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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

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	Pacific-10 Conference	10	170	136	.556	10.41	8.10	1	4	0	Arizona	Arizona
2	Big Ten Conference	10	209	119	.637	16.86	11.70	1	5	2	Indiana
3	Southwest Conference	9	143	126	.532	2.94	2.46	0	2	0	Arkansas	Arkansas
4	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	162	94	.633	14.83	9.06	0	6	1	NC State	North Carolina
5	Trans America Athletic Conference	10	147	139	.514	-5.15	-4.11	0	1	0	Georgia Southern	Little Rock
6	Southeastern Conference	10	167	142	.540	6.48	5.59	1	5	0	Florida	Alabama
7	Mid-American Conference	9	142	122	.538	0.30	0.79	1	1	0	Ball State	Ball State
8	Independent	22	261	364	.418	-9.50	-3.72	0	2	0
9	Sun Belt Conference	8	125	113	.525	3.88	2.41	0	1	0	South Alabama	South Alabama
10	American South Conference	6	106	71	.599	1.84	-0.25	0	1	0	New Orleans	Louisiana Tech
11	Big Sky Conference	9	134	127	.513	-2.73	-0.96	0	1	0	Boise State, Idaho	Idaho
12	Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference	7	122	85	.589	8.80	5.37	0	4	0	Florida State	Louisville
13	Big East Conference	9	193	103	.652	14.03	8.46	0	5	1	Georgetown	Georgetown
14	Big Eight Conference	8	155	99	.610	13.25	9.11	0	4	0	Oklahoma	Missouri
15	Western Athletic Conference	9	158	121	.566	6.35	4.27	0	2	0	Colorado State	UTEP
16	North Atlantic Conference	10	125	156	.445	-7.74	-5.89	0	1	0	Siena	Siena
17	Missouri Valley Conference	8	119	121	.496	0.93	2.31	0	1	0	Creighton	Creighton
18	Mid-Continent Conference	8	118	116	.504	-1.41	-0.69	0	1	0	Missouri State	Missouri State
19	Big West Conference	10	151	147	.507	2.60	3.07	0	1	0	Nevada-Las Vegas	Nevada-Las Vegas
20	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	125	112	.527	1.99	2.20	0	2	0	Saint Mary's (CA)	Loyola Marymount
21	Ohio Valley Conference	7	96	113	.459	-6.35	-3.49	0	1	0	Middle Tennessee, Murray State	Middle Tennessee
22	Southern Conference	8	129	103	.556	-3.14	-2.29	0	1	0	Chattanooga	East Tennessee State
23	Midwestern Collegiate Conference	7	114	100	.533	2.42	1.72	0	2	0	Evansville	Evansville
24	Atlantic 10 Conference	10	140	154	.476	-2.24	-0.70	0	2	0	West Virginia	Rutgers
25	East Coast Conference	8	117	114	.506	-7.91	-7.42	0	1	0	Bucknell	Bucknell
26	Colonial Athletic Association	8	116	119	.494	-6.01	-4.58	0	1	0	Richmond	George Mason
27	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	8	116	119	.494	-4.10	-3.41	0	1	0	La Salle	La Salle
28	Southland Conference	8	102	129	.442	-7.15	-5.30	0	1	0	North Texas	McNeese State
29	Southwest Athletic Conference	8	104	126	.452	-10.21	-6.28	0	1	0	Grambling, Southern, Texas Southern	Southern
30	Northeast Conference	9	123	134	.479	-14.72	-11.55	0	1	0	Robert Morris	Robert Morris
31	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	9	121	138	.467	-14.58	-11.51	0	1	0	South Carolina State	South Carolina State
32	Ivy League	8	96	115	.455	-12.05	-7.51	0	1	0	Princeton
33	Big South Conference	7	96	105	.478	-13.48	-10.10	0	0	0	Coastal Carolina	UNC Asheville

AP Polls

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
School	Conf	Pre	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
Alabama	SEC																	20
Arizona	Pac-10	11	9	10	9	9	8	7	10	7	5	3	1	2	2	1	1	1
Arkansas	SWC																20	17
Ball State	MAC														20	18	18
Duke	ACC	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	10	14	12	8	8	7	7
Florida	SEC	14	18
Florida State	Metro	18	14	13	12	11	12	15	14	14	11	9	13	9	12	16	16	16
Georgetown	Big East	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	7	4	2	5	2	4	3	2	3	2
Georgia	SEC					19	16	20
Georgia Tech	ACC	16	12	12	11	16	17	16	16	20	19		20
Illinois	Big Ten	5	6	9	6	5	4	3	2	2	1	2	7	6	10	9	5	3
Indiana	Big Ten	17								17	14	16	12	8	6	3	6	6
Iowa	Big Ten	9	7	6	5	4	9	9	6	8	12	13	11	15	16	11	16	15
Kansas	Big 8
LSU	SEC											20
Little Rock	TAAC														19
Louisville	Metro	10	16	14	16	15	14	11	9	3	3	7	4	10	9	14	15	13
Michigan	Big Ten	2	2	2	2	2	2	7	5	5	10	11	9	13	13	10	9	10
Missouri	Big 8	13	11	11	10	10	11	13	12	8	8	6	3	3	7	7	10	8
NC State	ACC				20	20	18	18	17	15	15	12	17	18	15	18	13	18
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
School	Conf	Pre	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
Notre Dame	Ind				18
Ohio State	Big Ten		15	15	14	12	15	14	15	16	17	15	16	19
Oklahoma	Big 8	6	5	7	7	8	7	6	3	6	4	1	5	1	1	4	2	5
Oregon State	Pac-10			20
Providence	Big East								18	19
Purdue	Big Ten	20
Saint Mary's	WCAC										20	19	20			20
Seton Hall	Big East		20	19	15	13	13	10	13	13	9	8	8	11	14	12	11	11
South Carolina	Metro					17	19
Stanford	Pac-10	19	19							18	18	18	18	16	17	13	12	12
Syracuse	Big East	8	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	11	13	14	10	5	5	6	4	9
Temple	A-10	15	13
Tennessee	SEC			16	17	18	20	17	18	20
UCLA	Pac-10			18	19									20
UConn	Big East
UNC	ACC	3	10	5	8	7	5	4	8	12	6	3	6	7	4	5	8	4
UNLV	Big West	7	8	8	13	14	10	12	11	10	16	17	19	17	18	16	19	14
UTEP	WAC							19	20					20
Villanova	Big East	12	17	17
West Virginia	A-10												15	14	11	15	14	19

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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