The Final Regular Season AP Men's Top 25 Poll for College Basketball's 1998-99 Season
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Taken before start of NCAA tournament.
The sportswriters & broadcasters poll: first place votes in parentheses; records through Monday, March 8, 1999; total points (based on 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd, etc.); record in NCAA tourney and team lost to; head coach (career years and record including 1999 postseason), and preseason ranking. Teams in bold type went on to reach NCAA Final Four.
| Mar. 8 Record |
Points | NCAA Recap | Head Coach | Preseason Rank |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke (69) | 32-1 | 1749 | 5-1 (Connecticut) | Mike Krzyzewski (24 yrs: 542-214) | 1 |
| 2 | Michigan St. (1) | 29-4 | 1654 | 4-1 (Duke) | Tom Izzo (4 yrs: 88-41) | 5 |
| 3 | Connecticut | 28-2 | 1635 | 6-0 | Jim Calhoun (27 yrs: 554-258) | 2 |
| 4 | Auburn | 27-3 | 1469 | 2-1 (Ohio St.) | Cliff Ellis (24 yrs: 444-271) | NR |
| 5 | Maryland | 26-5 | 1434 | 2-1 (St. John's) | Gary Williams (21 yrs: 399-246) | 6 |
| 6 | Utah | 27-4 | 1396 | 1-1 (Miami-OH) | Rick Majerus (15 yrs: 337-116) | 10 |
| 7 | Stanford | 25-6 | 1316 | 1-1 (Gonzaga) | Mike Montgomery (21 yrs: 415-216) | 3 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 25-8 | 1165 | 3-1 (Michigan St.) | Tubby Smith (8 yrs: 187-75) | 4 |
| 9 | St. John's | 25-8 | 1122 | 3-1 (Ohio St.) | Mike Jarvis (14 yrs: 281-150) | 33 |
| 10 | Miami-FL | 22-6 | 1089 | 1-1 (Purdue) | Leonard Hamilton (13 yrs: 177-199) | 44 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 26-5 | 1082 | 1-1 (Temple) | Bob Huggins (18 yrs: 414-155) | 15 |
| 12 | Arizona | 22-6 | 1063 | 0-1 (Oklahoma) | Lute Olson (26 yrs: 587-212) | 18 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 24-9 | 895 | 0-1 (Weber St.) | Bill Guthridge (1 yr: 34-4) | 11 |
| 14 | Ohio St. | 23-8 | 832 | 4-1 (Connecticut) | Jim O'Brien (17 yrs: 270-248) | NR |
| 15 | UCLA | 22-8 | 801 | 0-1 (Detroit) | Steve Lavin (3 yrs: 70-26) | 12 |
| 16 | College of Charleston | 28-2 | 695 | 0-1 (Tulsa) | John Kresse (20 yrs: 493-121) | 41 |
| 17 | Arkansas | 22-10 | 518 | 1-1 (Iowa) | Nolan Richardson (19 yrs: 456-166) | 19 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 22-9 | 464 | 0-1 (SW Missouri St.) | Dick Bennett (23 yrs: 430-242) | NR |
| 19 | Indiana | 22-10 | 373 | 1-1 (St. John's) | Bobby Knight (34 yrs: 743-281) | 22 |
| 20 | Tennessee | 20-8 | 356 | 1-1 (SW Missouri St.) | Jerry Green (16 yrs: 264-195) | 9 |
| 21 | Iowa | 18-9 | 282 | 2-1 (Connecticut) | Tom Davis (28 yrs: 543-290) | NR |
| 22 | Kansas | 22-9 | 268 | 1-1 (Kentucky) | Roy Williams (11 yrs: 305-72) | 8 |
| 23 | Florida | 20-8 | 239 | 2-1 (Gonzaga) | Billy Donovan (5 yrs: 84-61) | 46 |
| 24 | NC-Charlotte | 22-10 | 220 | 1-1 (Oklahoma) | Bob Lutz (10 yrs: 203-100) | NR |
| 25 | New Mexico | 24-8 | 95 | 1-1 (Connecticut) | Dave Bliss (24 yrs: 465-271) | 20t |
Others receiving votes: 26. Temple (21-10) 71 pts; 27. Oklahoma St. (22-10) 56; 28. Gonzaga (25-6) 53; 29. Syracuse (21-11) 49; 30. Texas (19-12) 47; 31. Minnesota (17-10) 40; 32. Missouri (20-8) 37; 33. Louisville (19-10) 30; 34. Rhode Island (20-12) 27; 35. Tulsa (23-10) 26; 36. Murray St. (27-5) 17; 37. Iowa St. (14-15) and Purdue (19-12) 12; 39. Detroit (24-5) and Kent (23-6) 11; 41. Miami-OH (22-7) 10; 42. Creighton (21-8) 9; 43. Villanova (21-10) 7; 44. George Washington (20-8) 4; 45. Weber St. (24-7) 3; 46. New Mexico St. (21-9), Pennsylvania (21-5) and Siena (25-5) 2.
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