1988–89 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1988–89 Iowa Hawkeyes Basketball Iowa Athletics wordmark.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 15 14 23–10 10–8 Tom Davis 3rd Bruce Pearl 3rd Gary Close 3rd Rudy Washington B. J. Armstrong Ed Horton Roy Marble Carver-Hawkeye Arena Amana-Hawkeye Classic Champions NCAA men's Division I tournament Round of 32 The 1988–89 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Tom Davis and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 23–10 overall and 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as #4 seed in the East Region. After defeating Rutgers in the first round, they lost to #5 seed NC State in double overtime in the Round of 32. Roster 1988 Iowa Hawkeyes y Brian Garner 4 G 6 0 Fr Milwaukee, Wisconsin B. J. Armstrong 10 G 6 2 Sr y Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Troy Skinner 11 G 5 11 Fr Palmer, Iowa Roy Marble 23 G/F 6 6 Sr y Flint, Michigan James Moses 24 G/F 6 4 Fr Carson, California Ed Horton 25 F 6 8 Sr y Springfield, Illinois Ray Thompson 32 G 6 5 Fr Summit, Illinois Wade Lookingbill 34 F 6 6 Fr Fort Dodge, Iowa Matt Bullard 50 F 6 10 Jr y Des Moines, Iowa Les Jepsen 51 C 7 0 Jr y Bowbells, North Dakota Tom Davis (UW-Platteville) Bruce Pearl (Boston College) Gary Close (Arizona State) Rudy Washington (Redlands) Schedule/results no yes no no |- !colspan=8| Non-conference regular season |- 11/26/1988 yes 7 McNeese State Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 77–56 1–0 11/29/1988 yes yes 6 Drake Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, IA Iowa Big Four 96–72 2–0 12/2/1988 yes 6 Brown Carver Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Amana-Hawkeye Classic 109–61 3–0 12/3/1988 yes 6 Georgia Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Amana-Hawkeye Classic 102–76The Daily Iowan 1B Hawkeyes roll past Georgia for title http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1988/di1988-12-05.pdf December 6, 1988 December 28, 2015 15,500 4–0 12/6/1988 7:00 pm yes 5 Northern Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Iowa Big Four 98–76The Daily Iowan 1B No. 5 Hawks struggle, down Panthers http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1988/di1988-12-07.pdf December 7, 1988 December 28, 2015 15,500 5–0 12/10/1988 yes 5 Iowa State Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Rivalry 91–71The Daily Iowan 1B Hawks cruise; Tigers are next http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1988/di1988-12-12.pdf December 12, 1988 December 28, 2015 15,500 6–0 12/12/1988 7:00 pm yes 5 Jackson State Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 86–71The Daily Iowan 12 Bullared injured in 86-71 Iowa victory http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1988/di1988-12-13.pdf December 13, 1988 December 28, 2015 15,500 7–0 12/14/1988 7:00 pm yes 4 Central Florida Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 102–68The Daily Iowan 14 Jepsen breaks record in win http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1988/di1988-12-15.pdf December 15, 1988 December 28, 2015 15,500 8–0 12/23/1988 yes yes 4 Eastern Illinois Honolulu International Center Honolulu, HI Chaminade Christmas Classic 89–71 9–0 12/24/1988 yes yes 4 Saint Louis Honolulu International Center Honolulu, HI Chaminade Christmas Classic 83–80 10–0 12/25/1988 yes yes 4 UC Riverside Honolulu International Center Honolulu, HI Chaminade Christmas Classic 92–110Los Angeles Times UC Riverside Stuns No. 4 Iowa From Long Range https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-26-sp-628-story.html December 26, 1988 December 28, 2015 10–1 12/30/1988 yes 9 Texas State Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 96–77 11–1 |- !colspan=8| Big Ten Regular Season |- 1/5/1989 yes 9 Michigan State Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI 93–82 12–1 1–0 1/7/1989 yes 9 North Carolina 6 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC 98-97The New York Times N. Carolina Upset by Iowa On Free Throw by Marble https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/08/sports/college-basketball-n-carolina-upset-by-iowa-on-free-throw-by-marble.html January 8, 1989 December 30, 2015 13–1 1/14/1989 yes 5 Minnesota Williams Arena Minnesota, MN 78–80 13–2 1–1 1/19/1989 yes 7 Ohio State 16 St. John Arena Columbus, OH 91–102 13–3 1–2 1/21/1989 yes 7 Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN 67–66The Daily Iowan 1B Hawks beat buzzer, Boilers http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1989/di1989-01-23.pdf January 23, 1989 March 9, 2019 14–3 2–2 1/26/1989 12 Wisconsin Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 78–70 15–3 3–2 