1988-89 College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: Michigan

Final Four: Duke, Illinois, Michigan and Seton Hall

Consensus Player of the Year: Sean Elliott

AP Preseason #1: Duke

AP Final #1: Arizona

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Big Ten Conference	10	209	119	.637	16.86	11.71	4	5	2	Indiana
2	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	162	94	.633	14.82	9.06	3	6	1	North Carolina State	North Carolina
3	Big East Conference	9	193	103	.652	14.03	8.46	3	5	1	Georgetown	Georgetown
4	Big Eight Conference	8	155	99	.610	13.25	9.11	2	4	0	Oklahoma	Missouri
5	Pacific-10 Conference	10	170	136	.556	10.41	8.10	2	4	0	Arizona	Arizona
6	Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference	7	122	85	.589	8.79	5.37	2	4	0	Florida State	Louisville
7	Southeastern Conference	10	167	142	.540	6.48	5.59	1	5	0	Florida	Alabama
8	Western Athletic Conference	9	158	121	.566	6.35	4.27	0	2	0	Colorado State	Texas-El Paso
9	Sun Belt Conference	8	125	113	.525	3.88	2.41	0	1	0	South Alabama	South Alabama
10	Southwest Conference	9	143	126	.532	2.94	2.46	0	2	0	Arkansas	Arkansas
11	Big West Conference	10	151	147	.507	2.60	3.07	1	1	0	Nevada-Las Vegas	Nevada-Las Vegas
12	Midwestern Collegiate Conference	7	114	100	.533	2.42	1.72	0	2	0	Evansville	Evansville
13	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	125	112	.527	1.99	2.20	0	2	0	Saint Mary's (CA)	Loyola Marymount
14	American South Conference	6	106	71	.599	1.84	-0.25	0	1	0	New Orleans	Louisiana Tech
15	Missouri Valley Conference	8	119	121	.496	0.92	2.35	0	1	0	Creighton	Creighton
16	Mid-American Conference	9	142	122	.538	0.30	0.79	1	1	0	Ball State	Ball State
17	Mid-Continent Conference	8	118	116	.504	-1.41	-0.69	0	1	0	Missouri State	Missouri State
18	Atlantic 10 Conference	10	140	154	.476	-2.23	-0.69	1	2	0	West Virginia	Rutgers
19	Big Sky Conference	9	134	127	.513	-2.73	-0.96	0	1	0	Boise State, Idaho	Idaho
20	Southern Conference	8	129	103	.556	-3.14	-2.29	0	1	0	Chattanooga	East Tennessee State
21	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	8	116	119	.494	-4.10	-3.41	0	1	0	La Salle	La Salle
22	Trans America Athletic Conference	10	147	139	.514	-5.15	-4.11	0	1	0	Georgia Southern	Little Rock
23	Colonial Athletic Association	8	116	119	.494	-6.01	-4.58	0	1	0	Richmond	George Mason
24	Ohio Valley Conference	7	96	113	.459	-6.34	-3.49	0	1	0	Middle Tennessee, Murray State	Middle Tennessee
25	Southland Conference	8	102	129	.442	-7.16	-5.30	0	1	0	North Texas	McNeese State
26	North Atlantic Conference	10	125	156	.445	-7.74	-5.89	0	1	0	Siena	Siena
27	East Coast Conference	8	117	114	.506	-7.91	-7.42	0	1	0	Bucknell	Bucknell
28	Independent	22	261	364	.418	-9.50	-3.73	0	2	0
29	Southwest Athletic Conference	8	104	126	.452	-10.21	-6.28	0	1	0	Grambling, Southern, Texas Southern	Southern
30	Ivy Group	8	96	115	.455	-12.06	-7.51	0	1	0	Princeton
31	Big South Conference	7	96	105	.478	-13.48	-10.10	0	0	0	Coastal Carolina	North Carolina-Asheville
32	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	9	121	138	.467	-14.58	-11.50	0	1	0	South Carolina State	South Carolina State
33	Northeast Conference	9	123	134	.479	-14.71	-11.55	0	1	0	Robert Morris	Robert Morris

AP Poll Summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/22	11/29	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	3/7	Final
Louisville	4	12	13	15	15	14	14	13	9	4	3	7	4	10	8	14	16	12
Seton Hall	-	-	-	20	17	15	13	10	13	12	9	10	11	12	15	12	11	11
Alabama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
Florida State	16	17	14	13	12	11	10	15	14	14	11	8	12	7	12	16	14	16
South Carolina	-	-	-	-	-	18	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	7	6	6	10	11	10	13	13	10	8	10
Indiana	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	16	17	13	9	4	3	6	8
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Villanova	12	11	18	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ball State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	19	18
Georgetown	2	2	3	4	5	6	5	5	7	3	2	6	2	4	3	2	3	2
Tennessee	-	-	20	16	16	19	19	17	17	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syracuse	8	6	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	11	14	14	9	6	6	6	5	7
Georgia Tech	13	14	12	12	11	16	17	19	19	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
Notre Dame	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UConn	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Duke	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	12	14	11	9	9	7	9
West Virginia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	15	14	11	15	13	17
UCLA	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UNLV	10	8	9	9	13	13	12	12	11	10	13	16	19	18	18	18	18	15
NC State	18	18	16	19	18	17	18	16	15	15	15	13	17	19	17	20	17	19
LSU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	20	-	-	-	-
Missouri	14	13	8	11	10	10	11	11	10	8	5	5	3	3	7	7	10	6
Illinois	9	9	7	7	6	5	4	3	2	2	1	2	7	5	10	8	4	3
Iowa	7	7	6	5	4	4	9	9	5	7	12	9	8	15	14	11	15	14
Arizona	11	10	11	10	9	9	8	8	12	9	6	4	1	2	2	1	1	1
Ohio State	17	16	15	14	14	12	15	14	18	16	17	15	16	16	-	-	-	-
Kansas	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	18	16	17	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma	5	4	5	6	7	7	6	4	3	5	4	1	5	1	1	4	2	4
Saint Mary's	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	17	20	-
UNC	6	5	10	8	8	8	7	6	8	13	7	3	6	8	5	5	9	5
Stanford	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	20	18	17	16	13	12	13
Florida	15	15	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Providence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temple	19	19	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

Season Leaders

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