| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1988–89 |
| Team: | Boise State Broncos |
| Conference: | Big Sky Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Sky |
| Record: | 23–7 |
| Conf Record: | 13–3 |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Bowl Result: | First round |
The 1988–89 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represented Boise State University during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncos were led by sixth-year head coach Bobby Dye and played their home games on campus at the BSU Pavilion in Boise, Idaho.
They finished the regular season at with a record in the Big Sky Conference, tied for first in the standings with rival Idaho. In the conference tournament at home in Boise, the top-seeded Broncos again received a bye into the semifinals and defeated Weber State by eleven points.[1] [2] They met second-seeded Idaho in the final and fell by seven.[3] [4]
With the NCAA tournament on their home floor,[5] BSU was invited to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), and traveled to Stillwater, Oklahoma,[6] where they lost by fourteen points to the Oklahoma State Cowboys of the Big Eight Conference.[7] [8]
The Broncos were led on the court by senior guard Chris Childs, who went on to a lengthy professional career, ending with nine years
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