1/30/1989 yes 12 Indiana 16 Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN 89–104 15–4 3–3 2/2/1989 9 Northwestern Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 102–84 16–4 4–3 2/5/1989 9 Illinois 2 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 86–82Chicago Tribune Iowa Plays Too Rough For Illini https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/02/06/iowa-plays-too-rough-for-illini/ February 6, 1989 December 28, 2015The Daily Iowan 1B Iowa knocks off Illinois behind Horton's efforts http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1989/di1989-02-06.pdf February 6, 1989 December 28, 2015 15,500 17–4 5–3 2/9/1989 8 Michigan 10 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 107–108Chicago Tribune Michigan turns back Iowa in a 2-OT war http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1989/02/10/page/80/article/michigan-turns-back-iowa-in-a-2-ot-war February 9, 1989 December 28, 2015The Daily Iowan Michigan earns win in two OT's, 108-107 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1989/di1989-02-10.pdf February 10, 1989 December 28, 2015 2 OT 15,500 17–5 5–4 2/11/1989 yes 8 Wisconsin Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI 54–65 17–6 5–5 2/13/1989 8 Ohio State 16 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 83–75The Daily Iowan 1B Hawkeyes hold off Ohio State, 83-75 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1989/di1989-02-14.pdf February 14, 1989 December 30, 2015 18–6 6–5 2/18/1989 15 Minnesota Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 99–61The Daily Iowan 1B Iowa routs Gophers, 99-61 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1989/di1989-02-20.pdf February 20, 1989 January 14, 2017 19–6 7–5 2/22/1989 yes 14 Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 89–84The Daily Iowan 14 Hawks tip 'Cats for 20th victory http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1989/di1989-02-23.pdf February 23, 1989 January 14, 2017 20–6 8–5 2/26/1989 14 Purdue Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 84–67The Daily Iowan 1B Hawkeyes bury Boilermakers, 84-67 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1989/di1989-02-27.pdf February 27, 1989 January 14, 2017 21–6 9–5 3/2/1989 11 Michigan State Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 81–83The Daily Iowan 1B Michigan State stuns Hawks, 83-81 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1989/di1989-03-03.pdf March 3, 1989 January 14, 2017 21–7 9–6 3/5/1989 yes 11 Michigan 10 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI 96–119The Daily Iowan 1B Wolverines bomb Iowa, injury sidelines Armstrong http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1989/di1989-03-06.pdf March 6, 1989 January 14, 2017 21–8 9–7 3/8/1989 yes 15 Illinois 4 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 94–118The Daily Iowan 1B Illini trounce Hawks, 118-94 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1989/di1989-03-09.pdf March 9, 1989 January 14, 2017 21–9 9–8 3/11/1989 15 Indiana 6 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 87–70The Daily Iowan 1B Hawkeyes cruise by Indiana http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1989/di1989-03-13.pdf March 13, 1989 December 28, 2015 15,500 22–9 10–8 |- !colspan=8| NCAA tournament 3/17/1989 yes yes 14 4 Rutgers 13 Providence Civic Center Providence, RI First Round 87–73The Philadelphia Inquirer Armstrong Stars As The Hawkeyes Get Past Rutgers http://articles.philly.com/1989-03-18/sports/26128717_1_rutgers-bob-wenzel-hawkeyes https://web.archive.org/web/20150919024905/http://articles.philly.com/1989-03-18/sports/26128717_1_rutgers-bob-wenzel-hawkeyes dead September 19, 2015 March 18, 1989 December 30, 2015 23–9 3/19/1989 yes yes 14 4 NC State 19 5 Providence Civic Center Providence, RI Second Round CBS 96–102 2 OTChicago Tribune Monroe's heroics carry N.C. State past Iowa http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/68857482/monroes-heroics-carry-nc-state-past/ March 20, 1989 January 29, 2021 23–10 AP Poll Rankings 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 17 7 7 6 5 4 4 9 9 5 7 12 9 8 15 14 11 15 14 Coaches 0 17 9 9^ 7 6 5 4 9 9 6 8 т 12 13 11 15 16 11 17 15 ^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll. Team players in the 1989 NBA draft 1989 NBA draft Iowa Hawkeyes Round Pick Player NBA club 1 18 B. J. Armstrong Chicago Bulls 1 23 Roy Marble Atlanta Hawks 2 39 Ed Horton Washington Bullets https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1989.html 1989 NBA Draft Basketball-reference.com December 28, 2015 References Iowa Hawkeyes Category:Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball seasons Hawkeyes Hawkeyes Iowa