1997–98_Virginia_Cavaliers_men's_basketball_team

1997–98 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
1997–98 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	11–19 (3–13 ACC)
Head coach	Jeff Jones (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Anthony Solomon (4th season); Ricky Stokes (1st season); Pete Herrmann (4th season);
Home arena	University Hall
	Seasons ← 1996–97 1998–99 →

1997–98 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1997–98 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by eighth-year head coach Jeff Jones, and played their home games at University Hall in Charlottesville, Virginia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. At the end of the season, Jones resigned as head coach;^[1] he would be replaced by Providence Friars head coach Pete Gillen.^[2]

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Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition game
Nov. 5* 7:30 pm	Court Authority	W 74–72		University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov. 9* 2:00 pm	Australia	L 59–70		University Hall (1,899) Charlottesville, Virginia
Regular season
Nov. 16* 7:00 pm	at Richmond NationsBank Virginia Challenge	L 79–83 ^2OT	0–1	Robins Center (8,463) Richmond, Virginia
Nov. 19* 7:30 pm	William & Mary	W 59–45	1–1	University Hall (5,864) Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov. 22* 1:00 pm	George Mason	W 60–45	2–1	University Hall (2,163) Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov. 25* 7:30 pm	at Delaware	W 64–57	3–1	Bob Carpenter Center (4,353) Newark, Delaware
Dec. 2* 7:30 pm	Appalachian State	W 62–54	4–1	University Hall (5,677) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 6 2:00 pm	at No. 1 Duke	L 59–103	4–2 (0–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina
Dec. 10* 7:30 pm	No. 13 Connecticut	L 63–74	4–3 (0–1)	University Hall (6,841) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 13* 7:30 pm	vs. VCU NationsBank Virginia Challenge	W 73–67	5–3 (0–1)	Robins Center (7,700) Richmond, Virginia
Dec. 22* 7:30 pm	VMI	W 92–55	6–3 (0–1)	University Hall (4,108) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 27* 10:30 pm	vs. Nebraska Rainbow Classic	L 65–80	6–4 (0–1)	Special Events Arena Honolulu, HI
Dec. 29* 4:00 pm	vs. BYU Rainbow Classic	W 72–54	7–4 (0–1)	Special Events Arena Honolulu, HI
Dec. 30* 6:30 pm	vs. New Mexico State Rainbow Classic	L 82–87 ^OT	7–5 (0–1)	Special Events Arena Honolulu, HI
Jan. 4 1:00 pm	vs. Wake Forest NationsBank Virginia Challenge	W 73–64 ^OT	8–5 (1–1)	Robins Center (7,556) Richmond, Virginia
Jan. 7* 7:30 pm	Liberty	L 64–69	8–6 (1–1)	University Hall (3,405) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 10 1:30 pm	at No. 1 North Carolina	L 73–81	8–7 (1–2)	Dean Smith Center (21,572) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan. 12* 7:00 pm	vs. Virginia Tech	W 69–55	9–7 (1–2)	Roanoke Civic Center (6,454) Roanoke, Virginia
Jan. 15 8:00 pm	Georgia Tech	L 65–83	9–8 (1–3)	University Hall (8,337) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 18 1:30 pm	NC State	W 59–56	10–8 (2–3)	University Hall (7,596) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 20 8:00 pm	at No. 25 Clemson	L 52–69	10–9 (2–4)	Littlejohn Coliseum (11,020) Clemson, South Carolina
Jan. 24 Noon	No. 1 Duke	L 65–72	10–10 (2–5)	University Hall (8,019) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 27 8:00 pm	at Wake Forest	L 55–62	10–11 (2–6)	Joel Coliseum (13,505) Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb. 1 4:00 pm	at No. 25 Maryland	L 70–77	10–12 (2–7)	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
Feb. 4 7:30 pm	Florida State	L 63–71	10–13 (2–8)	University Hall (6,250) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 11 9:00 pm	No. 1 North Carolina	L 45–60	10–14 (2–9)	University Hall (8,047) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 14 Noon	at Georgia Tech	L 86–105	10–15 (2–10)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (7,826) Atlanta
Feb. 18 7:00 pm	at NC State	L 55–74	10–16 (2–11)	Reynolds Coliseum (11,710) Raleigh, North Carolina
Feb. 21 1:30 pm	Clemson	W 78–74 ^OT	11–16 (3–11)	University Hall (7,707) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 24 9:00 pm	Maryland	L 66–74	11–17 (3–12)	University Hall (7,515) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 28 12:00 am	at Florida State	L 63–88	11–18 (3–13)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center (6,657) Tallahassee, Florida
ACC Tournament
Mar. 5	vs. No. 1 Duke ACC Tournament first round	L 41–63	11–19	Greensboro Coliseum (23,733) Greensboro, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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"Jeff Jones Resigns". VirginiaSports.com. March 16, 1998. Archived from the original on March 7, 2000. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

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"Pete Gillen Named Men's Head Basketball Coach". VirginiaSports.com. March 28, 1998. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

[UVaSchedule-3] [3]
"1997–1998 Schedule". VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Retrieved December 9, 2014.^{[dead link]}

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Duke	15	–	1	.938	32	–	4	.889
No. 1 North Carolina†	13	–	3	.813	34	–	4	.895
No. 20 Maryland	10	–	6	.625	21	–	11	.656
Wake Forest	7	–	9	.438	16	–	14	.533
Clemson	7	–	9	.438	18	–	14	.563
Georgia Tech	6	–	10	.375	19	–	14	.576
Florida State	6	–	10	.375	18	–	4	.818
NC State	5	–	11	.313	17	–	15	.531
Virginia	3	–	13	.188	11	–	19	.367

† 1998 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll