Overall: 20-13, .606 W-L% (100th of 330)
Conference: 10-8, 4th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bo Ryan (20-13)
PS/G: 63.8 (258th of 330) ▪ PA/G: 59.0 (10th of 330)
SRS: 12.43 (36th of 330) ▪ SOS: 8.43 (16th of 330)
NCAA Tournament: (#12 seed in East)
Won East First Round (61-59) versus #5 Florida State
Lost East Second Round (60-49) versus #4 Xavier
| 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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| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | REG | Long Beach State | Big West | W | 68 | 61 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | REG | Southern Illinois-Edwardsville | OVC | W | 88 | 58 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | REG | N | Iona | MAAC | W | 60 | 58 | OT | 3 | 0 | W 3 |
| 4 | Sun, Nov 23, 2008 | REG | N | San Diego | WCC | W | 64 | 49 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 5 | Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | REG | N | Connecticut | Big East | L | 57 | 76 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | REG | Milwaukee | Horizon | W | 67 | 46 | 5 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Mon, Dec 1, 2008 | REG | @ | Virginia Tech | ACC | W | 74 | 72 | 6 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 6, 2008 | REG | @ | Marquette | Big East | L | 58 | 61 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Tue, Dec 9, 2008 | REG | Idaho State | Big Sky | W | 60 | 58 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Dec 13, 2008 | REG | Green Bay | Horizon | W | 77 | 57 | 8 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Dec 20, 2008 | REG | Coppin State | MEAC | W | 57 | 46 | 9 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 12 | Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | REG | Texas | Big 12 | L | 69 | 74 | 9 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 73 | 61 | 10 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 3, 2009 | REG | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 65 | 61 | 11 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Jan 7, 2009 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 74 | 45 | 12 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 16 | Sun, Jan 11, 2009 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 52 | 65 | 12 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Thu, Jan 15, 2009 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 74 | 78 | OT | 12 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 18 | Wed, Jan 21, 2009 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 69 | 73 | OT | 12 | 6 | L 3 |
| 19 | Sat, Jan 24, 2009 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 57 | 64 | 12 | 7 | L 4 | |
| 20 | Tue, Jan 27, 2009 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 63 | 64 | 12 | 8 | L 5 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Jan 31, 2009 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | L | 63 | 66 | 12 | 9 | L 6 | |
| 22 | Thu, Feb 5, 2009 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 63 | 50 | 13 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Sun, Feb 8, 2009 | REG | @ | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 54 | 44 | 14 | 9 | W 2 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 69 | 52 | 15 | 9 | W 3 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 14, 2009 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 55 | 50 | 16 | 9 | W 4 | ||
| 26 | Thu, Feb 19, 2009 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 68 | 51 | 17 | 9 | W 5 | |
| 27 | Sun, Feb 22, 2009 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 50 | 61 | 17 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 28 | Sun, Mar 1, 2009 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 60 | 55 | 18 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 29 | Wed, Mar 4, 2009 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 46 | 51 | 18 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 30 | Sun, Mar 8, 2009 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 85 | 61 | 19 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Fri, Mar 13, 2009 | CTOURN | N | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 57 | 61 | 19 | 12 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 32 | Fri, Mar 20, 2009 | NCAA | N | Florida State | ACC | W | 61 | 59 | OT | 20 | 12 | W 1 |
| 33 | Sun, Mar 22, 2009 | NCAA | N | Xavier | A-10 | L | 49 | 60 | 20 | 13 | L 1 |