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

1997–98 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
1997–98 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	13-14
Head coach	John MacLeod (7th season);
Home arena	Joyce Center

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

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.

Schedule

Date time, TV	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

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

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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.

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
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