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1997–98 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

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1997–98 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
Big Island Invitational champion
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 10
Record30–5 (15–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMaples Pavilion (Capacity: 7,392)
Seasons
1997–98 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Arizona 17 1   .944 30 5   .857
No. 10 Stanford 15 3   .833 30 5   .857
No. 19 UCLA 12 6   .667 24 9   .727
Washington 11 7   .611 20 10   .667
Arizona State 8 10   .444 18 14   .563
Oregon 8 10   .444 13 14   .481
California 8 10   .444 12 15   .444
USC 5 13   .278 9 19   .321
Oregon State 3 15   .167 13 17   .433
Washington State 3 15   .167 10 19   .345
As of November 23, 2011[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

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).

Roster

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1997–98 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Kris Weems 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Jr   Kansas City, KS
G 4 Michael McDonald 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Fr   Long Beach, CA
F 5 Peter Sauer 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Jr   Pittsburgh, PA
G 11 Arthur Lee 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Jr   Los Angeles, CA
G 15 Dave Bennion 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
So   Palo Alto, CA
G 20 Alex Gelbard 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Fr   Sherman Oaks, CA
G 21 David Moseley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
So   Las Cruces, NM
G 30 Johannes Burge 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
So    
C 31 Jarron Collins 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Fr Harvard-Westlake School North Hollywood, CA
F 32 Ryan Mendez 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
So   Burleson, TX
C 33 Jason Collins 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Fr Harvard–Westlake School North Hollywood, CA
G 35 Kamba Tshionyi 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sr   Eugene, OR
F 40 Pete Van Elswyk 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Sr   Hamilton, CAN
F 44 Mark Seaton 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Jr   Cypress, CA
F 45 Mark Madsen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So San Ramon Valley High School Danville, CA
C 55 Tim Young 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Harbor High School Santa Cruz, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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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

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  • 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

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Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
AP141515121198777549141081110Not released
Coaches1212^1311119887765101311911104

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

References

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  1. ^ "Pacific 10 conference 1997–98 standings". Retrieved November 21, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Stanford Schools W. Michigan 83-65". CBS News. March 15, 1998. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Stanford Muscles Purdue, 67-59". The Washington Post. March 21, 1998. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Stanford Defeats Rhode Island in Midwest Regional Final, 79-77". The New York Times. March 23, 1998. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Upstart Utah, Kentucky play on: Stanford's run ends in OT, 86-85". Baltimore Sun. March 29, 1998. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "1998 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football, Basketball, and Softball Polls and Rankings".
  7. ^ "1997-98 Stanford Cardinal Schedule and Results".
  8. ^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".