1998–99 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1998–99 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Dick Bennett, coaching his fourth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1998–99 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
NCAA Tournament First Round vs. SW Missouri State, L, 32–43
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 18
Record	22–10 (9–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dick Bennett (4th season)
Assistant coach	Brad Soderberg
Home arena	Kohl Center

1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Michigan State†	15	–	1		.938			33	–	5		.868
No. 19 Indiana	9	–	7		.563			23	–	11		.676
No. 18 Wisconsin	9	–	7		.563			22	–	10		.688
No. 21 Iowa	9	–	7		.563			20	–	10		.667
Purdue	7	–	9		.438			21	–	13		.618
Northwestern	6	–	10		.375			15	–	14		.517
Penn State	5	–	11		.313			13	–	14		.481
Illinois	3	–	13		.188			14	–	18		.438
No. 14 Ohio State**	1	–	1		.500			1	–	1		.500
Minnesota***	0	–	8		.000			0	–	11		.000
Michigan*	0	–	11		.000			0	–	19		.000
† 1999 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Michigan: 12 games vacated due to sanctions against the program **Ohio State: 34 games including 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program *** Minnesota vacated 17 games including 1 NCAA Tourn. game due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan: 12–19, 5–11; Ohio State: 27–9, 12–4; Minnesota: 17–11, 8–8

Roster

1998–99 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G/F 3 Duany Duany 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Jr Bloomington, IN G 4 Travon Davis 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Summit, IL G 5 Hennssy Auriantal 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Montreal G 10 Jon Bryant 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 186 lb (84 kg) RS Jr Plymouth, MN G 11 Sean Mason 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) RS Sr Country Club Hills, IL G 12 Ty Calderwood 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 178 lb (81 kg) RS Sr Joliet, IL G 14 John Moriarity (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Oostburg, WI F 15 Andy Kowske 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Brookfield, WI F 20 Erik Faust (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Arlington Heights, IL F 21 Robert Smith (I)  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Madison, WI G 22 Mike Kelley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Menomonee Falls, WI F 30 Maurice Linton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Calumet City, IL F 34 Maurice Sessoms 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Teaneck, NJ F 40 Charlie Wills 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS Fr Angola, IN F 50 Mark Vershaw 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So East Peoria, IL	Head coach Dick Bennett (Ripon) Assistant coach(es) Brad Soderberg (Ripon) Shawn Hood Brian Hecker Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-1-14

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/14/1998*		Loyola (IL)	W 66–29	1–0	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
11/16/1998*		UW–Milwaukee	W 75–63	2–0	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
11/20/1998*		vs. New Mexico State Top of the World Classic	L 52–66	2–1	Carlson Center  Fairbanks, AK
11/21/1998*		vs. Virginia Top of the World Classic	W 66–56	3–1	Carlson Center  Fairbanks, AK
11/22/1998*		vs. Nebraska Top of the World Classic	W 78–41	4–1	Carlson Center  Fairbanks, AK
11/28/1998*		at Rhode Island	W 65–59	5–1	Keaney Gymnasium  Kingston, RI
12/02/1998*		Northern Illinois	W 67–52	6–1	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
12/05/1998*		at Illinois State	W 71–54	7–1	Redbird Arena  Normal, IL
12/09/1998*		at No. 16 Temple	W 63–56	8–1	Liacouras Center  Philadelphia, PA
12/12/1998*		Pepperdine	W 57–51	9–1	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
12/15/1998*	No. 23	at Texas	W 65–62	10–1	Frank Erwin Center  Austin, TX
12/23/1998*	No. 20	at Marquette	W 61–45	11–1	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
12/27/1998*	No. 20	Fresno State	W 87–65	12–1	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
12/30/1998	No. 19	at Michigan	L 55–59	12–2 (0–1)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
1/02/1999	No. 19	Ohio State	L 74–78 OT	12–3 (0–2)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
1/06/1999	No. 24	No. 12 Michigan State	W 66–51	13–3 (1–2)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
1/10/1999	No. 24	No. 9 Purdue	W 61–56	14–3 (2–2)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
1/13/1999	No. 17	at Penn State	W 61–58	15–3 (3–2)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, PA
1/16/1999	No. 17	at Northwestern	W 57–49	16–3 (4–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
1/20/1999	No. 15	Illinois	W 75–53	17–3 (5–2)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
1/23/1999	No. 15	at No. 14 Iowa	W 72–52	18–3 (6–2)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
1/30/1999	No. 12	No. 19 Minnesota	W 61–50	19–3 (7–2)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
2/03/1999	No. 11	at No. 21 Indiana	L 60–71	19–4 (7–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/06/1999	No. 11	at Illinois	L 51–53	19–5 (7–4)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
2/10/1999	No. 15	Northwestern	W 57–45	20–5 (8–4)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
2/13/1999	No. 15	Penn State	W 73–63	21–5 (9–4)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
2/21/1999	No. 13	at No. 4 Michigan State	L 51–56	21–6 (9–5)	Breslin Student Events Center  East Lansing, MI
2/24/1999	No. 16	at No. 10 Ohio State	L 54–63	21–7 (9–6)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
2/27/1999	No. 16	Michigan	L 39–51	21–8 (9–7)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
Big Ten tournament
3/05/1999	No. 19	vs. No. 20 Iowa Big Ten tournament - Quarterfinals	W 74–50	22–8	United Center  Chicago, IL
3/06/1999	No. 19	vs. No. 2 Michigan State Big Ten tournament - Semifinals	L 41–56	22–9	United Center  Chicago, IL
NCAA tournament
3/12/1999*	(5 E) No. 19	vs. (12 E) SW Missouri State NCAA Tournament - First Round	L 32–43	22–10	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.