1988–89 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1988–89 Arizona Wildcats Basketball 125 Pacific-10 Pac-10 1 1 29–4 17–1 Lute Olson 6th Kevin O'Neill 3rd Jessie Evans 1st McKale Center (Capacity: 14,545) NCAA Division I regular season championsPacific-10 regular season championsPacific-10 tournament champions NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 1988–89 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona. The head coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. In the Pac-10 Basketball Tournament, Arizona beat Stanford by a score of 73–51 to claim its second consecutive Pac-10 title. Roster 1988 Arizona Wildcats y yes Anthony Cook 00 F 6 9 Sr basketball y Los Angeles, CA Van Nuys HS Kenny Lofton 11 G 5 11 Sr y East Chicago, IN Washington HS Matt Othick 12 G 6 in1 Fr y Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman HS Matt Muehlebach 24 G So Rockhurst, KS Stillwell HS Wayne Womack 30 F 6 8 Fr Pasadena, CA John Muir HS Sean Elliott 32 G/F 6 8 210 Sr y Tucson, AZ Cholla HS Ron Curry 33 F 6 8 Fr Bloomington, IN Bloomington HS Brian David 34 C 6 9 Jr basketball Templeton, IA Kuemper HS Jud Buechler 35 SF 6 6 210 Jr y Poway, CA Poway HS Sean Rooks 42 C 6 10 250 So yes y Fontana, CA Fontana HS Harvey Mason 44 G 6 3 Jr n Harvey Mason Jr. y La Crescenta, CA Crescenta HS Mark Georgeson 45 F/C 6 10 235 Fr yes y Huntington Beach, CA Marina HS Lute Olson (Augsburg) Schedule and results |- !colspan=9 style=Arizona Wildcats| Regular season Nov 30, 1988 yes 11 1988 men New Mexico Lobos New Mexico McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 80–67 1–0 Dec 2, 1988 yes yes 11 North Carolina 10 Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina Diet Pepsi Tournament of Champions 72–79 1–1 Dec 3, 1988 yes yes 11 1988 men Temple Owls Temple 17 Charlotte, Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina Diet Pepsi Tournament of Champions 68–50 2–1 Dec 10, 1988 yes 10 UNLV 9 McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 86–75 3–1 Dec 18, 1988 9 Washington State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 76–59 4–1 1–0 Dec 20, 1988 9 Washington McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 116–61 5–1 2–0 Dec 23, 1988 yes 9 Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon 73–69 6–1 3–0 Dec 28, 1988 yes 8 1988 men Loyola Ramblers Loyola-Chicago McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 106–82 7–1 Dec 30, 1988 yes 8 Pittsburgh McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 88–62 8–1 Jan 5, 1989 yes 8 Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, California 78–83 8–2 3–1 Jan 7, 1989 yes 8 1988 men California Golden Bears California Harmon Gym Berkeley, California 64–55 9–2 4–1 Jan 12, 1989 12 Oregon State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 85–64 10–2 5–1 Jan 14, 1989 12 1988 men Oregon Ducks Oregon McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 95–71 11–2 6–1 Jan 19, 1989 yes 9 1988 men USC Trojans USC L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California 97–69 12–2 7–1 Jan 21, 1989 yes 9 1988 men Villanova Wildcats Villanova McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 75–67 13–2 Jan 26, 1989 yes 6 1988 men Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona Rivalry 96–71 14–2 8–1 Jan 29, 1989 yes 6 Stanford 19 McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 72–52 15–2 9–1 Feb 2, 1989 4 California McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 86–59 16–2 10–1 Feb 5, 1989 yes 4 Washington Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington 85–68 17–2 11–1 Feb 9, 1989 yes 1 1988 men Oregon Ducks Oregon McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon 78–57 18–2 12–1 Feb 12, 1989 yes yes 1 Oklahoma 5 Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 80–82Oklahoma Stakes No. 1 Claim, 82-80 http://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1989/02/13/oklahoma-stakes-no-1-claim-82-80/07731c80-4b9e-4e8e-b174-49aa50dc4887/ The Washington Post February 13, 1989 August 30, 2020 18–3 Feb 16, 1989 2 USC McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 93–70 19–3 13–1 Feb 18, 1989 2 UCLA McKale Center Tucson, Arizona Rivalry 102–62 20–3 14–1 Feb 23, 1989 2 Arizona State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona Rivalry 109–74 21–3 15–1 Feb 26, 1989 yes yes 2 Duke 9 Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey 77–75 22–3 Mar 2, 1989 yes 1 Washington State Friel Court Pullman, Washington 74–48 23–3 16–1 Mar 4, 1989 yes 1 UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California Rivalry 89–86 24–3 17–1 |- !colspan=9 style=Arizona Wildcats| Pac-10 Tournament Mar 10, 1989 yes yes 1 1 Washington State 8 The Forum Inglewood, California Pac-10 Tournament Quarterfinal 62–54 25–3 Mar 11, 1989 yes yes 1 1 Oregon State 4 The Forum Inglewood, California Pac-10 Tournament Semifinal 98–87 26–3 Mar 12, 1989 yes yes 1 1 Stanford 12 2 The Forum Inglewood, California Pac-10 tournament championship 73–51 27–3 |- !colspan=9 style=Arizona Wildcats| NCAA Tournament Mar 16, 1989 yes yes 1 1 W Robert Morris 16 W BSU Pavilion Boise, Idaho First round 94–60 28–3 Mar 18, 1989 yes yes 1 1 W Clemson 9 W BSU Pavilion Boise, Idaho Second Round 94–68 29–3 Mar 23, 1989 yes yes 1 1 W UNLV 15 4 W McNichols Sports Arena Denver, Colorado West Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen 67–68 29–4 AP poll W West NCAA basketball tournament Seeding in brackets West Arizona (1) 94, Robert Morris (16) 60Arizona Quickly Slams the Door on Robert Morris https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-17-sp-1588-story.html Los Angeles Times March 17, 1989 August 23, 2020 Arizona 94, Clemson (9) 68Arizona Wins Over Clemson in Victory https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-19-sp-379-story.html Los Angeles Times March 19, 1989 August 23, 2020 UNLV (4) 68, Arizona 67The New York Times No. 1 Arizona Upset On 3-Pointer at :002 https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/24/sports/basketball-west-no-1-arizona-upset-on-3-pointer-at-002.html March 24, 1989 August 23, 2020 http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1989 RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More Rankings 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 17 11 10 11 10 9 9 8 8 12 9 6 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 Coaches 0 17 11 – 9 10 9 9 8 7 10 7 5 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 ^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll. Awards and honors Sean Elliott, Pacific-10 Player of the Year Sean Elliott, Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament Most Valuable Player Sean Elliott, Adolph Rupp Trophyhttp://www.ruppawards.com/index_files/Page356.htm About Us 2009-04-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090107024610/http://www.ruppawards.com/index_files/Page356.htm 2009-01-07 Sean Elliott, Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year Sean Elliott, John R. Wooden Awardhttp://woodenaward.cstv.com/ot/award-winners.html Wooden Award - Athletics 2009-05-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090413170924/http://woodenaward.cstv.com/ot/award-winners.html 2009-04-13 dead Sean Elliott, State Farm Division I Player of the Year Award Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 1 3 Sean Elliott San Antonio Spurs 1 24 Anthony Cook Phoenix Sunshttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1989&lg=N 1989 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com 2009-05-07 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20100317221214/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1989&lg=N 2010-03-17 References Arizona Category:Arizona Wildcats men's basketball seasons Category:Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament championship seasons Arizona Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team