Overall: 19-11, .633 W-L% (72nd of 293)
Conference: 7-7, 6th in ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Cliff Ellis (19-11)
PS/G: 79.6 (73rd of 293) ▪ PA/G: 75.6 (150th of 293)
SRS: 11.55 (39th of 293) ▪ SOS: 7.62 (39th of 293)
NCAA Tournament: (#9 seed in West)
Won West First Round (83-70) versus #8 Saint Mary's (CA)
Lost West Second Round (94-68) versus #1 Arizona
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 28, 1988 | REG | Citadel | Southern | W | 96 | 82 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Thu, Dec 1, 1988 | REG | @ | Furman | Southern | W | 79 | 64 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 3, 1988 | REG | @ | South Carolina | Metro | L | 70 | 90 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 10, 1988 | REG | Wagner | NEC | W | 79 | 36 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Dec 13, 1988 | REG | South Carolina State | MEAC | W | 93 | 70 | 4 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 17, 1988 | REG | @ | Hofstra | ECC | W | 77 | 63 | 5 | 1 | W 3 | |
| 7 | Tue, Dec 27, 1988 | REG | N | Middle Tennessee | OVC | W | 81 | 77 | 6 | 1 | W 4 | |
| 8 | Wed, Dec 28, 1988 | REG | N | Oregon | Pac-10 | W | 74 | 61 | 7 | 1 | W 5 | |
| 9 | Thu, Dec 29, 1988 | REG | N | Oregon State | Pac-10 | L | 58 | 72 | 7 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Thu, Jan 5, 1989 | REG | North Carolina State | ACC | L | 65 | 73 | 7 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 7, 1989 | REG | Maryland | ACC | W | 75 | 58 | 8 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Jan 11, 1989 | REG | Virginia | ACC | W | 80 | 70 | 9 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 14, 1989 | REG | @ | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 75 | 71 | 10 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 14 | Wed, Jan 18, 1989 | REG | Youngstown State | Ind | W | 104 | 74 | 11 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 21, 1989 | REG | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 77 | 60 | 12 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Jan 25, 1989 | REG | @ | Georgia Tech | ACC | L | 74 | 75 | 12 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Sun, Jan 29, 1989 | REG | @ | Duke | ACC | L | 62 | 92 | 12 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 18 | Wed, Feb 1, 1989 | REG | North Carolina | ACC | W | 85 | 82 | 13 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 4, 1989 | REG | South Carolina | Metro | W | 78 | 65 | 14 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Tue, Feb 7, 1989 | REG | @ | Maryland | ACC | L | 87 | 98 | 14 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 11, 1989 | REG | Liberty | Ind | W | 96 | 71 | 15 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 15, 1989 | REG | @ | North Carolina State | ACC | L | 75 | 90 | 15 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 18, 1989 | REG | @ | Virginia | ACC | L | 83 | 85 | 15 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 22, 1989 | REG | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 94 | 83 | 16 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 25, 1989 | REG | @ | North Carolina | ACC | L | 86 | 100 | 16 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Wed, Mar 1, 1989 | REG | Duke | ACC | W | 79 | 74 | 17 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 4, 1989 | REG | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 81 | 79 | 18 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Mar 10, 1989 | CTOURN | N | Virginia | ACC | L | 73 | 90 | 18 | 10 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Thu, Mar 16, 1989 | NCAA | N | Saint Mary's (CA) | WCC | W | 83 | 70 | 19 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 30 | Sat, Mar 18, 1989 | NCAA | N | Arizona | Pac-10 | L | 68 | 94 | 19 | 11 | L 1 |