Overall: 18-14, .563 W-L% (133rd of 330)
Conference: 8-10, 9th in Big East (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mick Cronin (18-14)
PS/G: 68.3 (158th of 330) ▪ PA/G: 66.3 (132nd of 330)
SRS: 7.83 (74th of 330) ▪ SOS: 6.76 (50th of 330)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | REG | South Dakota | W | 77 | 46 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | REG | Texas Southern | SWAC | W | 82 | 51 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | REG | Western Illinois | Summit | W | 74 | 46 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | REG | Coastal Carolina | Big South | W | 82 | 56 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | REG | N | Florida State | ACC | L | 47 | 58 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | REG | @ | Nevada-Las Vegas | MWC | W | 67 | 65 | 5 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 6, 2008 | REG | Alabama-Birmingham | CUSA | W | 87 | 80 | 6 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 13, 2008 | REG | Xavier | A-10 | L | 66 | 76 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Mon, Dec 15, 2008 | REG | Charleston Southern | Big South | W | 74 | 55 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 75 | 63 | 8 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Dec 20, 2008 | REG | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | W | 85 | 77 | OT | 9 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 12 | Mon, Dec 22, 2008 | REG | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | SWAC | W | 79 | 49 | 10 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 13 | Mon, Dec 29, 2008 | REG | @ | Memphis | CUSA | L | 45 | 60 | 10 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Sun, Jan 4, 2009 | REG | @ | Marquette | Big East | L | 50 | 84 | 10 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 15 | Wed, Jan 7, 2009 | REG | Providence | Big East | L | 79 | 87 | 10 | 5 | L 3 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 10, 2009 | REG | Connecticut | Big East | L | 72 | 81 | 10 | 6 | L 4 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Jan 14, 2009 | REG | Rutgers | Big East | W | 71 | 59 | 11 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Jan 17, 2009 | REG | @ | DePaul | Big East | W | 59 | 55 | 12 | 6 | W 2 | |
| 19 | Mon, Jan 19, 2009 | REG | @ | Providence | Big East | L | 63 | 72 | 12 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Thu, Jan 22, 2009 | REG | @ | St. John's (NY) | Big East | W | 71 | 60 | 13 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 21 | Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | REG | Georgetown | Big East | W | 65 | 57 | 14 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Sun, Feb 1, 2009 | REG | @ | Villanova | Big East | L | 50 | 71 | 14 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Wed, Feb 4, 2009 | REG | Notre Dame | Big East | W | 93 | 83 | 15 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Feb 7, 2009 | REG | @ | Georgetown | Big East | W | 64 | 62 | OT | 16 | 8 | W 2 |
| 25 | Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | REG | St. John's (NY) | Big East | W | 71 | 61 | 17 | 8 | W 3 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Feb 14, 2009 | REG | @ | Pittsburgh | Big East | L | 69 | 85 | 17 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 27 | Sat, Feb 21, 2009 | REG | Louisville | Big East | L | 63 | 72 | 17 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | REG | West Virginia | Big East | W | 65 | 61 | 18 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 29 | Sun, Mar 1, 2009 | REG | @ | Syracuse | Big East | L | 63 | 87 | 18 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 30 | Tue, Mar 3, 2009 | REG | @ | South Florida | Big East | L | 59 | 70 | 18 | 12 | L 2 | |
| 31 | Sat, Mar 7, 2009 | REG | Seton Hall | Big East | L | 63 | 67 | OT | 18 | 13 | L 3 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 32 | Tue, Mar 10, 2009 | CTOURN | N | DePaul | Big East | L | 57 | 67 | 18 | 14 | L 4 |