1998–99 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1998–99 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1998–99 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big 12 tournament champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	North
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 22
Record	23–10 (11–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Roy Williams (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Matt Doherty (7th season); Neil Dougherty (4th season); Joe Holladay (5th season);
Captains	Jelani Janisse; Chris Martin; T.J. Pugh; Ryan Robertson;
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

1998–99 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Texas	13	–	3	.813	19	–	13	.594
Missouri	11	–	5	.688	20	–	9	.690
No. 22 Kansas †	11	–	5	.688	23	–	10	.697
Oklahoma	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
Oklahoma State	10	–	6	.625	23	–	11	.676
Nebraska	10	–	6	.625	20	–	13	.606
Kansas State	7	–	9	.438	20	–	13	.606
Colorado	7	–	9	.438	18	–	15	.545
Iowa State	6	–	10	.375	15	–	15	.500
Texas A&M	5	–	11	.313	12	–	15	.444
Texas Tech	5	–	11	.313	13	–	17	.433
Baylor	0	–	16	.000	6	–	24	.200

† 1999 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ^[1]

The 1998–99 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 101st basketball season. The head coach was Roy Williams, who served his 11th year at KU. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.

Roster

Name	#	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Home Town
Luke Axtell	33	Guard/Forward	6–10	220	Sophomore (RS)	Austin, Texas
Jeff Boschee	13	Guard	6–1	185	Freshman	Valley City, North Dakota
Nick Bradford	21	Forward	6-6	190	Junior	Fayetteville, Arkansas
Jeff Carey	22	Forward/Center	6–10	230	Freshman	Camdenton, Missouri
Eric Chenowith	44	Center	7–0	235	Sophomore	Orange, California
John Crider	12	Guard	6-3	180	Freshman	Horton, Kansas
Lester Earl	3	Forward	6-8	235	Junior	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Kenny Gregory	20	Guard/Forward	6–5	215	Sophomore	Columbus, Ohio
Jelani Janisse	23	Guard	6–3	210	Senior	Los Angeles, California
Ashante Johnson	31	Forward	6–8	210	Junior	San Diego, California
Marlon London	24	Guard	6–3	180	Freshman	Broadview, Illinois
Chris Martin	30	Guard	6–2	190	Senior	Overland Park, Kansas
Terry Nooner	5	Guard	6–0	170	Senior	Raytown, Missouri
T.J. Pugh	32	Forward	6–8	240	Senior	Omaha, Nebraska
Ryan Robertson	4	Guard	6–5	190	Senior	Saint Charles, Missouri

Big 12 Conference standings

#	Team	Conference	Pct.	Overall	Pct.
1	Texas	13-3	.813	19-13	.594
2	Missouri	11-5	.688	20–9	.690
3	Kansas	11-5	.688	23-10	.697
4	Oklahoma	11-5	.688	22-11	.667
5	Oklahoma State	10-6	.625	23-11	.676
6	Nebraska	10–6	.625	20–13	.606
7	Kansas State	7–9	.438	20-13	.606
8	Colorado	7-9	.438	18-15	.545
9	Iowa State	6-10	.375	15–15	.500
10	Texas A&M	5-11	.313	12-15	.444
11	Texas Tech	5-11	.313	13-17	.433
12	Baylor	0-16	.000	6-24	.200

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
11/13/1998*	No. 8	Gonzaga	W 80-66	1–0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
11/17/1998*	No. 8	at Penn	W 61-56	2–0	The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
11/21/1998*	No. 8	Fort Hays State	W 91-67	3–0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
11/27/1998*	No. 8	vs. UNLV Tip-Off Classic	W 78-50	4–0	MassMutual Center Springfield, MA
12/01/1998*	No. 7	vs. No. 8 Kentucky Great Eight	L 45-63	4-1	United Center Chicago, IL
12/05/1998*	No. 7	at Pepperdine John R. Wooden Classic	W 62-55	5-1	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
12/08/1998*	No. 10	Iowa	L 81-85	5-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/12/1998*	No. 10	USC	W 107-78	6-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawnrence, KS
12/17/1998*	No. 13	DePaul	W 74-68	7-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/19/1998*	No. 13	vs. Illinois Sprint Shootout	W 65-55	8-2	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
12/23/1998*	No. 13	at Saint Louis	L 64-78	8-3	Scottrade Center Saint Louis, MO
01/02/1999 9:05PM	No. 18	Texas A&M	W 95-57	9-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
1/6/1999	No. 18	at Baylor	W 66-62	10-3	Ferrell Center Waco, TX
1/9/1999	No. 18	Iowa State	W 74-60	11-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
1/11/1999	No. 18	at Missouri Border War	W 73-61	12-3	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
1/16/1999*	No. 15	at UMass	L 60-64	12-4	Mullins Center Amherst, MA
1/18/1999	No. 15	Texas	W 76-67	13-4	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
1/24/1999	No. 19	Missouri Border War	L 63-71	13-5	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
1/27/1999	No. 22	at Nebraska	L 69-84	13-6	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
1/30/1999	No. 22	Colorado	W 77-74	14-6	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/1/1999	No. 22	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 69-46	15-6	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
2/7/1999		at Colorado	W 86-80	16-6	Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
2/10/1999	No. 24	Nebraska	L 59-64	16-7	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/13/1999	No. 24	at Texas Tech	L 84-90	16-8	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, TX
2/17/1999		Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 62-47	17-8	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/20/1999		at Oklahoma	W 60-50	18-8	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
2/22/1999		Oklahoma State	W 67-66 ^OT	19-8	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/28/1999		at Iowa State	L 50-52	19-9	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Big 12 tournament
3/5/1999		vs. Nebraska Quarterfinals	W 77-53	20-9	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
3/6/1999		vs. Kansas State Semifinals	W 69-58	21-9	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
3/7/1999		vs. Oklahoma State Championship Game	W 53-37	22-9	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
NCAA tournament
3/12/1999*	No. 22 (6)	vs. (11) Evansville First Round	W 95-74	23-9	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA
3/14/1999*	No. 22 (6)	vs. No. 8 (3) Kentucky Second Round	L 88-92 ^OT	23-10	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll, NCAA tournament seeds shown in parentheses. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

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Rankings

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17
AP	8	8	8	7	10	13	13	18	18	15	19	22		24				22
Coaches

*There was no coaches poll in week 1.

References

^ 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "Big 12 Record Book (PDF)" (PDF) (Press release). Big 12 Conference. August 1, 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
^ "Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball 1998-99 Season Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (English) on March 6, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2013.

[Standings-1] 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[2] "Big 12 Record Book (PDF)" (PDF) (Press release). Big 12 Conference. August 1, 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2009.

[Schedule-3] "Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball 1998-99 Season Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (English) on March 6, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2013.

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 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 1999–2000 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 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Roster

Big 12 Conference standings

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References