| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1997–98 |
| Team: | Connecticut Huskies |
| Short Conf: | Big East |
| Coachrank: | 7 |
| Aprank: | 6 |
| Record: | 32–5 |
| Conf Record: | 15–3 |
| Hc Year: | 12th |
| Asst Coach1: | Karl Hobbs |
| Asst Coach2: | Dave Leitao |
| Asst Coach3: | Tom Moore |
| Bowl Result: | Elite Eight |
The 1997–98 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1997–98 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 32–5 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Big East Conference where they finished with a 15–3 record. They made it to the Elite Eight in the 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut and the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and they were led by twelfth-year head coach Jim Calhoun.[1] [2]
Listed are the student athletes who were members of the 1997–1998 team.[3]
| Name | Position | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Crowley | FR | ||
| Jeff Cybart | G | SR | |
| Khalid El-Amin | G | FR | |
| Kevin Freeman | F | SO | |
| Sam Funches | F | SO | |
| Craig Glazer | G | FR | |
| Richard Hamilton | F | SO | |
| Monquencio Hardnett | G | SR | |
| E.J. Harrison | G | JR | |
| Rashamel Jones | F | JR | |
| Antric Klaiber | F | JR | |
| Ricky Moore | G | JR | |
| G | FR | ||
| Jake Voskuhl | C | SO | |
| C | SO |
|-!colspan=12 style=""| Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style=""| Big East tournament|-!colspan=12 style=""| NCAA tournamentSchedule Source:[1] [4]
| Poll | Pre | 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 | Wk 18 | Final | + Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | N/A |