1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game

American college basketball final March 2026 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament August 2023 1998 NCAA Tournament Championship Game ncg File:NCAA primary logo 1980.svg March 30, 1998 1997–98 University of Utah Utah Utes 30–3 WAC 7 7 Rick Majerus 41 28 University of Kentucky Kentucky Wildcats 34–4 SEC 5 6 Tubby Smith 31 47 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas 40,509 Jim Burr, Donnie Gray, Mike Sanzere Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky Kentucky by 3.5https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101800274/daily-record/ America's Line Michael Roxborough Daily Record March 30, 1998 May 13, 2022 CBS Jim Nantz (play-by-play)Billy Packer (color)Michele Tafoya and Armen Keteyian (sideline) 1997 1999 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.The New York Times Kentucky Turns Comeback Into Its 2d Title in 3 Years https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/31/sports/1998-ncaa-tournament-kentucky-turns-comeback-into-its-2d-title-in-3-years.html March 31, 1998 March 10, 2019 Participants Utah Utes 1997–98 Utah Utes men's basketball team West Regional (3) Utah 85, (14) San Francisco 68 (3) Utah 75, (6) Arkansas 69 (3) Utah 65, (10) West Virginia 62 (3) Utah 76, (1) Arizona 51 Final Four (W3) Utah 65, (E1) North Carolina 59 Kentucky Wildcats 1997–98 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team Seeding in brackets South (2) Kentucky 82, (15) South Carolina State 67 (2) Kentucky 88, (10) Saint Louis 61 (2) Kentucky 94, (6) UCLA 66 (2) Kentucky 86, (1) Duke 84 Final Four (S2) Kentucky 86, (MW3) Stanford 85 (OT) Starting lineups Utah Position Kentucky Andre Miller G Wayne Turner Drew Hansen G Jeff Sheppard Hanno Möttölä F Allen Edwards Alex Jensen F Scott Padgett Michael Doleac C Nazr Mohammed SourceUtah vs. Kentucky Box Score (Men), March 30, 1998 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1998-03-30-kentucky.html Sports Reference 29 March 2023 Game summary #e3e3e3 Monday, March 30 Box score #S2 Kentucky Wildcats 78 #W3 Utah Utes 69 31–41 47–28 Scott Padgett 17 Heshimu Evans 6 Allen Edwards 5 Andre Miller 16 Michael Doleac 10 Andre Miller 5 Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas 40,509 Jim Burr, Donnie Gray, Mike Sanzere CBS Sports Reference Utah vs. Kentucky Box Score, March 30, 1998 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1998-03-30-kentucky.html March 10, 2019 References NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball championship games Category:Utah Utes men's basketball Category:College basketball tournaments in Texas Category:Basketball competitions in San Antonio NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game Category:1990s in San Antonio