Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 1997–98 |
Prev Year: | 1996–97 |
Next Year: | 1998–99 |
Team: | Miami Hurricanes |
Conference: | Big East |
Short Conf: | Big East |
Division: | Big East 7 |
Record: | 18 - 10 |
Conf Record: | 11 - 7 |
Hc Year: | 8th |
Asst Coach1: | Dwight Freeman |
Asst Coach2: | Stan Jones |
Asst Coach3: | Scott Howard |
Tourney Result: | first round |
The 1997–98 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hurricanes, led by eighth-year head coach Leonard Hamilton, played their home games at the Miami Arena and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 18–10, 11–7 in Big East play to finish in second place in the Big East 7 division. They lost in the second round of the 1998 Big East men's basketball tournament to St. John's. They were invited to the 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they fell in the opening round to UCLA.[1] This just the program's second overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first since 1960.
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