† 1999 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Michigan: 12 games vacated due to sanctions against the program **Ohio State: 34 games including 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program[1] *** Minnesota vacated 17 games including 1 NCAA Tourn. game due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan: 12–19, 5–11; Ohio State: 27–9, 12–4; Minnesota: 17–11, 8–8
Louis Bullock and Robbie Reid served as team co-captains, while Louis Bullock earned team MVP honors.[8] The team's leading scorers were Louis Bullock (643 points), Robbie Reid (418 points) and John Asselin (275 points). The leading rebounders were Peter Vignier (229), John Asselin (183), and Bullock (117).[9]
Bullock led the Big Ten Conference in free throw percentage in all games (86.4%).[10] Reid led the conference in three-point field goals made in conference games (49) and three-point field goal percentage in conference games (45.8%).[10]
Bullock established the current Big Ten Conference record for career three-point field goals made (339).[11] The record carries an asterisk in the Big Ten Media guide and Pete Lisicky's (332, 1998) name is below Bullock's with a 1 next to it signifying it is the highest recognized total.[11] There is a similar asterisk in the Michigan record book where his name is above Dion Harris's 268 total in 2007.[12] Bullock also ended his career with the highest total number of free throws made (505) in Michigan history, above Cazzie Russell's 486 total set in 1966.[13] Bullock's career free throw percentage of 86.03 surpassed Russell's 82.65 from 1966 and still is above Lester Abram's 82.93 from 2007.[13] Bullock surpassed his 1997 single-season free throw record with a 91.11%.[12]
The team surpassed the 1987 team's 75.0% mark as the best free throw shooting team in school history with a 75.2% average. This stood as the best in school history until 2002.[13] On December 9, 1998, it set the school single-game record by making 34 free throws against the Eastern Michigan.[13] This surpassed the 33 made on January 23, 1971, and was surpassed twice the following season.[13]
Bullock set the career records for minutes played (4356) and games started (129), surpassing Gary Grant’s 1988 totals of 4231 and 128. Both continued to be school bests with Grant holding the highest untarnished totals until 2012 when Zack Novak finished his career with 4357 minutes.[14][15]