Overall: 12-16, .429 W-L% (196th of 293)
Conference: 6-10, 5th in MAC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Charlie Coles (12-16)
*Overall W-L adjusted to 13-15, conference W-L adjusted to 7-9 (more)
PS/G: 68.2 (245th of 293) ▪ PA/G: 71.9 (81st of 293)
SRS: -3.40 (175th of 293) ▪ SOS: 0.27 (138th of 293)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 26, 1988 | REG | @ | Wichita State | MVC | L | 71 | 90 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Mon, Nov 28, 1988 | REG | Detroit Mercy | MW Coll | W | 76 | 56 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 3, 1988 | REG | Chicago State | Ind | W | 86 | 63 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Mon, Dec 5, 1988 | REG | Wright State | Ind | W | 96 | 87 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Dec 7, 1988 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 62 | 108 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 10, 1988 | REG | @ | Green Bay | Mid-Cont | W | 53 | 50 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Thu, Dec 15, 1988 | REG | Youngstown State | Ind | W | 79 | 63 | 5 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 17, 1988 | REG | @ | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | L | 62 | 77 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Wed, Dec 21, 1988 | REG | N | Texas A&M | SWC | L | 57 | 73 | 5 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 10 | Thu, Dec 22, 1988 | REG | N | Rhode Island | A-10 | L | 50 | 68 | 5 | 5 | L 3 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 7, 1989 | REG | Kent State | MAC | L | 77 | 79 | 5 | 6 | L 4 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Jan 11, 1989 | REG | @ | Ball State | MAC | L | 56 | 77 | 5 | 7 | L 5 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 14, 1989 | REG | Miami (OH) | MAC | W | 82 | 80 | 6 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Jan 18, 1989 | REG | @ | Western Michigan | MAC | L | 67 | 72 | 6 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 21, 1989 | REG | Ohio | MAC | W | 79 | 69 | 7 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Jan 25, 1989 | REG | Eastern Michigan | MAC | L | 83 | 88 | 7 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 28, 1989 | REG | @ | Bowling Green State | MAC | W | 56 | 55 | 8 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 18 | Wed, Feb 1, 1989 | REG | Toledo | MAC | L | 73 | 74 | 8 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 4, 1989 | REG | @ | Kent State | MAC | W | 65 | 60 | 9 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 20 | Wed, Feb 8, 1989 | REG | Ball State | MAC | L | 65 | 66 | 9 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 11, 1989 | REG | @ | Miami (OH) | MAC | L | 61 | 70 | 9 | 12 | L 2 | |
| 22 | Wed, Feb 15, 1989 | REG | Western Michigan | MAC | L | 57 | 66 | 9 | 13 | L 3 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 18, 1989 | REG | @ | Ohio | MAC | W | 62 | 60 | 10 | 13 | W 1 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 22, 1989 | REG | @ | Eastern Michigan | MAC | L | 77 | 90 | 10 | 14 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 25, 1989 | REG | Bowling Green State | MAC | W | 81 | 70 | 11 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Mar 1, 1989 | REG | @ | Toledo | MAC | L | 54 | 55 | 11 | 15 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Thu, Mar 9, 1989 | CTOURN | @ | Toledo | MAC | L | 55 | 75 | 11 | 16 | L 2 |