1998–99 Detroit Titans men's basketball team

1998–99 Detroit Titans men's basketball
Midwestern Collegiate Conference Regular season champions
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceHorizon League
Record25–6 (12–2 Horizon)
Head coach
Home arenaCalihan Hall
1998–99 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Detroit 12 2   .857 25 6   .806
Butler 11 3   .786 22 10   .688
Green Bay 9 5   .643 20 11   .645
Loyola Chicago 7 7   .500 9 18   .333
Cleveland State 6 8   .429 14 14   .500
Milwaukee 5 9   .357 8 19   .296
Wright State 4 10   .286 9 18   .333
UIC 2 12   .143 7 21   .250
1999 MCC tournament winner

The 1998–99 Detroit Titans men's basketball team represented the University of Detroit Mercy in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by coach Perry Watson, the Titans played their home games at Calihan Hall as members of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. They finished the season 25–6 overall, 12–2 in Horizon League play to win the regular season league title.

Playing in the MCC tournament as the No. 1 seed, they defeated UIC, Cleveland State, and Butler to win the conference tournament title and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 12 seed in the South region. The Titans beat No. 5 seed UCLA in the opening round before losing to No. 4 seed Ohio State in the second round.

This 1998–99 team, which tied the school record with 25 wins, reached the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back seasons for the first, and only, time in school history.