The 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season concluded in the 64-team 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament whose finals were held at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The Kentucky Wildcats earned their seventh national championship by defeating the Utah Utes 78–69 on March 30, 1998. They were coached by Tubby Smith and the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player was Kentucky's Jeff Shepherd.
In the 32-team 1999 National Invitation Tournament, the Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated the Penn State Nittany Lions at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Following the season, the 1998 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American Consensus First team included Mike Bibby, Antawn Jamison, Raef LaFrentz, Paul Pierce, and Miles Simon. The consensus second team was composed of Vince Carter, Mateen Cleaves, Pat Garrity, Richard Hamilton, and Ansu Sesay. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season

Final Stats:

School	Conf	Final Rankings
North Carolina	ACC	1
Kansas	Big 12	2
Duke	ACC	3
Arizona	Pac-10	4
Kentucky	SEC	5
Connecticut	Big East	6
Utah	WAC	7
Princeton	Ivy	8
Cincinnati	CUSA	9
Stanford	Pac-10	10
Purdue	Big Ten	11
Michigan	Big Ten	12
Mississippi	SEC	13
South Carolina	SEC	14
Texas Christian	WAC	15
Michigan State	Big Ten	16
Arkansas	SEC	17
New Mexico	WAC	18
UCLA	Pac-10	19
Maryland	ACC	20
Syracuse	Big East	21
Illinois	Big Ten	22
Xavier	A-10	23
Temple	A-10	24
Murray State	OVC	25
NBA DRAFT
Pk	Tm	Player	College
1	LAC	Michael Olowokandi	University of the Pacific
2	VAN	Mike Bibby	University of Arizona
3	DEN	Raef LaFrentz	University of Kansas
4	TOR	Antawn Jamison	University of North Carolina
5	GSW	Vince Carter	University of North Carolina
6	DAL	Robert Traylor	University of Michigan
7	SAC	Jason Williams	University of Florida
8	PHI	Larry Hughes	Saint Louis University
9	MIL	Dirk Nowitzki
10	BOS	Paul Pierce	University of Kansas
11	DET	Bonzi Wells	Ball State University
12	ORL	Michael Doleac	University of Utah
13	ORL	Keon Clark	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
14	HOU	Michael Dickerson	University of Arizona
15	ORL	Matt Harpring	Georgia Institute of Technology
16	HOU	Bryce Drew	Valparaiso University
17	MIN	Rasho Nesterovic
18	HOU	Mirsad Turkcan
19	MIL	Pat Garrity	University of Notre Dame
20	ATL	Roshown McLeod	Duke University
21	CHH	Ricky Davis	University of Iowa
22	LAC	Brian Skinner	Baylor University
23	DEN	Tyronn Lue	University of Nebraska
24	SAS	Felipe Lopez	St. John's University
25	IND	Al Harrington
26	LAL	Sam Jacobson	University of Minnesota
27	SEA	Vladimir Stepania
28	CHI	Corey Benjamin	Oregon State University
29	UTA	Nazr Mohammed	University of Kentucky
30	DAL	Ansu Sesay	University of Mississippi
31	LAL	Ruben Patterson	University of Cincinnati
32	SEA	Rashard Lewis
33	SEA	Jelani McCoy	University of California, Los Angeles
34	CHI	Shammond Williams	University of North Carolina
35	DAL	Bruno Sundov
36	SAC	Jerome James	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
37	PHI	Casey Shaw	University of Toledo
38	NYK	DeMarco Johnson	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
39	MIL	Rafer Alston	California State University, Fresno
40	DET	Korleone Young
41	HOU	Cuttino Mobley	University of Rhode Island
42	ORL	Miles Simon	University of Arizona
43	WAS	Jahidi White	Georgetown University
44	NYK	Sean Marks	University of California
45	LAL	Toby Bailey	University of California, Los Angeles
46	MIN	Andrae Patterson	Indiana University
47	TOR	Tyson Wheeler	University of Rhode Island
48	CLE	Ryan Stack	University of South Carolina
49	ATL	Cory Carr	Texas Tech University
50	CHH	Andrew Betts	California State University, Long Beach
51	MIA	Corey Brewer	University of Oklahoma
52	SAS	Derrick Dial	Eastern Michigan University
53	DAL	Greg Buckner	Clemson University
54	DEN	Tremaine Fowlkes	California State University, Fresno
55	DEN	Ryan Bowen	University of Iowa
56	VAN	J.R. Henderson	University of California, Los Angeles
57	UTA	Torraye Braggs	Xavier University
58	CHI	Maceo Baston	University of Michigan