1997 – 98 Connecticut Huskies men 's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1997 – 98 collegiate men 's basketball season . The Huskies completed the season with a 32 – 5 overall record . The Huskies were members of the Big East Conference where they finished with a 15 – 3 record . They made it to the Elite Eight in the 1998 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament . The Huskies played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs , Connecticut and the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford , Connecticut , and they were led by twelfth-year head coach Jim Calhoun
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
1997–98 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team