High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1997–1998 NCAA Division I men`s basketball season concluded in the 64-team 1998 NCAA Men`s Division I Basketball Tournament whose finals were held at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The Kentucky Wildcats earned their seventh national championship by defeating the Utah Utes 78–69 on March 30, 1998. They were coached by Tubby Smith and the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player was Kentucky`s Jeff Shepherd.