Overall: 19-15, .559 W-L% (122nd of 293)
Conference: 6-12, 8th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Gary Williams (19-15)
PS/G: 80.1 (67th of 293) ▪ PA/G: 75.9 (154th of 293)
SRS: 16.15 (21st of 293) ▪ SOS: 11.86 (7th of 293)
| Pre | 11/22 | 11/29 | 12/6 | 12/13 | 12/20 | 12/27 | 1/3 | 1/10 | 1/17 | 1/24 | 1/31 | 2/7 | 2/14 | 2/21 | 2/28 | 3/7 | Final |
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| 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 25, 1988 | REG | N | Oklahoma | Big 8 | L | 93 | 97 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 26, 1988 | REG | N | DePaul | Ind | W | 72 | 70 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Sun, Nov 27, 1988 | REG | N | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 97 | 82 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 3, 1988 | REG | @ | Western Michigan | MAC | W | 77 | 66 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 10, 1988 | REG | Lafayette | ECC | W | 84 | 62 | 4 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Dec 14, 1988 | REG | Nebraska | Big 8 | W | 113 | 76 | 5 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 17, 1988 | REG | @ | Dayton | MW Coll | W | 104 | 76 | 6 | 1 | W 6 | |
| 8 | Tue, Dec 20, 1988 | REG | @ | South Carolina | Metro | L | 63 | 74 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Thu, Dec 22, 1988 | REG | Kent State | MAC | W | 92 | 67 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Dec 27, 1988 | REG | N | Florida | SEC | W | 93 | 68 | 8 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 11 | Wed, Dec 28, 1988 | REG | @ | St. John's (NY) | Big East | W | 77 | 72 | 9 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 12 | Wed, Jan 4, 1989 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 65 | 75 | 9 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 7, 1989 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 73 | 70 | 10 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Mon, Jan 9, 1989 | REG | Radford | Big South | W | 108 | 61 | 11 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 14, 1989 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 83 | 81 | 12 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 16 | Mon, Jan 16, 1989 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 73 | 99 | 12 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Thu, Jan 19, 1989 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 102 | 91 | 13 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Jan 26, 1989 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 100 | 68 | 14 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Sun, Jan 29, 1989 | REG | @ | Louisville | Metro | W | 85 | 79 | 15 | 4 | W 3 | |
| 20 | Wed, Feb 1, 1989 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 73 | 76 | 15 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Mon, Feb 6, 1989 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 70 | 58 | 16 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Feb 9, 1989 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 60 | 62 | 16 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 11, 1989 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 81 | 75 | 17 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Feb 13, 1989 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 75 | 83 | 17 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 18, 1989 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | L | 69 | 70 | 17 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 26 | Thu, Feb 23, 1989 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 72 | 89 | 17 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Feb 26, 1989 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 71 | 94 | 17 | 10 | L 4 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Mar 1, 1989 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 66 | 73 | 17 | 11 | L 5 | ||
| 29 | Sat, Mar 4, 1989 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | L | 65 | 77 | 17 | 12 | L 6 | |
| 30 | Thu, Mar 9, 1989 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 53 | 83 | 17 | 13 | L 7 | |
| 31 | Sat, Mar 11, 1989 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 70 | 78 | 17 | 14 | L 8 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 32 | Wed, Mar 15, 1989 | NIT | Akron | Ind | W | 81 | 70 | 18 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 33 | Mon, Mar 20, 1989 | NIT | Nebraska | Big 8 | W | 85 | 74 | 19 | 14 | W 2 | ||
| 34 | Thu, Mar 23, 1989 | NIT | St. John's (NY) | Big East | L | 80 | 83 | OT | 19 | 15 | L 1 |