1998–99 Florida Gators men's basketball team
{{short description|American college basketball season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
|year=1998–99
|sport=Basketball
|team=Florida Gators
|image_size= 175
|conference=Southeastern Conference
|division=East
|short_conf=SEC
|CoachRank=17
|APRank=23
|record=22–9
|conf_record=10–6
|head_coach=Billy Donovan
|hc_year=3rd
|asst_coach1=John Pelphrey
|ac1_year=3rd
|asst_coach2=Anthony Grant
|ac2_year=3rd
|asst_coach3=Donnie Jones
|ac3_year=3rd
|stadium=O'Connell Center
|champion=
|tourney= NCAA tournament
|tourney_result= Sweet Sixteen
}}
{{1998–99 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings}}
The 1998–99 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 1998–99 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The team was the first strong team for Coach Donovan at Florida. The Gators made the Sweet Sixteen, before being upset by Gonzaga. At the end of that game, Florida guard Kenyan Weaks was called for a controversial traveling violation.
Senior captains were guard Eddie Shannon and forward Greg Stolt. The team featured freshmen Mike Miller, Teddy Dupay, and Udonis Haslem.
Roster
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{{CBB roster/Player|first=Eddie|last=Shannon|link=y|num=3|pos=G|ft=5|in=11|lbs=162|class=SR|home=West Palm Beach, Florida|high_school=Cardinal Newman}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Teddy|last=Dupay|link=y|num=5|pos=G|ft=5|in=11|lbs=178|class=FR|home=Ft. Myers, Florida|high_school=Mariner}}
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{{CBB roster/Player|first=Kenyan|last=Weaks|link=|dab=|num=52|pos=G|ft=6|in=4|lbs=198|class=JR|rs=|home=Concord, North Carolina|high_school={{nbsp}} }}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Brent|last=Wright|link=y|num=00|pos=F|ft=6|in=9|lbs=235|class=SO|rs=|home=Miami, Florida|high_school=Miami Senior }}
{{CBB roster/Footer|roster_url=https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/1998-99
|head_coach=
|asst_coach=}}
{{cite web|url=https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/1998-99 |title=1998-99 Men's Basketball Roster |publisher=University of Florida Athletics |access-date=June 27, 2021}}
Schedule and results
{{CBB schedule start |attend=yes}}
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!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Florida Gators}}| Regular season
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Nov 16, 1998
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1998|sex=men|team=Georgia Southern Eagles|title=Georgia Southern}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stephen C. O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 76–62
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 1–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Nov 20, 1998
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1998|sex=men|team=Florida State Seminoles|title=Florida State}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Donald L. Tucker Center
| site_cityst = Tallahassee, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 82–66
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 2–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Nov 23, 1998
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1998|sex=men|team=Bethune-Cookman Wildcats|title=Bethune-Cookman}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stephen C. O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 91–61
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 3–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Nov 30, 1998
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1998|sex=men|team=Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|title=Coastal Carolina}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stephen C. O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 110–68
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 4–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 5, 1998
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1998|sex=men|team=Charleston Southern Buccaneers |title=Charleston Southern}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stephen C. O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 80–67
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 5–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 9, 1998
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Duke
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
| site_cityst = Durham, North Carolina
| gamename =
| score = 86–116
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 5–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 12, 1998
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1998|sex=men|team=Jacksonville Dolphins|title=Jacksonville}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stephen C. O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 79–72
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 6–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 20, 1998
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1998|sex=men|team=Long Island University |title=Long Island University}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stephen C. O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 119–61
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 7–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 22, 1998
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1998|sex=men|team=Morehead State Eagles|title=Morehead State}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stephen C. O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 117–70
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 8–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 27, 1998
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = Michigan
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| score = 79–63
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 9–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 2, 1999
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Kentucky
| opprank = 7
| site_stadium = Rupp Arena
| site_cityst = Lexington, Kentucky
| gamename =
| score = 58–93
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 9–2
| conference = 0–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 6, 1999
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1998|sex=men|team=Vanderbilt Commodores|title=Vanderbilt}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stephen C. O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 90–59
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 10–2
| conference = 1–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 10, 1999
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1998|sex=men|team=Georgia Bulldogs|title=Georgia}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stephen C. O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 72–62
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 11–2
| conference = 2–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 13, 1999
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1998|sex=men|team=South Carolina Gamecocks|title=South Carolina}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Carolina Coliseum
| site_cityst = Columbia, South Carolina
| gamename =
| score = 68–51
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 12–2
| conference = 3–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 16, 1999
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Auburn
| opprank = 8
| site_stadium = Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Auburn, Alabama
| gamename =
| score = 69–88
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 12–3
| conference = 3–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 20, 1999
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1998|sex=men|team=LSU Tigers|title=LSU}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Maravich Assembly Center
| site_cityst = Baton Rouge, Louisiana
| gamename =
| score = 77–58
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 13–3
| conference = 4–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 23, 1999
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1998|sex=men|team=Tennessee Volunteers|title=Tennessee}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stephen C. O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 93–72
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 14–3
| conference = 5–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 27, 1999
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 25
| opponent = Alabama
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stephen C. O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 72–68
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 15–3
| conference = 6–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 30, 1999
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 25
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1998|sex=men|team=Mississippi State Bulldogs|title=Mississippi State}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Humphrey Coliseum
| site_cityst = Starkville, Mississippi
| gamename =
| score = 63–66
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 15–4
| conference = 6–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Feb 4, 1999
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Kentucky
| opprank = 5
| site_stadium = Stephen C. O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 75–68
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 16–4
| conference = 7–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Feb 6, 1999
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Ole Miss
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stephen C. O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 68–79
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 16–5
| conference = 7–4
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Feb 10, 1999
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 23
| opponent = Tennessee
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thompson-Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, Tennessee
| gamename =
| score = 56–91
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 16–6
| conference = 7–5
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Feb 13, 1999
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 23
| opponent = Georgia
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stegeman Coliseum
| site_cityst = Athens, Georgia
| gamename =
| score = 75–64
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 17–6
| conference = 8–5
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Feb 16, 1999
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 23
| opponent = Arkansas
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stephen C. O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 74–61
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 18–6
| conference = 9–5
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Feb 24, 1999
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 19
| opponent = South Carolina
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stephen C. O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, Florida
| gamename =
| score = 89–61
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 19–6
| conference = 10–5
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Feb 27, 1999
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 19
| opponent = Vanderbilt
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Memorial Gymnasium
| site_cityst = Nashville, Tennessee
| gamename =
| score = 70–71
| overtime = OT
| attend =
| record = 19–7
| conference = 10–6
}}
|-
!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Florida Gators}}| SEC Tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 4, 1999
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 21
| opponent = LSU
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Georgia Dome
| site_cityst = Atlanta, Georgia
| gamename = Quarterfinal
| score = 97–75
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 20–7
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 5, 1999
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 21
| opponent = Arkansas
| opprank = 22
| site_stadium = Georgia Dome
| site_cityst = Atlanta, Georgia
| gamename = Semifinal
| score = 74–75
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 20–8
}}
|-
!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Florida Gators}}| NCAA Tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 11, 1999
| time = 7:55 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 23
| seed = 6 W
| opponent = Penn
| opprank =
| oppseed = 11 W
| site_stadium = KeyArena
| site_cityst = Seattle, Washington
| gamename = First round
| tv = CBS
| score = 75–61
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 21–8
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 13, 1999
| time = 6:56 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 23
| seed = 6 W
| opponent = Weber State
| opprank =
| oppseed = 14 W
| site_stadium = KeyArena
| site_cityst = Seattle, Washington
| gamename = Second Round
| tv = CBS
| score = 82–74
| overtime = OT
| attend =
| record = 22–8
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 18, 1999
| time = 7:55 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 23
| seed = 6 W
| opponent = Gonzaga
| opprank =
| oppseed = 10 W
| site_stadium = US Airways Center
| site_cityst = Phoenix, Arizona
| gamename = West Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen
| tv = CBS
| score = 72–73{{cite news |title=Gonzaga, Connecticut March On |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/colbask/longterm/1999/men/articles/gonzagaflorida19.htm |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 19, 1999 |access-date=June 27, 2021}}
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 22–9
}}
{{CBB schedule end
| rank =
| poll = AP poll
| timezone = Eastern
| region = W
| regionname = West
| notes =
}}
Rankings
{{main|1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings}}
References
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