1997–98 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

The 1997–98 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University as a member of the Pac-10 Conference during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Mike Montgomery and played their home games at Maples Pavilion. Stanford finished second in the Pac-10 regular season standings and received an at-large bid to the 1998 NCAA Tournament. The Cardinal would reach the Final Four for the first time in 56 years by defeating No. 14 seed College of Charleston, No. 11 seed Western Michigan,[2] No. 2 seed Purdue,[3] and No. 8 seed Rhode Island.[4] The season came to and end after a 1-point overtime loss[5] to eventual National champion Kentucky in the National Semifinals. Stanford finished with an overall record of 30–5 (15–3 Pac-10).

1997–98 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
Big Island Invitational champion
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 10
1997–98 record30–5 (15–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coachEric Reveno
Home arenaMaples Pavilion (Capacity: 7,392)
1997–98 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Arizona171 .944305  .857
No. 10 Stanford153 .833305  .857
No. 19 UCLA126 .667249  .727
Washington117 .6112010  .667
Arizona State810 .4441814  .563
Oregon810 .4441314  .481
California810 .4441215  .444
USC513 .278919  .321
Oregon State315 .1671317  .433
Washington State315 .1671019  .345
As of November 23, 2011[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1997–98 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 45 Mark Madsen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)235 lb (107 kg) SoSan Ramon Valley Danville, California
C 55 Tim Young 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)220 lb (100 kg) JrHarbor Santa Cruz, California
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • (W) Walk-on

