1997–98 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	1997–98
Team:	UC Irvine Anteaters
Conference:	Big West Conference
Short Conf:	Big West
Record:	9–18
Conf Record:	6–10
Hc Year:	1st

The 1997–98 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by 1st year head coach Pat Douglass and played at the Bren Events Center and were members of the Big West Conference.

Previous season

The 1996–97 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team finished the season with a record of 1–25 and 1–15 in Big West play, the worst record in program history. At the end of the season, head coach Rod Baker did not have his contract renewed.^[1] On March 27, 1997, Cal State Bakersfield head coach Pat Douglass was announced as the seventh head coach in program history.^[2]

Schedule

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Non-Conference Season|-!colspan=9 style=|Conference Season|-!colspan=9 style=| Big West Conference tournamentSource^{[3] [4]}

Awards and honors

• Ben Jones
  • Big West All-Freshman Team

Source:^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Foster. Chris. UCI's Baker Is Dismissed. Los Angeles Times . 3 March 1997 . 24 September 2017.
2. News: Foster. Chris. Douglass Named Irvine Coach. Los Angeles . 27 March 1997 . 24 September 2017.
3. Web site: UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book . UC Irvine Athletics . UC Irvine Sports . July 22, 2017.
4. Web site: Final 1998 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report . NCAA . July 22, 2017.
5. Web site: UC Irvine Honors . UC Irvine Athletics . UC Irvine Sports . September 24, 2017.