The 1998–99 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the
University of Washington for the
1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season concluded in the 64-team 1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament whose finals were held at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Connecticut Huskies earned their first nat ...
. Led by sixth-year head coach
Bob Bender
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, the Huskies were members of the
Pacific-10 Conference
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and played their home games on campus at
Hec Edmundson Pavilion in
Seattle, Washington.
The Huskies were overall in the regular season and in conference play, fourth in the standings.
There was no
conference tournament this season; last played in
1990
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, it resumed in
2002
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.
Washington made the
NCAA tournament for the second straight year. Seeded seventh in the Midwest regional, they met tenth seed
Miami (OH) in the
Louisiana Superdome in
New Orleans and lost by a point.
Wally Szczerbiak led the scoring for Miami with 43 points; his teammates scored only sixteen.
Washington's next NCAA appearance was five years later in
2004
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Events January
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.
Built over seventy years earlier in 1927,
Hec Edmundson Pavilion underwent a renovation following this season and reopened in November The Huskies' home court for the
1999–2000 season was
KeyArena at
Seattle Center, the home of the
NBA's Seattle SuperSonics.
Postseason results
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NCAA tournament
References
External links
Sports Reference– Washington Huskies: 1998–99 basketball season
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