Overall: 17-13, .567 W-L% (117th of 293)
Conference: 9-7, 3rd in SWC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Moe Iba (17-13)
PS/G: 68.0 (248th of 293) ▪ PA/G: 68.3 (32nd of 293)
SRS: 0.03 (136th of 293) ▪ SOS: 0.37 (136th of 293)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 25, 1988 | REG | N | Maryland | ACC | L | 67 | 74 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 26, 1988 | REG | @ | California-Irvine | Big West | L | 75 | 83 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Wed, Nov 30, 1988 | REG | Centenary (LA) | A-Sun | W | 66 | 60 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 3, 1988 | REG | @ | Texas-San Antonio | A-Sun | W | 72 | 68 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 5 | Mon, Dec 5, 1988 | REG | Montana State | Big Sky | W | 75 | 57 | 3 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 10, 1988 | REG | Lamar | ASC | W | 63 | 60 | 4 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 17, 1988 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 66 | 65 | 5 | 2 | W 5 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 19, 1988 | REG | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | W | 64 | 50 | 6 | 2 | W 6 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Dec 23, 1988 | REG | @ | Idaho State | Big Sky | L | 59 | 70 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Wed, Dec 28, 1988 | REG | Texas Southern | SWAC | L | 78 | 103 | 6 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 11 | Fri, Dec 30, 1988 | REG | @ | East Carolina | CAA | L | 74 | 80 | 6 | 5 | L 3 | |
| 12 | Wed, Jan 4, 1989 | REG | @ | Texas A&M | SWC | W | 58 | 51 | 7 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 7, 1989 | REG | @ | Baylor | SWC | W | 66 | 53 | 8 | 5 | W 2 | |
| 14 | Wed, Jan 11, 1989 | REG | Arkansas | SWC | W | 51 | 45 | 9 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 15 | Sun, Jan 15, 1989 | REG | Rice | SWC | W | 70 | 64 | 10 | 5 | W 4 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Jan 18, 1989 | REG | @ | Houston | SWC | W | 55 | 54 | 11 | 5 | W 5 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 21, 1989 | REG | @ | Texas Tech | SWC | W | 57 | 56 | 12 | 5 | W 6 | |
| 18 | Wed, Jan 25, 1989 | REG | Texas | SWC | L | 84 | 94 | 12 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Feb 1, 1989 | REG | @ | Southern Methodist | SWC | L | 57 | 68 | 12 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 4, 1989 | REG | Texas A&M | SWC | L | 59 | 64 | 12 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 21 | Wed, Feb 8, 1989 | REG | Baylor | SWC | W | 75 | 45 | 13 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 11, 1989 | REG | @ | Arkansas | SWC | L | 60 | 100 | 13 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Wed, Feb 15, 1989 | REG | @ | Rice | SWC | L | 67 | 70 | 13 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 18, 1989 | REG | Houston | SWC | W | 82 | 66 | 14 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Wed, Feb 22, 1989 | REG | Texas Tech | SWC | L | 54 | 58 | 14 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Feb 25, 1989 | REG | @ | Texas | SWC | L | 82 | 107 | 14 | 12 | L 2 | |
| 27 | Sat, Mar 4, 1989 | REG | Southern Methodist | SWC | W | 62 | 57 | 15 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Mar 10, 1989 | CTOURN | N | Texas Tech | SWC | W | 84 | 66 | 16 | 12 | W 2 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 11, 1989 | CTOURN | N | Texas | SWC | L | 89 | 93 | OT | 16 | 13 | L 1 |