| Sport: | basketball |
| Year: | 1988–89 |
| Team: | NC State Wolfpack |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Coachrank: | 18 |
| Aprank: | 19 |
| Record: | 22–9 |
| Conf Record: | 10–4 |
| Head Coach: | Jim Valvano |
| Hc Year: | 9th |
| Arena: | Reynolds Coliseum |
| Champion: | ACC Regular Season Champions |
| Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
| Tourney Result: | Sweet 16 |
The 1988–89 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team represented North Carolina State University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 1988–89 men's college basketball season. It was Jim Valvano's 9th season as head coach.
|-!colspan=12 style=| Regular season
|-!colspan=12 style=| ACC Tournament|-!colspan=12 style=| NCAA Tournament
See also: 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.