1997–98 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

The 1997–98 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by third-year head coach, Tom Izzo. The Spartans finished the season 22–8, 13–3 in Big Ten play to win a share the regular season Big Ten regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the inaugural Big Ten tournament, they were upset by Minnesota in the quarterfinals. MSU received a bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the East region, marking the school's first appearance in the Tournament since 1995 and first under Izzo. They defeated Eastern Michigan in the First Round which marked their first Tournament win since 1994. They then defeated Princeton to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1990. There they lost to No. 1-ranked North Carolina.

1997–98 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Big Ten regular season co-champions
Coca Cola Spartan Classic champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 16
Record22–8 (13–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Tom Izzo (3rd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Tom Crean (3rd season)
  • Stan Heath (2nd season)
  • Mike Garland (2nd season)
Captains
  • Antonio Smith
  • Mateen Cleaves
Home arenaBreslin Center
1997–98 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No.  16 Michigan State133 .813228  .733
No. 22 Illinois133 .8132310  .697
No. 11 Purdue124 .750288  .778
Iowa97 .5632011  .645
Indiana97 .5632012  .625
Penn State88 .5001913  .594
Northwestern313 .1881017  .370
Wisconsin313 .1881219  .387
Ohio State115 .063822  .267
No. 12 Michigan* †05 .00008  .000
Minnesota**010 .000015  .000
1998 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*Michigan: 24 reg. season games including Big Ten Tourn. Champ.; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program
**Minnesota: 15 games including 5 NIT games and championship vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed records: Michigan 25–9, 11–5; Minnesota 20–15, 6–10
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