The 1998–99 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season led by head coach Ed Schilling.

Season summary Seniors Keion Brooks and Sherman Curry returned two of the top three scorers from the previous season to anchor the squad and newcomers Kevin Melson, Marcus May and Israel Sheinfeld provided some excitement to thrill the home fans.

However, by the time the season ended with what had begun to feel like the annual elimination loss to Butler, playing away from the friendly Nutter Center had become synonymous with losing.

The honeymoon was over for Coach Schilling, as supporters and media had begun to voice skepticism. After the season, he again took an aggressive stance towards his own roster promising “merciless” conditioning saying “... if they don’t want to do it, I don’t want them,” which further fanned speculation as to what the internal culture must be like between coach and team.

Roster changes Joining Kevin Melson (F) transferred in from Schoolcraft Junior College Israel Sheinfeld (F) signed following his military commitment in Israel Marcus May (G) recruited from Indianapolis North Central High, where he played alongside two All-Americans. Louis Holmes (G) from Orange Christian Academy where he shot 60% from the field

Leaving Brandon Pardon (PG) transferred to Bowling Green State University. While "spiritual differences" made the headlines, there was also apparently some disagreement about the strict team rules.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Awards and honors Bruno Petersons Raider Award Keion Brooks First Team All League Kevin Melson Second Team All League Kevin Melson Newcomer of the Year Kevin Melson All-Newcomer Team Marcus May All-Newcomer Team

Statistics Number Name Games Average Points Assists Rebounds 21 Keion Brooks 27 20.7 559 107 151 22 Kevin Melson 27 14.6 395 40 182 20 Marcus May 27 9.4 255 110 105 50 Inus Norville 25 9.0 224 11 126 30 Sherman Curry 25 5.3 133 26 90 10 Israel Sheinfeld 27 4.0 109 10 94 3 Onome Scott-Emuakpor 23 2.7 61 6 62 24 Louis Holmes 17 2.5 43 0 8 25 Steve Yeagle 24 1.7 41 0 17 52 Bruno Petersons 27 1.2 33 15 72 21 Ryan Grose 10 0.6 6 0 14 Source

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