Overall: 19-12, .613 W-L% (85th of 293)
Conference: 9-9, 5th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Clem Haskins (19-12)
PS/G: 75.4 (139th of 293) ▪ PA/G: 71.7 (75th of 293)
SRS: 13.79 (29th of 293) ▪ SOS: 10.09 (18th of 293)
NCAA Tournament: (#11 seed in East)
Won East First Round (86-75) versus #6 Kansas State
Won East Second Round (80-67) versus #14 Siena
Lost East Regional Semifinal (87-70) versus #2 Duke
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 26, 1988 | REG | Ball State | MAC | L | 57 | 63 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 29, 1988 | REG | Youngstown State | Ind | W | 97 | 64 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 3, 1988 | REG | Maryland-Eastern Shore | MEAC | W | 112 | 68 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 10, 1988 | REG | Florida International | Ind | W | 99 | 75 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Dec 13, 1988 | REG | @ | Drake | MVC | L | 52 | 66 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 17, 1988 | REG | @ | Marquette | Ind | W | 83 | 67 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Wed, Dec 21, 1988 | REG | Detroit Mercy | MW Coll | W | 93 | 69 | 5 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Fri, Dec 23, 1988 | REG | @ | Northern Illinois | Ind | W | 93 | 74 | 6 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 9 | Wed, Jan 4, 1989 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | L | 67 | 75 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 7, 1989 | REG | Kansas State | Big 8 | W | 72 | 67 | 7 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Jan 12, 1989 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 83 | 98 | 7 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 14, 1989 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 80 | 78 | 8 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Jan 18, 1989 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 76 | 66 | 9 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 21, 1989 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | L | 67 | 75 | 9 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Thu, Jan 26, 1989 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 69 | 62 | 10 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 28, 1989 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 64 | 73 | 10 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Wed, Feb 1, 1989 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 76 | 73 | 11 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 4, 1989 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 62 | 66 | 11 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Wed, Feb 8, 1989 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 59 | 58 | 12 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 11, 1989 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 88 | 80 | 13 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 18, 1989 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 61 | 99 | 13 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Thu, Feb 23, 1989 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 63 | 78 | 13 | 9 | L 2 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 25, 1989 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 62 | 75 | 13 | 10 | L 3 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Mar 2, 1989 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 58 | 63 | 13 | 11 | L 4 | |
| 25 | Sat, Mar 4, 1989 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 78 | 59 | 14 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Mar 8, 1989 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 77 | 61 | 15 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 11, 1989 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 78 | 70 | 16 | 11 | W 3 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Thu, Mar 16, 1989 | NCAA | N | Kansas State | Big 8 | W | 86 | 75 | 17 | 11 | W 4 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 18, 1989 | NCAA | N | Siena | NAC | W | 80 | 67 | 18 | 11 | W 5 | |
| 30 | Fri, Mar 24, 1989 | NCAA | N | Duke | ACC | L | 70 | 87 | 18 | 12 | L 1 |