1997–98 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

The 1997–98 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Basketball Team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

1997–98 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
ConferenceIndependent
Record13-14
Head coach
Home arenaJoyce Center
Seasons
1997–98 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Big East 6
No. 6 Connecticut 15 3   .833 32 5   .865
St. John's 13 5   .722 22 10   .688
West Virginia 11 7   .611 24 9   .727
Villanova 8 10   .444 12 17   .414
Notre Dame 7 11   .389 13 14   .481
Boston College 6 12   .333 15 16   .484
Big East 7
No. 21 Syracuse 12 6   .667 26 9   .743
Miami 11 7   .611 18 10   .643
Seton Hall 9 9   .500 15 15   .500
Providence 7 11   .389 13 16   .448
Pittsburgh 6 12   .333 11 16   .407
Rutgers 6 12   .333 14 15   .483
Georgetown 6 12   .333 16 15   .516
1998 Big East tournament winner
As of March 30, 1998[1][2][3]
Rankings from AP poll

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
November 17*
The Citadel W 72–53  1–0
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
November 21*
at Marquette L 48–72  1–1
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, WI
November 25*
Northeastern W 72–45  2–1
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
November 28*
Sam Houston State W 88–69  3–1
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
December 3*
at Indiana L 80–91  3–2
Assembly Hall 
 
December 6
at Pittsburgh W 73–69  4–2
(1–0)
Fitzgerald Fieldhouse 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
December 14*
Drexel W 78–70  5–2
(1–0)
Joyce Center (9,175)
South Bend, IN
December 20*
Florida International W 99–85  6–2
(1–0)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
December 22*
Dartmouth W 75–50  7–2
(1–0)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
December 30
St. John's L 69–79  7–3
(1–1)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
January 3
at No. 10 Connecticut L 58–84  7–4
(1–2)
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion 
Storrs, Connecticut
January 6
Pittsburgh L 61–72  7–5
(1–3)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
January 11
Rutgers W 91–76  8–5
(2–3)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
January 15
at No. 21 West Virginia W 74–72  9–5
(3–3)
WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, West Virginia
January 17
at Seton Hall L 58–64  9–6
(3–4)
Continental Airlines Arena 
East Rutherford, NJ
January 21
No. 15 Syracuse W 83–63  10–6
(4–4)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
January 28
Villanova L 61–81  10–7
(4–5)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
January 31
at St. John's W 73–65  11–7
(5–5)
Madison Square Garden 
New York, New York
February 5
at Rutgers L 61–71  11–8
(5–6)
Louis Brown Athletic Center 
Piscataway, NJ
February 7
at Georgetown L 56–76  11–9
(5–7)
MCI Center 
Washington, D.C.
February 11
Boston College W 75–72  12–9
(6–7)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
February 14
at Miami (FL) L 57–66  12–10
(6–8)
Miami Arena 
Miami, Florida
February 17
No. 7 Connecticut L 79–88  12–11
(6–9)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
February 22
Miami (FL) L 59–65  12–12
(6–10)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
February 25
Georgetown W 76–69  13–12
(7–10)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
February 28
at Providence L 62–77  13–13
(7–11)
Providence Civic Center 
Providence, RI
Big East tournament
March 4
vs. Providence L 55–72  13–14
(7–11)
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

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  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1997-98 Big East Conference Season Summary
  2. ^ Keefe, Gavin, "Big East Notes: The Big East 7 and Big East 6? Big Deal!", The Day, January 1, 1996, p. 7.
  3. ^ "PLUS: COLLEGE BASKETBALL -- BIG EAST CONFERENCE; League Cuts Games In Search of Bids," The New York Times, August 7, 1998.
  4. ^ "1997–98 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.