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1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Teams 64 Finals Site Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Champions Kentucky (7th title) Runner-Up Utah (2nd title game) Semifinalists North Carolina (14th Final Four) Stanford (2nd Final Four) Winning Coach Tubby Smith (1st title) MOP Jeff Sheppard Kentucky Attendance 663,876 Top scorer Michael Doleac Utah (115 points) |
The 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing
in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division
I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1998, and ended with the championship
game on March 30 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. A total of 63
games were played. Kentucky, coached by Tubby Smith, won the national title with a 78-69 victory in the final game over Utah, coached by Rick Majerus. Jeff Sheppard of Kentucky was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Kentucky came back from double-digit halftime deficits in each of its last three games in the tournament, leading to the school's fans dubbing the team the "Comeback Cats". This was Kentucky's third straight championship game appearance. |
Through the completion of the 2007 NCAA basketball tournament, Kentucky now has a
total of 1948 all-time wins (North Carolina is second with a total of 1914 wins,
and Kansas is third with a total of 1906 wins). Kentucky also leads all NCAA
schools in all-time winning percentage. (UK's all-time record: 1958-617-1, UK's
all-time winning percentage: .760) |
The University of Kentucky men's basketball team is considered to be among the most
elite NCAA basketball programs, having earned a total of seven NCAA titles.
Its seven titles were won by four different coaches - Adolph Rupp in 1948, 1949,
1951 and 1958; Joe B. Hall in 1978; Rick Pitino in 1996; and Tubby Smith in 1998.
Kentucky is second only to UCLA, which has 11 National Championships. UK is
also the winningest men's college basketball program in the nation. |
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The Kentucky Wildcats are the men's and women's athletic teams representing the University
of Kentucky (UK), a founding member of the Southeastern Conference. At
one time, women's teams and athletes were called "Lady Kats", but the women's
programs adopted the "Wildcats" nickname in the early 1990s. Teams sponsored by
the UK athletic program include football, men's & women's basketball with 43
sec titles , women's volleyball, baseball, softball, men's & women's cross country,
men's & women's swimming/diving, women's gymnastics (known as the GymKats),
men's & women's soccer, men's & women's track & field (indoor & outdoor), men's
& women's golf, men's & women's tennis, and the coeducational sport of rifle.
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