1998–99 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1998–99 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball

Conference	Independent
Record	14-16
Head coach	John MacLeod (8th season)
Assistant coach	Billy Taylor (1st season)
Home arena	Joyce Center
Seasons← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

1998–99 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Connecticut†	16	–	2	.889	34	–	2	.944
No. 10 Miami (FL)	15	–	3	.833	23	–	7	.767
No. 9 St. John's	14	–	4	.778	28	–	9	.757
Syracuse	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
Villanova	10	–	8	.556	21	–	11	.656
Rutgers	9	–	9	.500	19	–	13	.594
Providence	9	–	9	.500	16	–	14	.533
Notre Dame	8	–	10	.444	14	–	16	.467
Seton Hall	8	–	10	.444	15	–	15	.500
Georgetown	6	–	12	.333	15	–	16	.484
Pittsburgh	5	–	13	.278	14	–	16	.467
West Virginia	4	–	14	.222	10	–	19	.345
Boston College	3	–	15	.167	6	–	21	.222

† 1999 Big East tournament winner As of March 29, 1999 Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998–99 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Basketball Team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 13*	Miami (OH)	L 65–76	0–1	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
November 15*	Yale	W 64–62	1–1	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
November 21*	at Vanderbilt	L 63–68	1–2	Memorial Gymnasium
November 26*	vs. Duke	L 82–111	1–3	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
November 27*	at Alaska-Anchorage	L 82–88	1–4	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
November 28*	vs. Southern Utah	W 81–77	2–4	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
December 1*	No. 16 Indiana	L 72–76	2–5	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 5*	Central Michigan	W 83–56	3–5	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 8	at Providence	W 83–80	4–5 (1–0)	Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI
December 19*	Eastern Kentucky	W 82–77	5–5 (1–0)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 21*	Stetson	W 79–55	6–5 (1–0)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 27*	St. Francis (NY)	W 99–88	7–5 (1–0)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 29	No. 22 Syracuse	L 63–75	7–6 (1–1)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 5	Pittsburgh	W 87–64	8–6 (2–1)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 7	Villanova	L 62–93	8–7 (2–2)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 9	at Miami (FL)	W 71–68	9–7 (3–2)	Miami Arena Miami, Florida
January 12	at No. 1 Connecticut	L 70–101	9–8 (3–3)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut
January 16	at Villanova	L 58–85	9–9 (3–4)	Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 19	Seton Hall	W 59–56	10–9 (4–4)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 23	Rutgers	L 70–72	10–10 (4–5)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 27	at Boston College	L 67–78	10–11 (4–6)	Silvio O. Conte Forum Boston, Massachusetts
January 30	Providence	W 81–62	11–11 (5–6)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 6	at Seton Hall	W 76–60	12–11 (6–6)	Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, NJ
February 10	Georgetown	L 53–62	12–12 (6–7)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 14	at West Virginia	L 80–85	13–12 (7–7)	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 17	at No. 21 Syracuse	L 65–71	13–13 (7–8)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 21	West Virginia	W 71–69	14–13 (8–8)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 24	at No. 8 St. John’s (NY)	L 53–73	14–14 (8–9)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
February 28	Boston College	W 78–59	15–14 (9–9)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
Big East tournament
March 3	vs. Seton Hall	L 69–79	15–15 (9–9)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

"1998-99 Big East Conference Season Summary". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
"1998–99 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

v t e Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Venues	Notre Dame Fieldhouse (1898–1968) Joyce Center (1968–present)
Rivalries	UCLA
Culture & lore	Notre Dame Leprechaun Crossroads Classic
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1907 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
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