1997–98 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1997–98 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
APNo. 22
Record23–10 (13–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPs
  • Jerry Hester
  • Kevin Turner
Captains
  • Jerry Hester
  • Brian Johnson
  • Matt Heldman
Home arenaAssembly Hall
1997–98 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No.  16 Michigan State133 .813228  .733
No. 22 Illinois133 .8132310  .697
No. 11 Purdue124 .750288  .778
Iowa97 .5632011  .645
Indiana97 .5632012  .625
Penn State88 .5001913  .594
Northwestern313 .1881017  .370
Wisconsin313 .1881219  .387
Ohio State115 .063822  .267
No. 12 Michigan* †05 .00008  .000
Minnesota**010 .000015  .000
1998 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*Michigan: 24 reg. season games including Big Ten Tourn. Champ.; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program
**Minnesota: 15 games including 5 NIT games and championship vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed records: Michigan 25–9, 11–5; Minnesota 20–15, 6–10

The 1997–98 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.