1998–99 Penn Quakers men's basketball team
American college basketball season
1998–99 Penn Quakers men's basketball | |
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Ivy League champions | |
NCAA tournament, first round | |
Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 21–6 (13–1 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | The Palestra |
Seasons ← 1997–98 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 21 | – | 6 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 14 | – | 12 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 16 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 4 | – | 22 | .154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 4 | – | 22 | .154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
The 1998–99 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Quakers, led by 10th-year head coach Fran Dunphy, played their home games at The Palestra as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 21–6, 13–1 in Ivy League play to win the regular season championship. They received the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the First round to Florida.[2]
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 17, 1998* | No. 8 Kansas | L 56–61 | 0–1 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Nov 23, 1998* | No. 6 Temple | W 73–70 OT | 1–1 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Mar 2, 1999 | at Princeton | W 73–48 | 21–5 (13–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 11, 1999* | (11 W) | vs. (6 W) No. 23 Florida First round | L 61–75 | 21–6 | KeyArena Seattle, Washington | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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References
- ^ sports-reference.com 1998-99 Ivy Group Season Summary
- ^ "Frosh powers Illinois past Penn". ESPN. March 17, 2000. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "1998-99 Men's Basketball Roster". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "1998–99 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2023.