1988–89 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team explained

Year:1988–89
Team:Arizona Wildcats
Sport:Basketball
Conference:Pacific-10
Short Conf:Pac-10
Coachrank:1
Aprank:1
Record:29–4
Conf Record:17–1
Hc Year:6th
Ac1 Year:3rd
Ac2 Year:1st
Arena:McKale Center (Capacity: 14,545)
Champion:Pacific-10 regular season champions
Pacific-10 tournament champions
Tourney Result:Sweet Sixteen

The 1988–89 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona. The head coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. In the Pac-10 Basketball Tournament, Arizona beat Stanford by a score of 73–51 to claim its second consecutive Pac-10 title.

Schedule and results

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NCAA basketball tournament

Seeding in brackets

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Rankings

See main article: 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. ^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round Pick Player NBA Club
1 3 San Antonio Spurs
1 24 Phoenix Suns
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Notes and References

  1. News: Arizona Quickly Slams the Door on Robert Morris . . March 17, 1989 . August 23, 2020.
  2. News: Arizona Wins Over Clemson in Victory . Los Angeles Times . March 19, 1989 . August 23, 2020.
  3. News: . No. 1 Arizona Upset On 3-Pointer at :002 . March 24, 1989 . August 23, 2020.
  4. Web site: RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More.
  5. Web site: About Us . 2009-04-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090107024610/http://www.ruppawards.com/index_files/Page356.htm . 2009-01-07 .
  6. Web site: Wooden Award - Athletics . 2009-05-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090413170924/http://woodenaward.cstv.com/ot/award-winners.html . 2009-04-13 . dead .
  7. Web site: 1989 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com . 2009-05-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100317221214/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1989&lg=N . 2010-03-17 .