Final ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll

Taken after NCAA Tournament.

Voted on by a panel of 26 Division I head coaches following the NCAA tournament: first place votes in parentheses with total points (based on 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd, etc.). Schools on major probation are ineligible to be ranked.

				Before NCAAs
		W-L	Pts	W-L	Rank
1	Connecticut (26)	34-2	650	28-2	3
2	Duke	37-2	624	32-1	1
3	Michigan St.	33-5	596	29-4	2
4	Ohio St.	27-9	557	23-8	14
5	Kentucky	28-9	511	25-8	11
	St. John's	28-9	511	25-8	8
7	Auburn	29-4	477	27-3	4
8	Maryland	28-6	429	26-5	5
9	Stanford	26-7	400	25-6	7
10	Utah	28-5	344	27-4	6
11	Cincinnati	27-6	330	26-5	9
12	Miami-FL	23-7	296	22-6	12
	Gonzaga	28-7	296	25-6	NR
14	Temple	24-11	285	21-10	NR
15	Iowa	20-10	270	18-9	20
16	Arizona	22-7	257	22-6	10
17	Florida	22-9	178	20-8	25
18	North Carolina	24-10	172	24-9	13
19	Oklahoma	22-11	158	20-10	NR
20	Miami-OH	24-8	157	22-7	NR
21	UCLA	22-9	138	22-8	15
22	Purdue	21-13	136	19-12	NR
23	Kansas	23-10	133	22-9	22
24	SW Missouri St.	22-11	96	20-10	NR
25	Arkansas	23-11	81	22-10	19

Others receiving votes: 26. Indiana (23-11, 64 pts); 27. Oklahoma St. (23-11, 49); 28. Wisconsin (22-10, 43); 29. NC-Charlotte (23-11, 34); 30. College of Charleston (28-3, 29); 31. New Mexico (25-9, 28); 32. Detroit (25-6, 19); 33. St. John's (21-10, 9); 34. Detroit (23-6, 19); 35. California (22-11, 18); 36. Creighton (22-9, 15), Syracuse (20-12, 15) and Texas (19-13, 15); 39. Tennessee (21-9, 9); 40. Louisville (19-11, 6), Murray St. (26-6, 6) and Weber St. (22-8, 6); 43. Minnesota (17-11, 4) and N. Mexico St. (21-9, 4), 45. Clemson (19-5, 3); 46. Missouri (20-9, 1).

NCAA Men's Championship Game

1998-99 Season

The Final Four