–71	21–7	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
Mar 14, 1998 , CBS	(4 E) No. 12	vs. (5 E) No. 8 Princeton Second round	W 63–56	22–7	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
Mar 19, 1999 , CBS	(4 E) No. 12	vs. (1 E) No. 1 North Carolina Sweet Sixteen	L 58–73	22–8	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll, (#) denotes seed within region. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time Source^[16]^[17].

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18
AP	NR											22	16	13	14	10	12	16

Source.^[18]

Awards and Honors

Mateen Cleaves – Big Ten Player of the Year^[19]
Mateen Cleaves – All American Second Team^[19]
Mateen Cleaves – Big Ten First Team^[19]
Tom Izzo – AP Basketball Coach of the Year^[6]
Tom Izzo – Henry Iba National Coach of the Year^[20]
Tom Izzo – Basketball News' National Coach of the Year^[21]
Tom Izzo – Big Ten Coach of the Year (Media and Coaches)^[19]
Antonio Smith – Big Ten Third Team^[19]
Jason Klein – Big Ten Honorable Mention^[19]

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Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Venues	Armory (1899–1918) IM Circle (1918–1930) Demonstration Hall (1930-1940) Jenison Fieldhouse (1940–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)

Rivalries	Michigan

Culture & lore	Basketbowl Champions Classic "The Flintstones" Izzone Michigan State student riots

People	Head coaches Retired numbers

Seasons	1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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