The Sports Almanac

1998 NCAA Basketball Tournament



KENTUCKY WILDCATS

1998 NCAA Champions



EAST REGION
ROUND 1
ROUND 2
REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
REGIONAL FINAL
FINAL FOUR
North Carolina Tar Heels
88
Navy Midshipmen
52





North Carolina Tar Heels
93 OT
Charlotte 49ers
83



Charlotte 49ers
77
Illinois-Chicago Flames
62






North Carolina Tar Heels
73
Michigan State Spartans
58


Princeton Tigers
69
UNLV Runnin Rebels
57





Princeton Tigers
56
Michigan State Spartans
63



Michigan State Spartans
83
Eastern Michigan Eagles
71







North Carolina Tar Heels
75
Connecticut Huskies
64
North Carolina Tar Heels
Xavier Musketeers
68
Washington Huskies
69





Washington Huskies
81
Richmond Spiders
66



South Carolina Gamecocks
61
Richmond Spiders
62






Washington Huskies
74
Connecticut Huskies
75


Indiana Hoosiers
94 OT
Oklahoma Sooners
87





Indiana Hoosiers
68
Connecticut Huskies
78



Connecticut Huskies
93
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
85





WEST REGION
ROUND 1
ROUND 2
REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
REGIONAL FINAL
FINAL FOUR
Arizona Wildcats
99
Nicholls State Colonels
60





Arizona Wildcats
82
Illinois State Redbirds
49



Tennessee Volunteers
81
Illinois State Redbirds
82 OT






Arizona Wildcats
87
Maryland Terrapins
79


Illinois Fighting Illini
64
South Alabama Jaguars
51





Illinois Fighting Illini
61
Maryland Terrapins
67



Maryland Terrapins
82
Utah State Aggies
68







Arizona Wildcats
51
Utah Utes
76
Utah Utes
Arkansas Razorbacks
74
Nebraska Cornhuskers
65





Arkansas Razorbacks
69
Utah Utes
75



Utah Utes
85
San Francisco Dons
68






Utah Utes
65
West Virngina Mountaineers
62


Temple Owls
52
West Virginia Mountaineers
82





West Virginia Mountaineers
75
Cincinnati Bearcats
74



Cincinnati Bearcats
65
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
62





SOUTH REGION
ROUND 1
ROUND 2
REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
REGIONAL FINAL
FINAL FOUR
Duke Blue Devils
99
Radford Highlanders
63





Duke Blue Devils
79
Oklahoma State Cowboys
73



Oklahoma State Cowboys
74
Georgia Washington Colonials
59






Duke Blue Devils
80
Syracuse Orangemen
67


Syracuse Orangemen
63
Iona Gaels
61





Syracuse Orangemen
56
New Mexico Lobos
46



New Mexico Lobos
79
Butler Bulldogs
62







Duke Blue Devils
84
Kentucky Wildcats
86
Kentucky Wildcats
UCLA Bruins
65
Miami Hurricanes
62





UCLA Bruins
85
Michigan Wolverines
82



Michigan Wolverines
80
Davidson Wildcats
61






UCLA Bruins
68
Kentucky Wildcats
94


Massachusetts Minutemen
46
St. Louis Billikens
51





St. Louis Billikens
61
Kentucky Wildcats
88



Kentucky Wildcats
82
South Carolina State Bulldogs
67





MIDWEST REGION
ROUND 1
ROUND 2
REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
REGIONAL FINAL
FINAL FOUR
Kansas Jayhawks
110
Prairie View A&M Panthers
52





Kansas Jayhawks
75
Rhode Island Rams
80



Rhode Island Rams
97
Murray State Racers
74






Rhode Island Rams
74
Valpariaso Crusaders
68


TCU Horned Frogs
87
Florida State Seminoles
96





Florida State Seminoles
77
Valparaiso Crusaders
83 OT



Mississippi Rebels
69
Valparaiso Crusaders
70







Rhode Island Rams
77
Stanford Cardinal
79
Stanford Cardinal
Clemson Tigers
72
Western Michigan Broncos
75





Western Michigan Broncos
65
Stanford Cardinal
83



Stanford Cardinal
67
College of Charleston Cougars
57






Stanford Cardinal
67
Purdue Boilermakers
59


St. John's Red Storm
64
Detroit Titans
66





Detroit Titans
65
Purdue Boilermakers
80



Purdue Boilermakers
95
Delaware Fightin Blue Hens
56





FINAL FOUR
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
NCAA CHAMPIONS
North Carolina Tar Heels
59
Utah Utes
65



Utah Utes
69
Kentucky Wildcats
78
KENTUCKY WILDCATS
Kentucky Wildcats
86 OT
Stanford Cardinal
85