1998–99 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

The 1998–99 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were coached by fourth-year head coach, Tom Izzo. The Spartans finished the season 33–5, 15–1 to win the Big Ten regular season championship by three games. MSU defeated Northwestern, Wisconsin, and Illinois to win the Big Ten tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region, they defeated Mount Saint Mary's and Ole Miss to advance to their second straight Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen they defeated Oklahoma to advance to the school's first Elite Eight since 1979. In the Elite Eight, they defeated Kentucky to earn a trip to the Final Four for the first time since 1979. There they lost to No. 1-ranked Duke. The 33 wins marked a school record for wins in a season.

1998–99 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Pearl Harbor Classic champions
Big Ten regular season champions
Big Ten tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 2
Record33–5 (15–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Tom Izzo (4th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Tom Crean (4th season)
  • Stan Heath (3rd season)
  • Mike Garland (3rd season)
  • Dave Owens (3rd season)
Captains
  • Mateen Cleaves
  • Antonio Smith
  • Jason Klein
  • Thomas Kelley
Home arenaBreslin Center
1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Michigan State151 .938335  .868
No. 19 Indiana97 .5632311  .676
No. 18 Wisconsin97 .5632210  .688
No. 21 Iowa97 .5632010  .667
Purdue79 .4382113  .618
Northwestern610 .3751514  .517
Penn State511 .3131314  .481
Illinois313 .1881418  .438
No. 14 Ohio State**04 .00019  .100
Minnesota***08 .000011  .000
Michigan*011 .000019  .000
1999 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*Michigan: 12 games vacated due to sanctions against the program
**Ohio State: 26 games including 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program
*** Minnesota vacated 17 games including 1 NCAA Tourn. game due to sanctions against the program
Disputed records: Michigan: 12–19, 5–11; Ohio State: 27–9, 12–4; Minnesota: 17–11, 8–8
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