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1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
Record	21–13 (7–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady;
Assistant coaches	Todd Foster; Jay Price; Jim Thrash;
Home arena	Mackey Arena
	Seasons ← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Michigan State†	15	–	1	.938	33	–	5	.868
No. 19 Indiana	9	–	7	.563	23	–	11	.676
No. 18 Wisconsin	9	–	7	.563	22	–	10	.688
No. 21 Iowa	9	–	7	.563	20	–	10	.667
Purdue	7	–	9	.438	21	–	13	.618
Northwestern	6	–	10	.375	15	–	14	.517
Penn State	5	–	11	.313	13	–	14	.481
Illinois	3	–	13	.188	14	–	18	.438
No. 14 Ohio State**	0	–	4	.000	1	–	9	.100
Minnesota***	0	–	8	.000	0	–	11	.000
Michigan*	0	–	11	.000	0	–	19	.000

† 1999 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll Michigan: 12 games vacated due to sanctions against the program Ohio State: 26 games including 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program ** Minnesota vacated 17 games including 1 NCAA Tourn. game due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan: 12–19, 5–11; Ohio State: 27–9, 12–4; Minnesota: 17–11, 8–8

The 1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by Gene Keady and played its home games at Mackey Arena.

Roster[edit]

1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	15	Alan Eldridge	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr		Fort Wayne, Indiana
G	22	Jaraan Cornell	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Clay	South Bend, Indiana
F	35	Brian Cardinal	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Unity	Tolono, Illinois

Head coach

Gene Keady (Kansas State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 13, 1998*	No. 16	UNC Asheville	W 101–64	1–0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 16, 1998*	No. 15	Illinois-Chicago	W 77–61	2–0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 18, 1998*	No. 15	Gonzaga	W 83–68	3–0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 22, 1998*	No. 15	Lafayette	W 72–67	4–0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 25, 1998*	No. 14	vs. No. 9 North Carolina	L 47–54	4–1	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Nov 27, 1998*	No. 14	at No. 23 St. John's	W 70–69	5–1	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Nov 29, 1998*	No. 14	Eastern Illinois	W 62–49	6–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 5, 1998*	No. 14	at No. 23 Xavier	W 71–57	7–1	Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio
Dec 8, 1998*	No. 9	Illinois State	W 69–55	8–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 11, 1998*	No. 9	Valparaiso	W 78–70	9–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 12, 1998*	No. 9	La Salle	W 80–59	10–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 19, 1998*	No. 8	at Butler	W 63–54	11–1	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Dec 22, 1998*	No. 9	vs. South Carolina	W 80–64	12–1	Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey
Dec 27, 1998*	No. 9	at Providence	L 82–87	12–2	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Jan 6, 1999	No. 9	at Penn State	W 70-67	13–2 (1-0)	Bryce Jordan Center Happy Valley, Pennsylvania
Jan 10, 1999	No. 9	at No. 24 Wisconsin	L 56-61	13–3 (1-1)	Kohl Center Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 13, 1999	No. 13	Illinois	W 63-54	14–3 (2-1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 16, 1999	No. 13	No. 23 Indiana	L 76-87	14–4 (2-2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 19, 1999	No. 16	at Ohio State	L 43-72	14–5 (2-3)	Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
Jan 23, 1999	No. 16	Michigan	W 81-71	15–5 (3-3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 27, 1999	No. 14	at Northwestern	L 50-54	15–6 (3-4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Feb 27, 1999		No. 3 Michigan State	L 46–60	19–11 (7–9)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 4, 1999*		vs. Michigan First round	L 73–79 ^OT	19–12	United Center Chicago, Illinois
NCAA Tournament
Mar 12, 1999*	(10 E)	vs. (7 E) Texas First round	W 58–54	20–12	TD Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Mar 14, 1999*	(10 E)	vs. (2 E) No. 10 Miami (FL) Second Round	W 73–63	21–12	TD Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Mar 19, 1999*	(10 E)	vs. (6 E) Temple East Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 55–77^[2]	21–13	Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

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Rankings[edit]

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References[edit]

^ "1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
^ "Purdue Drops Sweet 16 Battle with Temple". Purdue University Athletics. March 19, 1999. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
^ "2019-20 Purdue Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1075–1076. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[1] "1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

[2] "Purdue Drops Sweet 16 Battle with Temple". Purdue University Athletics. March 19, 1999. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

[3] "2019-20 Purdue Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

[ESPN-4] *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1075–1076. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

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Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson upset
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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