1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
American college basketball final
National championship game | |||||||||||||
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Date | March 30, 1998 | ||||||||||||
Venue | Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||
MVP | Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky | ||||||||||||
Favorite | Kentucky by 3.5[1] | ||||||||||||
Referees | Jim Burr, Donnie Gray, Mike Sanzere | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 40,509 | ||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||
Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
Announcers | Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Billy Packer (color) Michele Tafoya and Armen Keteyian (sideline) | ||||||||||||
The 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the finals of the 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The game was played on March 30, 1998, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and featured the South Regional Champion, No. 2-seeded Kentucky versus the West Regional Champion, No. 3-seeded Utah.[2]
Participants
Utah Utes
- West Regional
- (3) Utah 85, (14) San Francisco 68
- (3) Utah 75, (6) Arkansas 69
- (3) Utah 65, (10) West Virginia 62
- (3) Utah 76, (1) Arizona 51
- Final Four
- (W3) Utah 65, (E1) North Carolina 59
Kentucky Wildcats
Seeding in brackets
- South
- (2) Kentucky 82, (15) South Carolina State 67
- (2) Kentucky 88, (10) Saint Louis 61
- (2) Kentucky 94, (6) UCLA 66
- (2) Kentucky 86, (1) Duke 84
- Final Four
- (S2) Kentucky 86, (MW3) Stanford 85 (OT)
Starting lineups
Utah | Position | Kentucky | ||
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Andre Miller 1 | G | Wayne Turner | ||
Derek Broomhall | G | Jeff Sheppard | ||
Hanno Möttölä 2 | F | Allen Edwards | ||
Alex Jensen | F | Scott Padgett 1 | ||
Michael Doleac 1 | C | Nazr Mohammed 1 | ||
Players selected in an NBA draft (number indicates round) |
Source[3]
Game summary
CBS |
Monday, March 30 |
Box score |
#S2 Kentucky Wildcats 78, #W3 Utah Utes 69 | ||
Scoring by half: 31–41, 47–28 | ||
Pts: Scott Padgett 17 Rebs: Heshimu Evans 6 Asts: Allen Edwards 5 | Pts: Andre Miller 16 Rebs: Michael Doleac 10 Asts: Andre Miller 5 |
References
- ^ Roxborough, Michael (March 30, 1998). "America's Line". Daily Record. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
- ^ "Kentucky Turns Comeback Into Its 2d Title in 3 Years". The New York Times. March 31, 1998. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- ^ "Utah vs. Kentucky Box Score (Men), March 30, 1998". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- ^ "Utah vs. Kentucky Box Score, March 30, 1998". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
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