# 1997–98 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team

The 1997–98 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University in the 1997–98 college basketball season. This was head coach Larry Eustachy's 5th and final season at Utah State. The Aggies played their home games at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum and were members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 25–8, 13–3 to finish atop the conference standings in the East division. They also won the Big West tournament to earn an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as No. 13 seed in the West Region. The Aggies lost to No. 4 seed Maryland in the first round.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 14, 1997* | | Simon Fraser | W 79–67 | 1–0 | Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah |
| Nov 17, 1997* | | at Minnesota Preseason NIT | W 75–64 | 2–0 | Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Nov 19, 1997* | | at Florida State Preseason NIT | L 55–66 | 2–1 | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida |
| Nov 22, 1997* | | Southern Oregon | W 111–61 | 3–1 | Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah |
| Nov 29, 1997* | | BYU | W 72–69 | 4–1 | Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah |
| Dec 3, 1997* | | at Wyoming | L 61–67 | 4–2 | Arena-Auditorium Laramie, Wyoming |
| Dec 6, 1997* | | vs. San Diego State | W 64–61 | 5–2 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Dec 10, 1997* | | at No. 9 Utah | L 55–71 | 5–3 | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Dec 20, 1997* | | Long Island | W 100–84 | 6–3 | Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah |
| Dec 27, 1997* | | Weber State | W 71–65 | 7–3 | Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah |
| Dec 30, 1997* | | Fresno Pacific Gossner Classic | W 69–51 | 8–3 | Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah |
| Dec 31, 1997* | | Radford Gossner Classic | W 80–73 $^{3OT}$ | 9–3 | Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah |
| Jan 3, 1998* | | at Colorado State | L 59–68 | 9–4 | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Big West Regular Season ||||||
| Jan 8, 1998 | | Pacific | W 70–62 | 10–4 (1–0) | Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah |
| Jan 10, 1998 | | Long Beach State | W 69–55 | 11–4 (2–0) | Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah |
| Jan 15, 1998 | | at Cal Poly | W 91–88 $^{OT}$ | 12–4 (3–0) | Mott Gym San Luis Obispo, California |
| Jan 17, 1998 | | at UC Santa Barbara | W 69–66 $^{OT}$ | 13–4 (4–0) | UC Santa Barbara Events Center Santa Barbara, California |
| Jan 22, 1998 | | Boise State | W 70–41 | 14–4 (5–0) | Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah |
| Jan 24, 1998 | | Idaho | W 68–66 | 15–4 (6–0) | Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah |
| Jan 29, 1998 | | at North Texas | W 79–64 | 16–4 (7–0) | UNT Coliseum Denton, Texas |
| Jan 31, 1998 | | at New Mexico State | L 69–74 | 16–5 (7–1) | Pan American Center Las Cruces, New Mexico |
| Feb 5, 1998 | | Nevada | W 74–52 | 17–5 (8–1) | Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah |
| Feb 7, 1998 | | Cal State Fullerton | W 69–44 | 18–5 (9–1) | Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah |
| Feb 12, 1998 | | at UC Irvine | W 60–51 | 19–5 (10–1) | Bren Events Center (1,679) Irvine, California |
| Feb 14, 1998 | | at Nevada | L 62–73 | 19–6 (10–2) | Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada |
| Feb 19, 1998 | | at Idaho | W 59–50 | 20–6 (11–2) | Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho |
| Feb 21, 1998 | | at Boise State | L 49–57 | 20–7 (11–3) | ExtraMile Arena Boise, Idaho |
| Feb 26, 1998 | | New Mexico State | W 84–82 $^{OT}$ | 21–7 (12–3) | Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah |
| Feb 28, 1998 | | North Texas | W 102–76 | 22–7 (13–3) | Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah |
| Big West tournament ||||||
| Mar 6, 1998* | (E1) | vs. (W4) Long Beach State Quarterfinals | W 69–61 | 23–7 | Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada |
| Mar 7, 1998* | (E1) | vs. (W2) Cal State Fullerton Semifinals | W 65–56 | 24–7 | Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada |
| Mar 8, 1998* | (E1) | vs. (W1) Pacific Championship game | W 78–63 | 25–7 | Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 12, 1998* | (13 W) | vs. (4 W) No. 20 Maryland First round | L 68–82 | 25–8 | ARCO Arena Sacramento, California |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Mountain. ||||||
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