🏀 The 1898-99 men’s college basketball season
What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.
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1899 standings by conference
Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.
1899 standings by conference2 conferences
Independent27 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomsburg | 10-0 | ||
| Illinois State | 2-0 | ||
| Nebraska | 4-0 | ||
| Notre Dame | 2-0 | ||
| Syracuse | 1-0 | ||
| Wabash | 2-0 | ||
| Widener | 1-0 | ||
| West Chester | 11-1 | ||
| Allegheny | 8-1 | ||
| Yale | 9-2 | ||
| Hiram | 4-1 | ||
| Ohio State | 12-4 | ||
| Stevens Point Normal | 6-2 | ||
| Temple | 18-6 | ||
| Macalester | 7-3 | ||
| Kansas | 7-4 | ||
| North Dakota Agricultural | 2-2 | ||
| Washington | 1-1 | ||
| Mount Union | 2-3 | ||
| Penn State | 2-3 | ||
| Bucknell | 3-5 | ||
| Geneva | 3-6 | ||
| Westminster (PA) | 2-4 | ||
| Cornell | 1-3 | ||
| Butler | 0-2 | ||
| Grove City | 0-2 | ||
| Michigan Agricultural | 0-2 |
Where these numbers come from
Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.
Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.
Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.