Maceo Baston ended his career with the current Michigan record for career field goal percentage, with a 62.72%, surpassing the 61.70% mark set by Loy Vaught in 1990. The team led the Big Ten Conference in three-point field goals made in conference games (121) and three-point field goal percentage (40.1%). ![]() He also led the conference in three-point field goal percentage in conference games (48.1%) and free throw percentage in all games (91.1%). īullock led the Big Ten Conference in three-point field goals made in conference games (51) and all games (93). The leading rebounders were Traylor (347), Maceo Baston (227), and Jerod Ward (206). The team's leading scorers were Louis Bullock (580 points), Robert Traylor (552 points) and Jerod Ward (445 points). Robert Traylor and Travis Conlan served as team co- captains, while Robert Traylor and Louis Bullock shared team MVP honors. The victory over Duke was one of only two victories over the number one ranked team in the country in the history of the school. The team had a 4–3 December 13, 1997, against #1 Duke 81–73 at home, December 26, 1997, against #19 Syracuse 93–61 at the Puerto Rico Holiday Classic, Eugene Guerra Sports Complex in San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 1 against #16 Iowa 80–66 on the road, March 8 against #9 Purdue 76–67 at the 1998 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament at the United Center. The team was ranked for twelve of the eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll, starting the season unranked, peaking at number twelve where it ended the season, and it also ended the season ranked twelve in the final USA Today/CNN Poll. The team earned an invitation to the 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as a number three seed where it was eliminated in the second round. The team emerged victorious in the inaugural 1998 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament. Under the direction of head coach Brian Ellerbe, the team finished fourth in the Big Ten Conference. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. The 1997–98 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1997–98 season. **Minnesota: 15 games including 5 NIT games and championship vacated due to sanctions against the programĭisputed records: Michigan 25–9, 11–5 Minnesota 20–15, 6–10 games vacated due to sanctions against the program
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