1988–89 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team explained

Sport:	basketball
Year:	1988–89
Prev Year:	1987–88
Next Year:	1989–90
Team:	Seton Hall Pirates
Conference:	Big East Conference
Short Conf:	Big East
Coachrank:	11
Aprank:	11
Record:	31–7
Conf Record:	11–5
Head Coach:	P.J. Carlesimo
Hc Year:	7th
Arena:	Walsh Gymnasium Meadowlands Arena
Champion:	NCAA tournament, Runner-up Great Alaska Shootout champions
Tourney:	National Championship Game
Tourney Result:	L 79-80^OT vs. Michigan

The 1988–89 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University as members of the Big East Conference during the 1988–89 NCAA men's basketball season. The Pirates were led by seventh year head coach P.J. Carlesimo. They played their home games at Walsh Gymnasium and Meadowlands Arena. Unranked to start the season, Seton Hall finished the season as national runner-up with a 31–7 overall record (11–5 in Big East play). As the No. 3 seed in the West Regional of the NCAA tournament, they defeated Southwest Missouri State, Evansville, Indiana, and UNLV to reach the Final Four. In the national semifinals, the Pirates dispatched Duke 95-78. The magical tournament run ended with an 80-79 overtime loss to Michigan in the National Championship Game.

Schedule

^[1] ^[2]

Rankings

See main article: 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

т
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
Tied with team above or below also with this symbol -->
AP	NR	NR	NR	20	17	15	13	10	13	12	9	10	11	12	15	12	11	11
UPI	NR	NR	20	19	15	13	13	10	13	13	9	8	8	11	14	12	11	11

Player statistics

Player	G	GS	MIN	FG	FGA	Pct.	3–FG	3–FGA	Pct.	FT	FTA	Pct.	REB	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS	Avg.
	38	37	1082	210	482	.436	79	189	.418	159	194	.820	129	106	95	81	14	49	658	17.3
	38	37	1240	170	334	.509	94	221	.425	82	113	.726	172	108	110	81	19	36	516	13.6
	37	36	1016	161	303	.531	0	0	.000	119	149	.799	283	96	49	63	46	24	441	11.9
Daryll Walker	38	38	1044	147	283	.519	0	2	.000	144	183	.787	272	116	40	79	16	37	438	11.5
Gerald Greene	38	38	1192	91	216	.421	33	77	.429	129	173	.746	106	88	195	108	4	38	344	9.1
Frantz Volcy	37	1	462	72	129	.558	0	0	.000	47	69	.681	100	71	32	30	25	6	191	5.2
Mike Cooper	37	1	577	74	136	.544	0	0	.000	29	48	.604	116	71	32	36	16	12	177	4.8
	38	1	395	68	149	.456	0	0	.000	32	49	.653	114	63	12	38	27	6	168	4.4
Khyiem Long	12	1	70	11	17	.647	0	0	.000	6	9	.667	19	8	4	7	3	2	28	2.3
Pookey Wigington	32	0	258	13	38	.342	1	3	.333	32	41	.780	22	33	52	37	1	13	59	1.8
Nick Katsikis	31	0	142	18	35	.514	11	22	.500	2	4	.500	19	19	14	10	2	4	49	1.6
Trevor Crowley	21	0	81	10	32	.313	6	20	.300	0	0	.000	7	7	6	6	0	4	26	1.2
Rene Monteserin	15	0	29	3	8	.375	0	0	.000	1	2	.500	0	3	5	6	0	1	7	0.5
Jose Rebimbas	16	0	37	1	4	.250	0	1	.000	3	5	.600	4	6	6	4	0	2	5	0.3
Seton Hall	38		7625	1049	2166	.484	224	535	.419	785	1039	.756	1513	795	632	586	173	234	3107	81.8
Opponents	38		7625	934	2265	.412	150	455	.330	613	881	.696	1252	840	470	523	128	259	2631	69.2

Deadball rebounds: SHU 83, Opponents 104
Team Rebounds: SHU 150, Opponents 158

Awards and honors

P. J. Carlesimo - Big East Coach of the Year
John Morton - Third-team All-Big East, AP Honorable Mention All-American
Ramón Ramos - First-team All-Big East, AP Honorable Mention All-American

Local Radio

–Some games broadcast on WPAT-FM 93.1 because of broadcast conflict with the New York Knicks of the (NBA) and the New York Rangers of the (NHL).

Notes and References

http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/seha/graphics/pdf/stats/m-baskbl/19881989.pdf 1988-89 Seton Hall men's basketball statistics
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/seton-hall/1989-schedule.html 1988–89 Seton Hall Pirates, College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com