1997-98 Season: NCAA Men's Championship Game
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
60th NCAA Division I Championship Game. Date: Monday, March 30, at the Alamodome. Coaches: Rick Majerus of Utah and Tubby Smith of Kentucky. Favorite: Kentucky by 4.
Attendance: 40,509; Officials: Jim Burr, Donnee Gray, Mike Sanzere; TV Rating: 17.8/28 share (CBS).
Kentucky 78
| FG | FT | Reb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | M-A | M-A | Pts | O-T | A | PF | |
| Allen Edwards | 24 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 |
| Scott Padgett | 33 | 6-10 | 4-4 | 17 | 2-5 | 1 | 4 |
| Nazr Mohammed | 13 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 10 | 0-2 | 1 | 4 |
| Wayne Turner | 27 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 6 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 |
| Jeff Sheppard | 34 | 7-14 | 2-2 | 16 | 2-4 | 3 | 1 |
| Jamaal Magloire | 22 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 7 | 0-2 | 1 | 4 |
| Heshimu Evans | 23 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 10 | 1-6 | 0 | 1 |
| Cameron Mills | 12 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 8 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 |
| Saul Smith | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Bradley | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 200 | 29-57 | 15-17 | 78 | 5-23 | 15 | 15 |
Three-point FG: 5-17 (Evans 2-2, Mills 2-4, Padgett 1-5, Turner 0-1, Sheppard 0-2, Edwards 0-3); Team Rebounds: 1; Blocked Shots: 6 (Magloire 3, Mohammed 2, Evans); Turnovers: 11 (Turner 5, Evans 3, Sheppard 2, Mohammed); Steals: 7 (Turner 3, Sheppard 2, Edwards, Evans); Percentages: 2-Pt FG (.600), 3-Pt FG (.294), Total FG (.509), Free Throws (.882).
Utah 69
| FG | FT | Reb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | M-A | M-A | Pts | O-T | A | PF | |
| Hanno Mottola | 28 | 4-10 | 6-6 | 15 | 4-8 | 0 | 4 |
| Alex Jensen | 35 | 5-6 | 3-3 | 14 | 0-2 | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Doleac | 34 | 5-12 | 4-6 | 15 | 5-10 | 1 | 2 |
| Andre Miller | 37 | 6-15 | 4-7 | 16 | 2-6 | 5 | 5 |
| Drew Hansen | 32 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 1-5 | 1 | 2 |
| Britton Johnsen | 16 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordie McTavish | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 |
| David Jackson | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 |
| Trace Caton | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 200 | 24-55 | 17-22 | 69 | 12-35 | 12 | 18 |
Three-point FG: 4-14 (Jensen 1-1, Doleac 1-1, Johnsen 1-2, Mottola 1-3, Jackson 0-1, Caton 0-1, Hansen 0-2, Miller 0-3); Team Rebounds: 4; Blocked Shots: 2 (Doleac 2); Turnovers: 18 (Miller 8, Mottola 3, Johnsen 3, Hansen 2, Jensen, Doleac); Steals: 8 (Hansen 3, Doleac 3, Miller 2). Percentages: 2-Pt FG (.488), 3-Pt FG (.286), Total FG (.436), Free Throws (.773).
| Utah (WAC) | 41 | 28— | 69 |
| Kentucky (SEC) | 31 | 44— | 78 |
| NCAA Men's Division I Tournament Seeds | 1997-98 Season | Final ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll |
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