Overall: 30-6, .833 W-L% (6th of 293)
Conference: 12-2, 1st in Big 8 (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Billy Tubbs (30-6)
PS/G: 102.2 (2nd of 293) ▪ PA/G: 88.5 (281st of 293)
SRS: 23.95 (5th of 293) ▪ SOS: 10.26 (17th of 293)
NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Southeast)
Won Southeast First Round (72-71) versus #16 East Tennessee State
Won Southeast Second Round (124-81) versus #9 Louisiana Tech
Lost Southeast Regional Semifinal (86-80) versus #5 Virginia
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 25, 1988 | REG | N | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 97 | 93 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 26, 1988 | REG | N | Nevada-Las Vegas | Big West | W | 83 | 81 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Sun, Nov 27, 1988 | REG | N | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 80 | 91 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Wed, Nov 30, 1988 | REG | Southern Methodist | SWC | W | 104 | 87 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Dec 8, 1988 | REG | @ | New Mexico | WAC | W | 100 | 96 | 4 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 10, 1988 | REG | Oral Roberts | Ind | W | 152 | 122 | 5 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 17, 1988 | REG | Loyola Marymount | WCC | W | 136 | 103 | 6 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Dec 20, 1988 | REG | Southern Utah | Ind | W | 132 | 64 | 7 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Dec 22, 1988 | REG | Arkansas-Little Rock | A-Sun | W | 115 | 96 | 8 | 1 | W 6 | ||
| 10 | Thu, Dec 29, 1988 | REG | N | Texas A&M | SWC | W | 128 | 80 | 9 | 1 | W 7 | |
| 11 | Fri, Dec 30, 1988 | REG | N | Texas | SWC | W | 124 | 95 | 10 | 1 | W 8 | |
| 12 | Tue, Jan 3, 1989 | REG | Sam Houston State | Southland | W | 111 | 66 | 11 | 1 | W 9 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 7, 1989 | REG | Charlotte | Sun Belt | W | 94 | 86 | 12 | 1 | W 10 | ||
| 14 | Mon, Jan 9, 1989 | REG | @ | Nebraska | Big 8 | W | 89 | 81 | 13 | 1 | W 11 | |
| 15 | Sun, Jan 15, 1989 | REG | @ | Pittsburgh | Big East | L | 91 | 99 | 13 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Wed, Jan 18, 1989 | REG | Kansas | Big 8 | W | 123 | 95 | 14 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 21, 1989 | REG | @ | Iowa State | Big 8 | W | 109 | 100 | OT | 15 | 2 | W 2 |
| 18 | Wed, Jan 25, 1989 | REG | Colorado | Big 8 | W | 122 | 86 | 16 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 19 | Mon, Jan 30, 1989 | REG | @ | Nevada-Las Vegas | Big West | W | 90 | 88 | 17 | 2 | W 4 | |
| 20 | Wed, Feb 1, 1989 | REG | @ | Kansas State | Big 8 | W | 90 | 82 | 18 | 2 | W 5 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 4, 1989 | REG | @ | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | L | 73 | 77 | 18 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Mon, Feb 6, 1989 | REG | Iowa State | Big 8 | W | 126 | 97 | 19 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 9, 1989 | REG | Missouri | Big 8 | W | 112 | 105 | 20 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 24 | Sun, Feb 12, 1989 | REG | Arizona | Pac-10 | W | 82 | 80 | 21 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 25 | Wed, Feb 15, 1989 | REG | @ | Kansas | Big 8 | W | 94 | 89 | OT | 22 | 3 | W 4 |
| 26 | Sat, Feb 18, 1989 | REG | @ | Colorado | Big 8 | W | 106 | 88 | 23 | 3 | W 5 | |
| 27 | Wed, Feb 22, 1989 | REG | Kansas State | Big 8 | W | 86 | 82 | 24 | 3 | W 6 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Feb 25, 1989 | REG | @ | Missouri | Big 8 | L | 84 | 97 | 24 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 29 | Wed, Mar 1, 1989 | REG | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | W | 111 | 108 | 25 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Sat, Mar 4, 1989 | REG | Nebraska | Big 8 | W | 103 | 76 | 26 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Fri, Mar 10, 1989 | CTOURN | N | Colorado | Big 8 | W | 95 | 87 | 2OT | 27 | 4 | W 3 |
| 32 | Sat, Mar 11, 1989 | CTOURN | N | Iowa State | Big 8 | W | 76 | 74 | 28 | 4 | W 4 | |
| 33 | Sun, Mar 12, 1989 | CTOURN | N | Missouri | Big 8 | L | 86 | 98 | 28 | 5 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 34 | Thu, Mar 16, 1989 | NCAA | N | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 72 | 71 | 29 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 35 | Sat, Mar 18, 1989 | NCAA | N | Louisiana Tech | ASC | W | 124 | 81 | 30 | 5 | W 2 | |
| 36 | Thu, Mar 23, 1989 | NCAA | N | Virginia | ACC | L | 80 | 86 | 30 | 6 | L 1 |