Overall: 20-13, .606 W-L% (93rd of 293)
Conference: 6-10, 8th in Big East (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Lou Carnesecca (20-13)
PS/G: 70.7 (210th of 293) ▪ PA/G: 69.0 (42nd of 293)
SRS: 9.84 (49th of 293) ▪ SOS: 8.11 (34th of 293)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 25, 1988 | REG | Long Island University | NEC | W | 71 | 55 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Nov 26, 1988 | REG | Brigham Young | WAC | W | 83 | 77 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Nov 30, 1988 | REG | Fairleigh Dickinson | NEC | W | 86 | 55 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 3, 1988 | REG | Hawaii | WAC | W | 65 | 60 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Dec 7, 1988 | REG | Fordham | MAAC | W | 67 | 47 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 10, 1988 | REG | Seton Hall | Big East | L | 63 | 74 | 5 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 17, 1988 | REG | @ | Manhattan | MAAC | W | 71 | 54 | 6 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 8 | Fri, Dec 23, 1988 | REG | @ | Niagara | NAC | L | 63 | 68 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Tue, Dec 27, 1988 | REG | Fordham | MAAC | W | 84 | 59 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Dec 28, 1988 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 72 | 77 | 7 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Tue, Jan 3, 1989 | REG | @ | Providence | Big East | L | 69 | 98 | 7 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 7, 1989 | REG | Villanova | Big East | W | 81 | 62 | 8 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Tue, Jan 10, 1989 | REG | Connecticut | Big East | W | 71 | 63 | 9 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 14, 1989 | REG | Syracuse | Big East | W | 65 | 63 | 10 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Jan 18, 1989 | REG | N | Rutgers | A-10 | W | 62 | 61 | 11 | 4 | W 4 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 21, 1989 | REG | @ | Boston College | Big East | W | 74 | 66 | 12 | 4 | W 5 | |
| 17 | Mon, Jan 23, 1989 | REG | @ | Georgetown | Big East | L | 64 | 75 | 12 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Sat, Jan 28, 1989 | REG | @ | Connecticut | Big East | L | 52 | 80 | 12 | 6 | L 2 | |
| 19 | Mon, Jan 30, 1989 | REG | Pittsburgh | Big East | L | 81 | 85 | 12 | 7 | L 3 | ||
| 20 | Wed, Feb 1, 1989 | REG | Providence | Big East | W | 87 | 73 | 13 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 11, 1989 | REG | @ | Syracuse | Big East | L | 69 | 92 | 13 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Tue, Feb 14, 1989 | REG | @ | Pittsburgh | Big East | L | 77 | 87 | 13 | 9 | L 2 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 18, 1989 | REG | @ | DePaul | Ind | W | 67 | 64 | 14 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 24 | Tue, Feb 21, 1989 | REG | @ | Seton Hall | Big East | L | 60 | 63 | 14 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 25, 1989 | REG | Georgetown | Big East | L | 55 | 63 | 14 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 26 | Mon, Feb 27, 1989 | REG | Boston College | Big East | W | 62 | 59 | 15 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 4, 1989 | REG | @ | Villanova | Big East | L | 60 | 74 | 15 | 12 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Thu, Mar 9, 1989 | CTOURN | Boston College | Big East | L | 74 | 81 | 15 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Wed, Mar 15, 1989 | NIT | Mississippi | SEC | W | 70 | 67 | 16 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Mar 21, 1989 | NIT | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | W | 76 | 64 | 17 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 31 | Thu, Mar 23, 1989 | NIT | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 83 | 80 | OT | 18 | 13 | W 3 |
| 32 | Mon, Mar 27, 1989 | NIT | Alabama-Birmingham | Sun Belt | W | 76 | 65 | 19 | 13 | W 4 | ||
| 33 | Thu, Mar 30, 1989 | NIT | Saint Louis | MW Coll | W | 73 | 65 | 20 | 13 | W 5 |