1998–99 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

1998–99 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#3
AP	#2
1998–99 record	33-5 (15-1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Izzo
Assistant coach	Tom Crean
Assistant coach	Stan Heath
Assistant coach	Mike Garland
Home arena	Breslin Center

	Conf				Overall
1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#2 Michigan State †	15	–	1	.938	33	–	5	.868
#19 Indiana	9	–	7	.563	23	–	11	.676
#18 Wisconsin	9	–	7	.563	22	–	10	.688
#21 Iowa	9	–	7	.563	20	–	10	.667
Minnesota	8	–	8	.500	17	–	11	.607
#11 Purdue	7	–	9	.438	21	–	13	.618
Northwestern	6	–	10	.375	15	–	14	.517
Penn State	5	–	11	.313	13	–	14	.481
Illinois	3	–	13	.188	14	–	18	.438
#14 Ohio State**	0	–	1	.000	1	–	1	.500
Michigan*	0	–	11	.000	0	–	19	.000

† 1999 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll Michigan: 12 reg. season games vacated due to sanctions against the program *Ohio State: 29 reg. season games; 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan-(12-19)(5-11); Ohio State-(27-9)(12-4)

The 1998–1999 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Regular season

During the 1999 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Michigan State qualified for the Final Four, where they lost to the Duke Blue Devils.

NCAA basketball tournament

Mideast
- Michigan State (#1 seed) 76, Mount St. Mary’s (#16 seed) 53
- Michigan State 74, Mississippi (#9 seed) 66
- Michigan State 54, Oklahoma (#13 seed) 46
- Michigan State 73, Kentucky (#3 seed) 66

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Final Four
- Duke 68, Michigan State 62

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Awards and honors

Mateen Cleaves, All-America selection
Mateen Cleaves, Big Ten Player of the Year
Mateen Cleaves, Big Ten First Team
Mateen Cleaves, Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball
Mateen Cleaves, Most Outstanding Player, Big Ten Conference Basketball Tournament
Morris Peterson, Big Ten First Team

Team players drafted into the NBA

No one from the men’s team was selected in the 1999 NBA Draft.^[2]

References

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Venues	Armory (1899–1918) IM Circle (1918–1930) Demonstration Hall (1930-1940) Jenison Fieldhouse (1940–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)

Rivalries	Michigan

Culture & lore	Basketbowl "The Flintstones" Izzone Michigan State student riots

People	Head coaches Retired numbers

Seasons	1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 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 1999–00 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

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics