1997–98 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

The 1997–98 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Basketball Team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

1997–98 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	13-14
Head coach	John MacLeod (7th season)
Home arena	Joyce Center

1997–98 Big East men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Big East 6
No. 6 Connecticut†	15	–	3		.833			32	–	5		.865
St. John's	13	–	5		.722			22	–	10		.688
West Virginia	11	–	7		.611			24	–	9		.727
Villanova	8	–	10		.444			12	–	17		.414
Notre Dame	7	–	11		.389			13	–	14		.481
Boston College	6	–	12		.333			15	–	16		.484
Big East 7
No. 21 Syracuse	12	–	6		.667			26	–	9		.743
Miami	11	–	7		.611			18	–	10		.643
Seton Hall	9	–	9		.500			15	–	15		.500
Providence	7	–	11		.389			13	–	16		.448
Pittsburgh	6	–	12		.333			11	–	16		.407
Rutgers	6	–	12		.333			14	–	15		.483
Georgetown	6	–	12		.333			16	–	15		.516
† 1998 Big East tournament winner As of March 30, 1998 Rankings from AP poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 17*		The Citadel	W 72–53	1–0	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
November 21*		at Marquette	L 48–72	1–1	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
November 25*		Northeastern	W 72–45	2–1	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
November 28*		Sam Houston State	W 88–69	3–1	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
December 3*		at Indiana	L 80–91	3–2	Assembly Hall
December 6		at Pittsburgh	W 73–69	4–2 (1–0)	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
December 14*		Drexel	W 78–70	5–2 (1–0)	Joyce Center (9,175) South Bend, IN
December 20*		Florida International	W 99–85	6–2 (1–0)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
December 22*		Dartmouth	W 75–50	7–2 (1–0)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
December 30		St. John's	L 69–79	7–3 (1–1)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
January 3		at No. 10 Connecticut	L 58–84	7–4 (1–2)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion  Storrs, Connecticut
January 6		Pittsburgh	L 61–72	7–5 (1–3)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
January 11		Rutgers	W 91–76	8–5 (2–3)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
January 15		at No. 21 West Virginia	W 74–72	9–5 (3–3)	WVU Coliseum  Morgantown, West Virginia
January 17		at Seton Hall	L 58–64	9–6 (3–4)	Continental Airlines Arena  East Rutherford, NJ
January 21		No. 15 Syracuse	W 83–63	10–6 (4–4)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
January 28		Villanova	L 61–81	10–7 (4–5)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
January 31		at St. John's	W 73–65	11–7 (5–5)	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
February 5		at Rutgers	L 61–71	11–8 (5–6)	Louis Brown Athletic Center  Piscataway, NJ
February 7		at Georgetown	L 56–76	11–9 (5–7)	MCI Center  Washington, D.C.
February 11		Boston College	W 75–72	12–9 (6–7)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
February 14		at Miami (FL)	L 57–66	12–10 (6–8)	Miami Arena  Miami, Florida
February 17		No. 7 Connecticut	L 79–88	12–11 (6–9)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
February 22		Miami (FL)	L 59–65	12–12 (6–10)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
February 25		Georgetown	W 76–69	13–12 (7–10)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
February 28		at Providence	L 62–77	13–13 (7–11)	Providence Civic Center  Providence, RI
Big East tournament
March 4		vs. Providence	L 55–72	13–14 (7–11)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.