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| Date | March 30, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky | ||||||||||||
| Favorite | Kentucky by 3.5 [1] | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Jim Burr, Donnie Gray, Mike Sanzere | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 40,509 | ||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Billy Packer (color) Michele Tafoya and Armen Keteyian (sideline) | ||||||||||||
The 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the finals of the 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The game was played on March 30, 1998, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and featured the South Regional Champion, No. 2-seeded Kentucky versus the West Regional Champion, No. 3-seeded Utah. [2]
Seeding in brackets
| Utah | Position | Kentucky | ||
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| Andre Miller 1 | G | Wayne Turner | ||
| Drew Hansen | G | Jeff Sheppard | ||
| Hanno Möttölä 2 | F | Allen Edwards | ||
| Alex Jensen | F | Scott Padgett 1 | ||
| Michael Doleac 1 | C | Nazr Mohammed 1 | ||
| Players selected in an NBA draft (number indicates round) | ||||
Source [3]
CBS |
Monday, March 30 |
| #S2 Kentucky Wildcats78, #W3 Utah Utes 69 | ||
| Scoring by half: 31–41, 47–28 | ||
| Pts: Scott Padgett 17 Rebs: Heshimu Evans 6 Asts: Allen Edwards 5 | Pts: Andre Miller 16 Rebs: Michael Doleac 10 Asts: Andre Miller 5 | |