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The 1998 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament was the 42nd annual
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to determine the national champion of men's
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Division II
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. The official culmination of the 1997–98 NCAA Division II men's basketball season, the tournament featured forty-eight teams from around the country. The Elite Eight, national semifinals, and championship were played at the
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(31–2) defeated
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in the final, 83–77, to win their first Division II national championship. The Aggies were coached by Bob Williams. Kentucky Wesleyan's Antonio Garcia, meanwhile, was the Most Outstanding Player.


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Location: Hodge Center Host: University of South Carolina-Spartanburg


North Central -

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Location: Frost Arena Host:
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Cleveland, Mississippi Cleveland is a city and one of two county seats of Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States, the other seat being Rosedale, Mississippi, Rosedale. The Cleveland population was 11,199 as of the 2020 United States census. Cleveland has a large c ...

Location: Walter Sillers Coliseum Host:
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Great Lakes -

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Northeast -

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Location: Events and Athletics Center Host:
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Location: T. Edward Davis Gymnasium Host: Salem-Teikyo University


South Central -

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Location: West Texas Fieldhouse Host:
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West -

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Location: The Pavilion Host:
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Elite Eight - Louisville, Kentucky

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All-tournament team

* Antonio Garcia,
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(MOP) * Dana Williams,
Kentucky Wesleyan Kentucky Wesleyan College (KWC) is a private Methodist college in Owensboro, Kentucky. Fall 2018 enrollment was 830 students. History Kentucky Wesleyan College was founded in 1858 by the Kentucky Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It ...
* Jason Cox,
UC Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University ...
* Dante Ross,
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* William Davis, Virginia Union


See also

* 1998 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament *
1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament The 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1998, and ended with the champio ...
* 1998 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament *
1998 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament The 1998 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the last time for now NAIA Tournament at Mabee Center. The 61st annual National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, NAIA basketb ...
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1998 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament The 1998 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the NAIA Men's Basketball Championships, tournament held by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college basketball amo ...


References


NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament Results

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