1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
NCAA Tournament, National Champions
Big Ten regular season champions
Big Ten Tournament champions
National Championship Game,
W 62–45 vs. Duke
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record34–1 (16–0 B1G)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Pam Stackhouse
  • Kerry Cremeans
  • Seth Kushkin
Captains
Home arenaMackey Arena
1998–99 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Purdue 16 0   1.000 34 1   .971
No. 18 Penn State 12 4   .750 22 8   .733
Illinois 10 6   .625 19 12   .613
Ohio State 9 7   .563 17 12   .586
Wisconsin 9 7   .563 18 14   .563
Michigan 8 8   .500 18 12   .600
Michigan State 8 8   .500 17 14   .548
Iowa 7 9   .438 12 15   .444
Northwestern 5 11   .313 12 16   .429
Indiana 2 14   .125 13 18   .419
Minnesota 2 14   .125 7 20   .259
† 1999 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1998–99 women's college basketball season. Led by 2nd year head coach Carolyn Peck, the team played its home games at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana and were members of the Big Ten Conference. Following their sole loss of the season on the road against Stanford on November 22, Purdue embarked on a 32–game win streak to close out the season, culminating with a 62–45 win over Duke in the National Championship game, giving the school its first ever national championship in basketball, and just the second ever NCAA national championship in school history in any team sport.
Coach Peck was named Big Ten Coach of the Year, and was named the AP Coach of the Year in what was her last season with the Boilermakers before leaving the program to become the head coach for the Orlando Miracle of the WNBA.