1997–98 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

1997–98 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
Big Island Invitational champion
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 10
Record	30–5 (15–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Montgomery (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Eric Reveno Trent Johnson
Home arena	Maples Pavilion (Capacity: 7,392)

1997–98 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Arizona	17	–	1		.944			30	–	5		.857
No. 10 Stanford	15	–	3		.833			30	–	5		.857
No. 19 UCLA	12	–	6		.667			24	–	9		.727
Washington	11	–	7		.611			20	–	10		.667
Arizona State	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Oregon	8	–	10		.444			13	–	14		.481
California	8	–	10		.444			12	–	15		.444
USC	5	–	13		.278			9	–	19		.321
Oregon State	3	–	15		.167			13	–	17		.433
Washington State	3	–	15		.167			10	–	19		.345
As of November 23, 2011[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997–98 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University as a member of the Pac-10 Conference during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Mike Montgomery and played their home games at Maples Pavilion. Stanford finished second in the Pac-10 regular season standings and received an at-large bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament. The Cardinal would reach the Final Four for the first time in 56 years by defeating No. 14 seed College of Charleston, No. 11 seed Western Michigan,[2] No. 2 seed Purdue,[3] and No. 8 seed Rhode Island.[4] The season came to and end after a 1-point overtime loss[5] to eventual National champion Kentucky in the National Semifinals. Stanford finished with an overall record of 30–5 (15–3 Pac-10).

