Overall: 27-8, .771 W-L% (17th of 330)
Conference: 16-2, 1st in MAAC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Fran McCaffery (27-8)
PS/G: 77.4 (30th of 330) ▪ PA/G: 70.3 (228th of 330)
SRS: 8.05 (71st of 330) ▪ SOS: 0.99 (124th of 330)
NCAA Tournament: (#9 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (74-72) versus #8 Ohio State
Lost Midwest Second Round (79-72) versus #1 Louisville
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | REG | Boise State | WAC | W | 82 | 52 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | REG | Cornell | Ivy | W | 74 | 56 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Thu, Nov 27, 2008 | REG | N | Tennessee | SEC | L | 64 | 78 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | REG | N | Wichita State | MVC | L | 70 | 72 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 5 | Sun, Nov 30, 2008 | REG | N | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | L | 68 | 77 | 2 | 3 | L 3 | |
| 6 | Wed, Dec 3, 2008 | REG | @ | Loyola (MD) | MAAC | W | 75 | 68 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 6, 2008 | REG | Albany (NY) | AEC | W | 71 | 64 | 4 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Dec 9, 2008 | REG | Marist | MAAC | W | 77 | 60 | 5 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Dec 17, 2008 | REG | @ | Pittsburgh | Big East | L | 66 | 79 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | REG | Buffalo | MAC | W | 71 | 60 | 6 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | REG | @ | Saint Joseph's | A-10 | W | 75 | 74 | 7 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 12 | Tue, Dec 30, 2008 | REG | @ | Holy Cross | Patriot | W | 83 | 71 | 8 | 4 | W 3 | |
| 13 | Thu, Jan 1, 2009 | REG | Fairfield | MAAC | W | 87 | 81 | 9 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 14 | Sun, Jan 4, 2009 | REG | Saint Peter's | MAAC | W | 65 | 52 | 10 | 4 | W 5 | ||
| 15 | Tue, Jan 6, 2009 | REG | @ | Kansas | Big 12 | L | 84 | 91 | 10 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Fri, Jan 9, 2009 | REG | Rider | MAAC | W | 91 | 81 | 11 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Sun, Jan 11, 2009 | REG | @ | Manhattan | MAAC | W | 68 | 64 | 12 | 5 | W 2 | |
| 18 | Thu, Jan 15, 2009 | REG | @ | Marist | MAAC | W | 91 | 85 | OT | 13 | 5 | W 3 |
| 19 | Sat, Jan 17, 2009 | REG | @ | Fairfield | MAAC | W | 78 | 62 | 14 | 5 | W 4 | |
| 20 | Sat, Jan 24, 2009 | REG | Niagara | MAAC | W | 82 | 65 | 15 | 5 | W 5 | ||
| 21 | Mon, Jan 26, 2009 | REG | Iona | MAAC | W | 69 | 68 | 16 | 5 | W 6 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | REG | Canisius | MAAC | W | 91 | 73 | 17 | 5 | W 7 | ||
| 23 | Mon, Feb 2, 2009 | REG | @ | Saint Peter's | MAAC | W | 74 | 63 | 18 | 5 | W 8 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 7, 2009 | REG | @ | Rider | MAAC | L | 88 | 90 | 18 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Mon, Feb 9, 2009 | REG | Loyola (MD) | MAAC | W | 73 | 60 | 19 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | REG | Manhattan | MAAC | W | 93 | 69 | 20 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Mon, Feb 16, 2009 | REG | @ | Iona | MAAC | W | 75 | 60 | 21 | 6 | W 3 | |
| 28 | Sat, Feb 21, 2009 | REG | Northern Iowa | MVC | W | 81 | 75 | 22 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 29 | Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | REG | @ | Niagara | MAAC | L | 85 | 100 | 22 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 30 | Sun, Mar 1, 2009 | REG | @ | Canisius | MAAC | W | 78 | 74 | 23 | 7 | W 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Sat, Mar 7, 2009 | CTOURN | Canisius | MAAC | W | 77 | 52 | 24 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 32 | Sun, Mar 8, 2009 | CTOURN | Fairfield | MAAC | W | 80 | 65 | 25 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 33 | Mon, Mar 9, 2009 | CTOURN | Niagara | MAAC | W | 77 | 70 | 26 | 7 | W 4 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 34 | Fri, Mar 20, 2009 | NCAA | N | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 74 | 72 | 2OT | 27 | 7 | W 5 |
| 35 | Sun, Mar 22, 2009 | NCAA | N | Louisville | Big East | L | 72 | 79 | 27 | 8 | L 1 |