The 1998–99 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team represented Lafayette College during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Leopards, led by 4th year head coach Fran O'Hanlon, played their home games at the Kirby Sports Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 22–8, 10–2 in Patriot League play to finish tied for first place. They defeated Army, Lehigh, and Navy to win the Patriot League tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As No. 15 seed in the East region, they lost in the opening round to No. 2 seed Miami (FL).[1]
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Patriot League tournament champions | |
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 22–8 (10–2 Patriot) |
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| Home arena | Kirby Sports Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette † | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 20 | – | 7 | .741 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 12 | .000 | 6 | – | 22 | .214 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1999 Patriot League tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roster
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Schedule and results
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Nov 14, 1998* |
at Dartmouth | W 56–41 | 1–0 |
Leede Arena Hanover, New Hampshire | |||||||
| Nov 18, 1998* |
Princeton | W 63–47 | 2–0 |
Allan P. Kirby Field House Easton, Pennsylvania | |||||||
| Nov 22, 1998* |
at No. 15 Purdue | L 67–72 | 2–1 |
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana | |||||||
| Patriot League Tournament | |||||||||||
| Feb 28, 1999* |
vs. Colgate Semifinals |
W 73–71 | 21–7 |
Christl Arena West Point, New York | |||||||
| Mar 5, 1999* |
Bucknell Championship game |
W 67–63 | 22–7 |
Allan P. Kirby Field House Easton, Pennsylvania | |||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 12, 1999* CBS |
(15 E) | vs. (2 E) No. 10 Miami (FL) First round |
L 54–75 | 22–8 |
FleetCenter (18,908) Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
E=East. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
Awards and honors
editReferences
edit- ^ "Sanchez directs Temple past Lafayette". ESPN. March 17, 2000. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
- ^ "1998 Men's Basketball Roster". Lafayette University Athletics. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
- ^ "1999 Men's Basketball Schedule". Lafayette University Athletics. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
- ^ "1998 Men's Basketball Stats". Lafayette University Athletics. Retrieved July 3, 2023.