Roster

1997–98 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 3 Kris Weems 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Jr   Kansas City, KS G 4 Michael McDonald 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Fr   Long Beach, CA F 5 Peter Sauer 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Jr   Pittsburgh, PA G 11 Arthur Lee 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Jr   Los Angeles, CA G 15 Dave Bennion 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — So   Palo Alto, CA G 20 Alex Gelbard 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Fr   Sherman Oaks, CA G 21 David Moseley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — So   Las Cruces, NM G 30 Johannes Burge 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — So     C 31 Jarron Collins 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Fr Harvard-Westlake School North Hollywood, CA F 32 Ryan Mendez 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — So   Burleson, TX C 33 Jason Collins 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Fr Harvard–Westlake School North Hollywood, CA G 35 Kamba Tshionyi 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Sr   Eugene, OR F 40 Pete Van Elswyk 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Sr   Hamilton, CAN F 44 Mark Seaton 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Jr   Cypress, CA F 45 Mark Madsen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So San Ramon Valley High School Danville, CA C 55 Tim Young 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Harbor High School Santa Cruz, CA	Head coach Mike Montgomery (Long Beach State) Assistant coach(es) Eric Reveno (Stanford) Trent Johnson (Boise State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 18, 1997*	No. 15	San Diego	W 87–57	1–0	Maples Pavilion (3,564) Stanford, CA
November 28, 1997*	No. 15	at Hawaii Hilo Big Island Invitational	W 98–49	2–0	Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium (2,146) Hilo, HI
November 29, 1997*	No. 15	vs. Valparaiso Big Island Invitational	W 70–65	3–0	Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium (2,420) Hilo, HI
November 30, 1997*	No. 15	vs. Butler Big Island Invitational	W 99–86	4–0	Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium (2,329) Hilo, HI
December 6, 1997*	No. 12	vs. No. 21 Georgia Wooden Classic	W 76–74	5–0	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (8,947) Anaheim, CA
December 16, 1997*	No. 9	at San Diego State	W 63–42	6–0	Cox Arena at Aztec Bowl (5,096) San Diego, CA
December 19, 1997*	No. 9	Pacific	W 67–61	7–0	Maples Pavilion (7,293) Stanford, CA
December 22, 1997*	No. 8	UC Santa Barbara	W 95–62	8–0	Maples Pavilion (5,813) Stanford, CA
December 27, 1997*	No. 8	Lehigh	W 95–42	9–0	Maples Pavilion (4,357) Stanford, CA
December 29, 1997*	No. 7	vs. No. 22 Rhode Island Cable Car Classic	W 70–69	10–0	San Jose Arena (6,109) San Jose, CA
December 30, 1997*	No. 7	vs. Santa Clara Cable Car Classic	W 69–60	11–0	San Jose Arena (6,233) San Jose, CA
January 3, 1998	No. 7	at Oregon State	W 68–48	12–0 (1–0)	Gill Coliseum (8,133) Corvallis, OR
January 5, 1998	No. 7	at Oregon	W 89–67	13–0 (2–0)	McArthur Court (7,355) Eugene, OR
January 10, 1998	No. 7	California	W 84–74	14–0 (3–0)	Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA
January 15, 1998	No. 7	USC	W 99–62	15–0 (4–0)	Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA
January 17, 1998  CBS	No. 7	No. 8 UCLA	W 93–80	16–0 (5–0)	Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA
January 22, 1998	No. 5	at Washington State	W 82–72	17–0 (6–0)	Beasley Coliseum (4,744) Pullman, WA
January 24, 1998	No. 5	at Washington	W 74–72	18–0 (7–0)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion (6,560) Seattle, WA
January 29, 1998	No. 4	No. 6 Arizona	L 75–93	18–1 (7–1)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
January 31, 1998	No. 4	Arizona State	L 87–90 ^OT	18–2 (7–2)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
February 4, 1998	No. 9	at California	W 74–72	19–2 (8–2)	The Arena in Oakland  Oakland, CA
February 7, 1998*  CBS	No. 9	at No. 7 Connecticut	L 56–76	19–3	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027) Storrs, CT
February 12, 1998  FSN	No. 14	at No. 9 UCLA	W 84–81	20–3 (9–2)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
February 14, 1998	No. 14	at USC	W 83–59	21–3 (10–2)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, CA
February 19, 1998	No. 10	Washington	W 93–70	22–3 (11–2)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
February 21, 1998	No. 10	Washington State	W 72–56	23–3 (12–2)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
February 26, 1998	No. 8	at Arizona State	W 86–73	24–3 (13–2)	Wells Fargo Arena  Tempe AZ
February 28, 1998	No. 8	at No. 2 Arizona	L 58–90	24–4 (13–3)	McKale Center  Tucson, AZ
March 5, 1998	No. 11	Oregon	W 95–67	25–4 (14–3)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
March 7, 1998	No. 11	Oregon State	W 85–77	26–4 (15–3)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
NCAA tournament
March 13, 1998*  CBS	(3 MW) No. 10	(14 MW) College of Charleston First round	W 67–57	27–4	United Center  Chicago, IL
March 15, 1998* 12:00 pm, CBS	(3 MW) No. 10	(11 MW) Western Michigan Second round	W 83–65[2]	28–4	United Center  Chicago, IL
March 20, 1998*  CBS	(3 MW) No. 10	(2 MW) Purdue Sweet Sixteen	W 67–59[3]	29–4	Scottrade Center  St. Louis, MO
March 22, 1998*  CBS	(3 MW) No. 10	(8 MW) Rhode Island Elite Eight	W 79–77[4]	30–4	Scottrade Center  St. Louis, MO
March 28, 1998*  CBS	(3 MW) No. 10	(2 S) Kentucky Final Four	L 85–86 ^OT[5]	30–5	Alamodome (40,509) San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Pacific Time. (#) during NCAA is seed within region.

Poll Source:[6] Schedule Source:[7]

NCAA basketball tournament

• West
  • Stanford (#3 seed) 67, Charleston, South Carolina (#14 seed) 57
  • Stanford 83, Western Michigan (#11 seed) 65
  • Stanford 67, Purdue (#2 seed) 59
  • Stanford 79, Rhode Island (#8 seed) 77
• Final Four
  • Kentucky 86, Stanford 85

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Rankings

Main article: 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
AP	14	15	15	12	11	9	8	7	7	7	5	4	9	14	10	8	11	10	Not released
Coaches	12	12^	13	11	11	9	8	8	7	7	6	5	10	13	11	9	11	10	4

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll

References

1. "Pacific 10 conference 1997–98 standings". Retrieved November 21, 2007.
2. "Stanford Schools W. Michigan 83-65". CBS News. March 15, 1998. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
3. "Stanford Muscles Purdue, 67-59". The Washington Post. March 21, 1998. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
4. "Stanford Defeats Rhode Island in Midwest Regional Final, 79-77". The New York Times. March 23, 1998. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
5. "Upstart Utah, Kentucky play on: Stanford's run ends in OT, 86-85". Baltimore Sun. March 29, 1998. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
6. "1998 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football, Basketball, and Softball Polls and Rankings".
7. "1997-98 Stanford Cardinal Schedule and Results".
8. "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".