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| Date | March 30, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky | ||||||||||||
| Favorite | Kentucky by 3.5[1] | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Jim Burr, Donnie Gray, Mike Sanzere | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 40,509 | ||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Billy Packer (color) Michele Tafoya and Armen Keteyian (sideline) | ||||||||||||
The 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the finals of the 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The game was played on March 30, 1998, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and featured the South Regional Champion, No. 2-seeded Kentucky versus the West Regional Champion, No. 3-seeded Utah.[2]
Participants
Utah
- West Regional
- Utah (3) 85, San Francisco (14) 68
- Utah 75, Arkansas (6) 69
- Utah 65, West Virginia (10) 62
- Utah 76, Arizona (1) 51
- Final Four
- Utah 65, North Carolina (1) 59
Kentucky
Seeding in brackets
- East
- Kentucky (2) 82, South Carolina State (15) 67
- Kentucky 88, Saint Louis (10) 61
- Kentucky 94, UCLA (6) 66
- Kentucky 86, Duke (1) 84
- Final Four
- Kentucky 86, Stanford (3) 85 (OT)
Starting lineups
| Utah | Position | Kentucky | ||
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| Andre Miller 1 | G | Wayne Turner | ||
| Derek Broomhall | G | Jeff Sheppard | ||
| Hanno Möttölä 2 | F | Allen Edwards | ||
| Alex Jensen | F | Scott Padgett 1 | ||
| Michael Doleac 1 | C | Nazr Mohammed 1 | ||
| Players selected in an NBA draft (number indicates round) | ||||
Source[3]
Game summary
CBS
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Monday, March 30
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| No. 2 Kentucky Wildcats 78, No. 3 Utah Utes 69 | ||
| Scoring by half: 31–41, 47–28 | ||
| Pts: Scott Padgett 17 Rebs: Heshimu Evans 6 Asts: Allen Edwards 5 |
Pts: Andre Miller 16 Rebs: Michael Doleac 10 Asts: Andre Miller 5 | |
Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
Attendance: 40,509 Referees: Jim Burr, Donnie Gray, Mike Sanzere |
References
- ^ Roxborough, Michael (March 30, 1998). "America's Line". Daily Record. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
- ^ "Kentucky Turns Comeback Into Its 2d Title in 3 Years". The New York Times. March 31, 1998. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- ^ "Utah vs. Kentucky Box Score (Men), March 30, 1998". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- ^ "Utah vs. Kentucky Box Score, March 30, 1998". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
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