1998–99 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team

The 1998–99 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team represented Clemson University during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers were led by twelfth year head coach Jim Davis. The Tigers, members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, played their home games at Littlejohn Coliseum.

1998–99 Clemson Tigers women's basketball
ACC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. T-10
Record	26–6 (11–5 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Davis (12th season)
Home arena	Littlejohn Coliseum

1998–99 ACC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 т Duke	15	–	1		.938			29	–	7		.806
No. 20 Virginia	12	–	4		.750			20	–	9		.690
No. 10 т Clemson †	11	–	5		.688			26	–	6		.813
No. 14 North Carolina	11	–	5		.688			28	–	8		.778
NC State	9	–	7		.563			17	–	12		.586
Georgia Tech	6	–	10		.375			13	–	14		.481
Wake Forest	3	–	13		.188			8	–	20		.286
Maryland	3	–	13		.188			6	–	21		.222
Florida State	2	–	14		.125			7	–	20		.259
† 1999 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 14, 1998*		UNC Asheville	W 93–26	1–0	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
November 16, 1998*		at Ole Miss	W 76–54	2–0	Tad Smith Coliseum  Oxford, Mississippi
November 18, 1998*		Furman	W 69–43	3–0	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
November 20, 1998*		Wofford	W 101–59	4–0	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
November 30, 1998*	No. 25	at Winthrop	W 65–54	5–0	Winthrop Coliseum  Rock Hill, South Carolina
December 2, 1998	No. 25	No. 17 NC State	W 88–67	6–0 (1–0)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
December 5, 1998	No. 25	Maryland	W 89–48	7–0 (2–0)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
December 14, 1998*	No. 14	Dartmouth	W 88–60	8–0 (2–0)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
December 17, 1998*	No. 14	at South Carolina rivalry	W 84–67	9–0 (2–0)	Carolina Coliseum  Columbia, South Carolina
December 20, 1998*	No. 14	vs. LSU	W 60–58	10–0 (2–0)	Myrtle Beach Convention Center  Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
December 30, 1998*	No. 10	UNC Greensboro	W 59–42	11–0 (2–0)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
January 2, 1999	No. 10	No. 22 Virginia	L 66–67 OT	11–1 (2–1)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
January 4, 1999	No. 12	at No. 6 North Carolina	L 76–87	11–2 (2–2)	Carmichael Arena  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
January 7, 1999	No. 12	Florida State	W 77–55	12–2 (3–2)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
January 10, 1999	No. 12	at Georgia Tech	W 61–56	13–2 (4–2)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, Georgia
January 14, 1999	No. 16	at No. 12 Duke	L 77–86	13–3 (4–3)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
January 17, 1999	No. 16	Wake Forest	W 78–38	14–3 (5–3)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
January 21, 1999	No. 16	at NC State	W 70–58	15–3 (6–3)	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, North Carolina
January 24, 1999*	No. 16	No. 14 Iowa State	W 81–72	16–3 (6–3)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
January 28, 1999	No. 15	at Maryland	W 55–45	17–3 (7–3)	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
January 31, 1999	No. 15	at No. 19 Virginia	L 55–75	17–4 (7–4)	University Hall  Charlottesville, Virginia
February 3, 1999	No. 17	No. 13 North Carolina	L 72–76	17–5 (7–5)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
February 7, 1999	No. 17	at Florida State	W 71–67	18–5 (8–5)	Tallahassee–Leon County Civic Center  Tallahassee, Florida
February 11, 1999	No. 19	Georgia Tech	W 69–41	19–5 (9–5)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
February 14, 1999	No. 19	No. 7 Duke	W 80–75	20–5 (10–5)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
February 18, 1999	No. 14	at Wake Forest	W 66–38	21–5 (11–5)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
ACC Tournament
February 27, 1999*	No. 16	vs. NC State ACC Tournament quarterfinal	W 52–51	22–5 (11–5)	Independence Arena  Charlotte, North Carolina
February 28, 1999*	No. 16	vs. No. 8 Duke ACC Tournament semifinal	W 76–71	23–5 (11–5)	Independence Arena  Charlotte, North Carolina
March 1, 1999*	No. 13	vs. No. 11 North Carolina ACC Tournament final	W 87–72	24–5 (11–5)	Independence Arena  Charlotte, North Carolina
NCAA Tournament
March 12, 1999*	No. 10	Florida A&M NCAA Tournament first round	W 76–45	25–5 (11–5)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
March 14, 1999*	No. 10	Illinois NCAA Tournament second round	W 63–51	26–5 (11–5)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
March 20, 1999*	No. 10	vs. No. 12 Georgia NCAA Tournament Mideast Region semifinal	L 54–67	26–6 (11–5)	Shoemaker Center  Cincinnati, Ohio
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

• "Women's Basketball Records" (PDF). Clemson University. p. 34. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2023.