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1998–99 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team

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1998–99Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball

MAC tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	South
Record	23–7 (13–5 MAC)
Head coach	Gary Waters
Home arena	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center
Seasons ← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

1998–99 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Miami	15	–	3	.833	24	–	8	.750
Kent State †	13	–	5	.722	23	–	7	.767
Akron	12	–	6	.667	18	–	9	.667
Ohio	12	–	6	.667	18	–	10	.643
Bowling Green	12	–	6	.667	18	–	10	.643
Marshall	11	–	7	.611	16	–	11	.593
Buffalo	1	–	17	.056	5	–	24	.172
West
Toledo	11	–	7	.611	19	–	9	.679
Ball State	10	–	8	.556	16	–	11	.593
Central Michigan	7	–	11	.389	10	–	16	.385
Western Michigan	6	–	12	.333	11	–	15	.423
Eastern Michigan	5	–	13	.278	5	–	20	.200
Northern Illinois	2	–	16	.111	6	–	20	.231

†1999 MAC tournament winner Rankings fromAP Poll

The1998–99 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team representedKent State University as a member of theMid-American Conference during the1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coachGary Waters, the Flashes played their home games at theMemorial Athletic and Convocation Center inKent, Ohio. After finishing second in the MAC East standings, Kent State won theMAC tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to theNCAA tournament – the first appearance in program history. Playing as the No. 11 seed in the East region, the team was beaten by No. 6 seedTemple in the opening round. Kent State finished the season with a record of 23–7 (11–5 MAC).

1998–99 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G		Ed Norvell	6ft 2in(1.88 m)	—	Sr
G	12	Andrew Mitchell	5ft 11in(1.8 m)	160lb(73 kg)	Fr	Detroit, Michigan
G	24	Trevor Huffman	6ft 1in(1.85 m)	190lb(86 kg)	Fr	Petoskey, Michigan
F		Kyrem Massey	6ft 5in(1.96 m)	195lb(88 kg)	So	Columbus, OH
F	40	Eric Thomas	6ft 4in(1.93 m)	205lb(93 kg)	So	Springfield, Ohio
C		John Whorton	6ft 8in(2.03 m)	—	Jr

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference Regular season
Nov 14, 1998*		at Dayton	L 73–89	0–1	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
Nov 18, 1998*		Youngstown State	W 67–56	1–1	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio
MAC Regular season
Feb 24, 1999		at Miami (OH)	L 60–73	20–6 (13–5)	Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio
MAC Tournament
Feb 27, 1999*		Marshall Quarterfinals	W 79–76	21–6	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio
Mar 2, 1999*		vs. Ohio Semifinals	W 68–57	22–6	SeaGate Convention Centre Toledo, Ohio
Mar 3, 1999*		vs. Miami (OH) Championship game	W 49–43	23–6	SeaGate Convention Centre Toledo, Ohio
NCAA Tournament
Mar 12, 1999*	(11 E)	vs. (6 E) Temple First round	L 54–61^[1]	23–7	FleetCenter Boston, Massachusetts
*Non-conference game.^#Rankings fromAP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are inEastern.

^"Injured Owl leads late charge".Tampa Bay Times. March 13, 1999. RetrievedJune 18, 2023.
^"1998-99 Kent State Golden Flashes Schedule and Results".
^ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game.Random House. 2009. pp. 1075–1076.ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

v t e Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball
Venues	Various facilities (1913–1925) Wills Gymnasium (1925–1950) Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (1950–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

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