1998–99 Samford Bulldogs basketball team

1998–99 Samford Bulldogs basketball
1998–99 Samford Bulldogs basketball
TAAC regular season champions; TAAC tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Trans America Athletic Conference
Record	24–6 (15–1 TAAC)
Head coach	Jimmy Tillette (2nd season);
Home arena	Seibert Hall
	Seasons ← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 Samford Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Samford University in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by second-year head coach Jimmy Tillette, played their home games at the Pete Hanna Center in Homewood, Alabama as members of the Trans America Athletic Conference. After finishing first in the TAAC regular season standings, Samford won the TAAC tournament to secure the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament – the first appearance in school history. As No. 14 seed in the South region, the Bulldogs were defeated by No. 3 seed St. John's in the opening round.^[1]

Roster

1998–99 Samford Bulldogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F		Marc Salyers	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	So

Source^[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
TAAC tournament
NCAA tournament
Mar 11, 1999*	(14 S)	vs. (3 S) No. 9 St. John's First round	L 43–69	24–6	Orlando Arena Orlando, Florida
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Central.

Source^[3]

v t e Samford Bulldogs men's basketball
Venues	Seibert Hall (1959–2007) Pete Hanna Center (2007–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–16 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 1943–46 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

1998–99 Samford Bulldogs basketball

TAAC regular season champions TAAC tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Trans America Athletic Conference
Record	24–6 (15–1 TAAC)
Head coach	Jimmy Tillette (2nd season)
Home arena	Seibert Hall
Seasons ← 1997–98 1999–2000 →