1998–99 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1998–99 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1998–99 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
NCAA Tournament First Round vs. SW Missouri State, L, 32–43
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 18
Record	22–10 (9–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dick Bennett (4th season);
Assistant coach	Brad Soderberg
Home arena	Kohl Center

The 1998–99 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Dick Bennett, coaching his fourth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Michigan State†	15	–	1	.938	33	–	5	.868
No. 19 Indiana	9	–	7	.563	23	–	11	.676
No. 18 Wisconsin	9	–	7	.563	22	–	10	.688
No. 21 Iowa	9	–	7	.563	20	–	10	.667
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
No. 14 Ohio State**	0	–	4	.000	1	–	9	.100
Minnesota***	0	–	8	.000	0	–	11	.000
Michigan*	0	–	11	.000	0	–	19	.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

Roster

1998–99 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G/F	3	Duany Duany	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Jr	Bloomington, IN
G	4	Travon Davis	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Summit, IL
G	5	Hennssy Auriantal	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Montreal
G	10	Jon Bryant	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	RS Jr	Plymouth, MN
G	11	Sean Mason	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	RS Sr	Country Club Hills, IL
G	12	Ty Calderwood	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	RS Sr	Joliet, IL
G	14	John Moriarity (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Fr	Oostburg, WI
F	15	Andy Kowske	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Brookfield, WI
F	20	Erik Faust (W)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Fr	Arlington Heights, IL
F	21	Robert Smith (I)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Madison, WI
G	22	Mike Kelley	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Menomonee Falls, WI
F	30	Maurice Linton	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Calumet City, IL
F	34	Maurice Sessoms	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Fr	Teaneck, NJ
F	40	Charlie Wills	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS Fr	Angola, IN
F	50	Mark Vershaw	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	East Peoria, IL

Head coach

Dick Bennett (Ripon)

Assistant coach(es)

Brad Soderberg (Ripon)
Shawn Hood
Brian Hecker

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2014-1-14

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/14/1998*		Loyola (IL)	W 66–29	1–0	Kohl Center Madison, WI
11/16/1998*		UW–Milwaukee	W 75–63	2–0	Kohl Center Madison, WI
11/20/1998*		vs. New Mexico State Top of the World Classic	L 52–66	2–1	Carlson Center Fairbanks, AK
11/21/1998*		vs. Virginia Top of the World Classic	W 66–56	3–1	Carlson Center Fairbanks, AK
11/22/1998*		vs. Nebraska Top of the World Classic	W 78–41	4–1	Carlson Center Fairbanks, AK
11/28/1998*		at Rhode Island	W 65–59	5–1	Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI
12/02/1998*		Northern Illinois	W 67–52	6–1	Kohl Center Madison, WI
12/05/1998*		at Illinois State	W 71–54	7–1	Redbird Arena Normal, IL
12/09/1998*		at No. 16 Temple	W 63–56	8–1	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
12/12/1998*		Pepperdine	W 57–51	9–1	Kohl Center Madison, WI
12/15/1998*	No. 23	at Texas	W 65–62	10–1	Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
12/23/1998*	No. 20	at Marquette	W 61–45	11–1	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
12/27/1998*	No. 20	Fresno State	W 87–65	12–1	Kohl Center Madison, WI
12/30/1998	No. 19	at Michigan	L 55–59	12–2 (0–1)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
1/02/1999	No. 19	Ohio State	L 74–78 ^OT	12–3 (0–2)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
1/06/1999	No. 24	No. 12 Michigan State	W 66–51	13–3 (1–2)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
1/10/1999	No. 24	No. 9 Purdue	W 61–56	14–3 (2–2)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
1/13/1999	No. 17	at Penn State	W 61–58	15–3 (3–2)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
1/16/1999	No. 17	at Northwestern	W 57–49	16–3 (4–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
1/20/1999	No. 15	Illinois	W 75–53	17–3 (5–2)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
1/23/1999	No. 15	at No. 14 Iowa	W 72–52	18–3 (6–2)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/30/1999	No. 12	No. 19 Minnesota	W 61–50	19–3 (7–2)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
2/03/1999	No. 11	at No. 21 Indiana	L 60–71	19–4 (7–3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/06/1999	No. 11	at Illinois	L 51–53	19–5 (7–4)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/10/1999	No. 15	Northwestern	W 57–45	20–5 (8–4)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
2/13/1999	No. 15	Penn State	W 73–63	21–5 (9–4)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
2/21/1999	No. 13	at No. 4 Michigan State	L 51–56	21–6 (9–5)	Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, MI
2/24/1999	No. 16	at No. 10 Ohio State	L 54–63	21–7 (9–6)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
2/27/1999	No. 16	Michigan	L 39–51	21–8 (9–7)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Big Ten tournament
3/05/1999	No. 19	vs. No. 20 Iowa Big Ten tournament - Quarterfinals	W 74–50	22–8	United Center Chicago, IL
3/06/1999	No. 19	vs. No. 2 Michigan State Big Ten tournament - Semifinals	L 41–56	22–9	United Center Chicago, IL
NCAA tournament
3/12/1999*	(5 E) No. 19	vs. (12 E) SW Missouri State NCAA Tournament - First Round	L 32–43	22–10	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

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References

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