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 1997âÂÂ98 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
Game summary
References