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.
Participants
Utah Utes
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
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
Game summary
References