1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
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 [1997–98 1997–98 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky] versus the West Regional Champion, No. 3-seeded [1997–98 1997–98 Utah Utes men's basketball team|Utah Utes men's basketball team|Utah].
Participants
Utah Utes
- West Regional
- * Utah 85, San Francisco 68
- * Utah 75, Arkansas 69
- * Utah 65, West Virginia 62
- * Utah 76, Arizona 51
- Final Four
- * Utah 65, North Carolina 59
Kentucky Wildcats
Seeding in brackets- South
- * Kentucky 82, South Carolina State 67
- * Kentucky 88, Saint Louis 61
- * Kentucky 94, UCLA 66
- * Kentucky 86, Duke 84
- Final Four
- * Kentucky 86, Stanford 85