1998-99 ACC Men's Basketball
Preseason Polls
Associated Press
Record Pts Pvs
1. Duke (34) 32-4 1,747 3
2. Connecticut (25) 32-5 1,734 6
3. Stanford (12) 30-5 1,652 10
4. Kentucky (1) 35-4 1,509 5
5. Michigan St. 22-8 1,443 16
6. Maryland 21-11 1,378 20
7. Temple 21-9 1,076 24
8. Kansas 35-4 1,067 2
9. Tennessee 20-9 1,030 —
10. Utah 30-4 983 7
11. North Carolina 34-4 956 1
12. UCLA 24-9 944 19
13. Oklahoma St. 22-7 809 —
14. Washington 20-10 766 —
15. Cincinnati 27-6 754 9
16. Purdue 28-8 729 11
17. Xavier 22-8 726 23
18. Arizona 30-5 706 4
19. Arkansas 24-9 535 17
20. New Mexico 24-8 493 18
tie. Syracuse 26-9 493 21
22. Indiana 20-12 328 —
23. Rhode Island 25-9 288 —
24. Massachusetts 21-11 249 —
25. Texas Christian 27-6 150 15
Others receiving votes: Clemson 144, California 92, Memphis 79, South Carolina 70, Minnesota 68, Georgia 50, UNLV 50, St. John's 37, Georgia Tech 33, Wake Forest 31, Oklahoma 30, Princeton 23, Penn St. 19, North Carolina St. 18, Miami, Ohio 17, Coll. of Charleston 15, Fresno St. 15, George Washington 13, Miami 12, Texas 10, Florida 8, N. Arizona 6, Tulsa 4, Ala.-Birmingham 3, Detroit 2, Mississippi 2, Akron 1, Iona 1, Michigan 1, Southern Meth. 1.
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll
97-98
TEAM (NO. 1 VOTES) RECORD POINTS
1. Duke (22) 32-4 739
2. Stanford (3) 30-5 701
3. Connecticut (4) 32-5 695
4. Michigan State 22-8 623
5. Maryland 21-11 615
6. Kentucky (1) 33-4 598
7. Temple 21-9 477
8. Kansas 35-4 440
9. Tennessee 20-9 418
10. Xavier 22-8 385
11. North Carolina 34-4 380
12. Utah 30-4 365
13. UCLA 24-9 353
14. Washington 20-10 326
15. Cincinnati 27-6 311
16. Purdue 28-8 279
17. Indiana 20-12 253
18. Oklahoma State 22-7 246
19. Arkansas 24-9 243
20. Arizona 30-5 233
21. New Mexico 24-8 219
22. Syracuse 26-9 203
23. Massachusetts 21-11 128
24. TCU 27-6 70
25. Rhode Island 25-9 66
Others receiving votes: South Carolina (62), Clemson (55), Georgia (32), Memphis (31), George Washington (28), North Carolina State (23), College of Charleston (18), Princeton (16), Georgia Tech (15), St. John's (13), Miami (Fla.) (9), California (8), Oklahoma (8), Minnesota (7), UNLV (7), Creighton (7), Miami (Ohio) (7), Texas Southern (6), Dayton (5), Fresno State (3), Penn State (2), Illinois (2), Alabama-Birmingham (2), Hawaii (2), Auburn (1), Mississippi (1), Missouri (1).
Dick Vitale
'97-'98 '97-'98
Team final record final ranking
1. Connecticut 32-5 7
2. Duke 32-4 5
3. Stanford 30-5 4
4. Kentucky 33-4 1
5. Michigan State 22-8 10
6. Maryland 21-11 17
7. Kansas 35-4 8
8. North Carolina 34-4 3
9. Purdue 28-8 9
10. Arkansas 24-9 22
11. Utah 30-4 2
12. Xavier 22-8 27
13. New Mexico 24-8 21
14. Tennessee 20-9 NR
15. Arizona 30-5 6
16. Temple 21-9 45
17. UMass 21-11 37
18. UCLA 24-9 12
19. Washington 20-10 24
20. Oklahoma State 22-7 30
21. Syracuse 26-9 13
22. Indiana 20-12 NR
23. Cincinnati 27-6 14
24. South Carolina 23-8 19
25. St. John's 22-10 32
The Sporting News
1. Connecticut
2. Duke
3. Kentucky
4. UCLA
5. Maryland
6. Stanford
7. Michigan State
8. Oklahoma State
9. Kansas
10. Temple
11. Arizona
12. Cincinnati
13. North Carolina
14. Tennessee
15. New Mexico
16. Purdue
17. Utah
18. Syracuse
19. Xavier
20. Memphis
21. Rhode Island
22. Arkansas
23. California
24. Clemson
25. Oklahoma
Street & Smith's
1. Stanford
2. Duke
3. Michigan State
4. Connecticut
5. Maryland
6. Temple
7. Tennessee
8. Xavier
9. Cincinnati
10. Washington
11. Kentucky
12. Indiana
13. Kansas
14. Oklahoma State
15. UCLA
16. Utah
17. Texas Christian
18. Arkansas
19. North Carolina
20. Syracuse
21. College of Charleston
22. Purdue
23. George Washington
24. Memphis
25. Alabama-Birmingham
Lindy's
1. Stanford
2. Connecticut
3. Duke
4. Michigan State
5. Maryland
6. Tennessee
7. Washington
8. Kentucky
9. Utah
10. Georgia Tech
11. Indiana
12. Clemson
13. Penn St.
14. Kansas
15. Temple
16. South Carolina
17. UNLV
18. Massachusetts
19. Syracuse
20. Oklahoma State
21. North Carolina
22. New Mexico
23. NC State
24. Arkansas
25. Rhode Island
SLAM Magazine
1. Duke
2. Connecticut
3. Michigan State
4. Stanford
5. Maryland
6. Kentucky
7. Temple
8. Washington
9. Tennessee
10. Arizona
11. Xavier
12. North Carolina
13. UCLA
14. Indiana
15. Syracuse
16. Rhode Island
17. Arkansas
18. Massachusetts
19. Kansas
20. Purdue
21. Oklahoma St.
22. Cincinnati
23. Miami
24. Texas
25. Georgia Tech
Blue Ribbon
1. Duke
2. Connecticut
3. Stanford
4. Kentucky
5. Maryland
6. Temple
7. Tennessee
8. Michigan State
9. New Mexico
10. Cincinnati
11. Utah
12. Purdue
13. Washington
14. Arizona
15. Oklahoma State
16. North Carolina
17. UCLA
18. Syracuse
19. Xavier
20. Arkansas
21. Indiana
22. Massachusetts
23. Kansas
24. Wake Forest
25. Miami
UMI
1. Duke
2. Connecticut
3. Stanford
4. Kentucky
5. Maryland
6. Michigan State
7. UCLA
8. Kansas
9. Arizona
10. Temple
11. Utah
12. North Carolina
13. Purdue
14. Cincinnati
15. Washington
16. Indiana
17. Syracuse
18. Xavier
19. Oklahoma State
20. Wake Forest
21. Rhode Island
22. Princeton
23. Arkansas
24. Mississippi
25. NC State
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