Overall: 18-12, .600 W-L% (96th of 293)
Conference: 10-4, 1st in Southern (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mack McCarthy (18-12)
PS/G: 77.0 (107th of 293) ▪ PA/G: 77.2 (180th of 293)
SRS: -1.71 (157th of 293) ▪ SOS: -1.50 (168th of 293)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 18, 1988 | REG | @ | North Carolina | ACC | L | 84 | 111 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Wed, Nov 30, 1988 | REG | @ | McNeese State | Southland | L | 66 | 79 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 3, 1988 | REG | @ | Tennessee | SEC | L | 76 | 91 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | |
| 4 | Fri, Dec 9, 1988 | REG | N | Jacksonville | Sun Belt | W | 77 | 76 | 1 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 10, 1988 | REG | @ | Texas | SWC | L | 88 | 103 | 1 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Thu, Dec 15, 1988 | REG | @ | Tennessee Tech | OVC | W | 90 | 86 | 2 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 17, 1988 | REG | Middle Tennessee | OVC | L | 87 | 88 | 2 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 19, 1988 | REG | McNeese State | Southland | W | 79 | 76 | 3 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Dec 21, 1988 | REG | @ | Loyola (IL) | MW Coll | L | 88 | 95 | 3 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Thu, Dec 29, 1988 | REG | Tennessee State | OVC | W | 86 | 79 | 4 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Fri, Dec 30, 1988 | REG | Kent State | MAC | L | 70 | 82 | 4 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Jan 4, 1989 | REG | @ | North Carolina-Asheville | Big South | W | 82 | 77 | 5 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 7, 1989 | REG | @ | Appalachian State | Southern | L | 66 | 70 | 5 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Mon, Jan 9, 1989 | REG | @ | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 86 | 82 | 6 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 14, 1989 | REG | Marshall | Southern | W | 99 | 75 | 7 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Mon, Jan 16, 1989 | REG | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 80 | 76 | 8 | 8 | W 3 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Jan 23, 1989 | REG | @ | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 59 | 58 | 9 | 8 | W 4 | |
| 18 | Sat, Jan 28, 1989 | REG | @ | Citadel | Southern | W | 71 | 67 | 10 | 8 | W 5 | |
| 19 | Mon, Jan 30, 1989 | REG | @ | Furman | Southern | L | 74 | 76 | 10 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 4, 1989 | REG | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 74 | 73 | 11 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Mon, Feb 6, 1989 | REG | Appalachian State | Southern | L | 52 | 62 | 11 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 11, 1989 | REG | @ | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | L | 66 | 68 | 11 | 11 | L 2 | |
| 23 | Mon, Feb 13, 1989 | REG | @ | Marshall | Southern | W | 79 | 78 | 12 | 11 | W 1 | |
| 24 | Thu, Feb 16, 1989 | REG | Furman | Southern | W | 79 | 62 | 13 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 18, 1989 | REG | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 72 | 64 | 14 | 11 | W 3 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Feb 21, 1989 | REG | Virginia Commonwealth | Sun Belt | W | 78 | 75 | 15 | 11 | W 4 | ||
| 27 | Mon, Feb 27, 1989 | REG | Citadel | Southern | W | 79 | 70 | 16 | 11 | W 5 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Mar 3, 1989 | CTOURN | N | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 72 | 63 | 17 | 11 | W 6 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 4, 1989 | CTOURN | N | East Tennessee State | Southern | L | 73 | 76 | 17 | 12 | L 1 |