    Roster

    Schedule and results

    Date
    time, TV
    Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
    city, state
    Regular season
    November 18, 1997*
    No. 15 San Diego W 87–57  1–0
    Maples Pavilion (3,564)
    Stanford, CA
    November 28, 1997*
    No. 15 at Hawaii Hilo
    Big Island Invitational
    W 98–49  2–0
    Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium (2,146)
    Hilo, HI
    November 29, 1997*
    No. 15 vs. Valparaiso
    Big Island Invitational
    W 70–65  3–0
    Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium (2,420)
    Hilo, HI
    November 30, 1997*
    No. 15 vs. Butler
    Big Island Invitational
    W 99–86  4–0
    Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium (2,329)
    Hilo, HI
    December 6, 1997*
    No. 12 vs. No. 21 Georgia
    Wooden Classic
    W 76–74  5–0
    Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (8,947)
    Anaheim, CA
    December 16, 1997*
    No. 9 at San Diego State W 63–42  6–0
    Cox Arena at Aztec Bowl (5,096)
    San Diego, CA
    December 19, 1997*
    No. 9 Pacific W 67–61  7–0
    Maples Pavilion (7,293)
    Stanford, CA
    December 22, 1997*
    No. 8 UC Santa Barbara W 95–62  8–0
    Maples Pavilion (5,813)
    Stanford, CA
    December 27, 1997*
    No. 8 Lehigh W 95–42  9–0
    Maples Pavilion (4,357)
    Stanford, CA
    December 29, 1997*
    No. 7 vs. No. 22 Rhode Island
    Cable Car Classic
    W 70–69  10–0
    San Jose Arena (6,109)
    San Jose, CA
    December 30, 1997*
    No. 7 vs. Santa Clara
    Cable Car Classic
    W 69–60  11–0
    San Jose Arena (6,233)
    San Jose, CA
    January 3, 1998
    No. 7 at Oregon State W 68–48  12–0
    (1–0)
    Gill Coliseum (8,133)
    Corvallis, OR
    January 5, 1998
    No. 7 at Oregon W 89–67  13–0
    (2–0)
    McArthur Court (7,355)
    Eugene, OR
    January 10, 1998
    No. 7 California W 84–74  14–0
    (3–0)
    Maples Pavilion (7,391)
    Stanford, CA
    January 15, 1998
    No. 7 USC W 99–62  15–0
    (4–0)
    Maples Pavilion (7,391)
    Stanford, CA
    January 17, 1998
     CBS
    No. 7 No. 8 UCLA W 93–80  16–0
    (5–0)
    Maples Pavilion (7,391)
    Stanford, CA
    January 22, 1998
    No. 5 at Washington State W 82–72  17–0
    (6–0)
    Beasley Coliseum (4,744)
    Pullman, WA
    January 24, 1998
    No. 5 at Washington W 74–72  18–0
    (7–0)
    Hec Edmundson Pavilion (6,560)
    Seattle, WA
    January 29, 1998
    No. 4 No. 6 Arizona L 75–93  18–1
    (7–1)
    Maples Pavilion 
    Stanford, CA
    January 31, 1998
    No. 4 Arizona State L 87–90 OT 18–2
    (7–2)
    Maples Pavilion 
    Stanford, CA
    February 4, 1998
    No. 9 at California W 74–72  19–2
    (8–2)
    The Arena in Oakland 
    Oakland, CA
    February 7, 1998*
     CBS
    No. 9 at No. 7 Connecticut L 56–76  19–3
    Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
    Storrs, CT
    February 12, 1998
     FSN
    No. 14 at No. 9 UCLA W 84–81  20–3
    (9–2)
    Pauley Pavilion 
    Los Angeles, CA
    February 14, 1998
    No. 14 at USC W 83–59  21–3
    (10–2)
    L.A. Sports Arena 
    Los Angeles, CA
    February 19, 1998
    No. 10 Washington W 93–70  22–3
    (11–2)
    Maples Pavilion 
    Stanford, CA
    February 21, 1998
    No. 10 Washington State W 72–56  23–3
    (12–2)
    Maples Pavilion 
    Stanford, CA
    February 26, 1998
    No. 8 at Arizona State W 86–73  24–3
    (13–2)
    Wells Fargo Arena 
    Tempe AZ
    February 28, 1998
    No. 8 at No. 2 Arizona L 58–90  24–4
    (13–3)
    McKale Center 
    Tucson, AZ
    March 5, 1998
    No. 11 Oregon W 95–67  25–4
    (14–3)
    Maples Pavilion 
    Stanford, CA
    March 7, 1998
    No. 11 Oregon State W 85–77  26–4
    (15–3)
    Maples Pavilion 
    Stanford, CA
    NCAA Tournament
    March 13, 1998*
     CBS
    (3 MW) No. 10 (14 MW) College of Charleston
    First round
    W 67–57  27–4
    United Center 
    Chicago, IL
    March 15, 1998*
    12:00 pm, CBS
    (3 MW) No. 10 (11 MW) Western Michigan
    Second round
    W 83–65[2]  28–4
    United Center 
    Chicago, IL
    March 20, 1998*
     CBS
    (3 MW) No. 10 (2 MW) Purdue
    Sweet Sixteen
    W 67–59[3]  29–4
    Scottrade Center 
    St. Louis, MO
    March 22, 1998*
     CBS
    (3 MW) No. 10 (8 MW) Rhode Island
    Elite Eight
    W 79–77[4]  30–4
    Scottrade Center 
    St. Louis, MO
    March 28, 1998*
     CBS
    (3 MW) No. 10 (2 S) Kentucky
    Final Four
    L 85–86 OT[5] 30–5
    Alamodome (40,509)
    San Antonio, TX
    *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.
    All times are in Pacific Time. (#) during NCAA is seed within region.

    Poll Source:[6] Schedule Source:[7]

    NCAA basketball tournament

    • West
      • Stanford (#3 seed) 67, Charleston, South Carolina (#14 seed) 57
      • Stanford 83, Western Michigan (#11 seed) 65
      • Stanford 67, Purdue (#2 seed) 59
      • Stanford 79, Rhode Island (#8 seed) 77
    • Final Four
      • Kentucky 86, Stanford 85

    [8]

    Rankings

    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
    NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
    Week
    Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final 
    AP 14 15 15 12 11 9 8 7 7 7 5 4 9 14 10 8 11 10 Not released 
    Coaches 12 12^ 13 11 11 9 8 8 7 7 6 5 10 13 11 9 11 10 4

    *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
    ^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll

    References

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