| Sex: | none |
| Year: | 1988–89 |
| Team: | Southwest Missouri State Bears |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Conference: | Association of Mid-Continent Universities |
| Short Conf: | AMCU-8 |
| Record: | 21–10 |
| Conf Record: | 10–2 |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Champion: | AMCU-8 Regular Season Champions AMCU-8 tournament champions |
The 1988–89 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball team represented Southwest Missouri State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball during the 1988–89 season. Playing in the Summit League (AMCU-8) and led by head coach Charlie Spoonhour, the Bears finished the season with a 21–10 overall record and won the AMCU-8 regular season and conference tournament titles.[1] Southwest Missouri State lost to Seton Hall in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.
|-!colspan=9| Regular season
|-!colspan=9| 1989 AMCU-8 men's basketball tournament|-!colspan=10| 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament