Overall: 21-13, .618 W-L% (92nd of 330)
Conference: 10-6, 1st in SEC East (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bruce Pearl (21-13)
PS/G: 78.4 (16th of 330) ▪ PA/G: 72.5 (284th of 330)
SRS: 13.60 (29th of 330) ▪ SOS: 7.71 (31st of 330)
NCAA Tournament: (#9 seed in East)
Lost East First Round (77-75) versus #8 Oklahoma State
| Pre | 11/17 | 11/24 | 12/1 | 12/8 | 12/15 | 12/22 | 12/29 | 1/5 | 1/12 | 1/19 | 1/26 | 2/2 | 2/9 | 2/16 | 2/23 | 3/2 | 3/9 | Final |
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| 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 24 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | REG | Chattanooga | Southern | W | 114 | 75 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | REG | Tennessee-Martin | OVC | W | 91 | 64 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | REG | @ | Middle Tennessee | Sun Belt | W | 76 | 66 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Thu, Nov 27, 2008 | REG | N | Siena | MAAC | W | 78 | 64 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 5 | Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | REG | N | Georgetown | Big East | W | 90 | 78 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | |
| 6 | Sun, Nov 30, 2008 | REG | N | Gonzaga | WCC | L | 74 | 83 | 5 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Wed, Dec 3, 2008 | REG | North Carolina-Asheville | Big South | W | 87 | 69 | 6 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 13, 2008 | REG | @ | Temple | A-10 | L | 72 | 88 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Tue, Dec 16, 2008 | REG | N | Marquette | Big East | W | 80 | 68 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 20, 2008 | REG | Belmont | A-Sun | W | 79 | 77 | 8 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Mon, Dec 29, 2008 | REG | Louisiana-Lafayette | Sun Belt | W | 89 | 62 | 9 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 3, 2009 | REG | @ | Kansas | Big 12 | L | 85 | 92 | 9 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Wed, Jan 7, 2009 | REG | Gonzaga | WCC | L | 79 | 89 | OT | 9 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 10, 2009 | REG | @ | Georgia | SEC | W | 86 | 77 | 10 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 15 | Tue, Jan 13, 2009 | REG | Kentucky | SEC | L | 72 | 90 | 10 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 17, 2009 | REG | South Carolina | SEC | W | 82 | 79 | 11 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Tue, Jan 20, 2009 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 76 | 63 | 12 | 5 | W 2 | |
| 18 | Sat, Jan 24, 2009 | REG | Memphis | CUSA | L | 52 | 54 | 12 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | REG | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 73 | 79 | 12 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Jan 31, 2009 | REG | Florida | SEC | W | 79 | 63 | 13 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Wed, Feb 4, 2009 | REG | @ | Arkansas | SEC | W | 74 | 72 | 14 | 7 | W 2 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 7, 2009 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | L | 77 | 78 | 14 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | REG | Georgia | SEC | W | 79 | 48 | 15 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Feb 14, 2009 | REG | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 69 | 50 | 16 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 25 | Wed, Feb 18, 2009 | REG | @ | Mississippi | SEC | L | 65 | 81 | 16 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Sat, Feb 21, 2009 | REG | @ | Kentucky | SEC | L | 58 | 77 | 16 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 27 | Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 81 | 76 | 17 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 28 | Sun, Mar 1, 2009 | REG | @ | Florida | SEC | W | 79 | 75 | 18 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 29 | Thu, Mar 5, 2009 | REG | @ | South Carolina | SEC | W | 86 | 70 | 19 | 10 | W 3 | |
| 30 | Sun, Mar 8, 2009 | REG | Alabama | SEC | L | 67 | 70 | 19 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Fri, Mar 13, 2009 | CTOURN | N | Alabama | SEC | W | 86 | 62 | 20 | 11 | W 1 | |
| 32 | Sat, Mar 14, 2009 | CTOURN | N | Auburn | SEC | W | 94 | 85 | 21 | 11 | W 2 | |
| 33 | Sun, Mar 15, 2009 | CTOURN | N | Mississippi State | SEC | L | 61 | 64 | 21 | 12 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 34 | Fri, Mar 20, 2009 | NCAA | N | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | L | 75 | 77 | 21 | 13 | L 2 |