1988–89 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1988–89 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 8
Record	27–8 (15–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (18th season)
Captain	Joe Hillman
Home arena	Assembly Hall
Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Indiana	15	–	3	.833	27	–	8	.771
No. 3 Illinois	14	–	4	.778	31	–	5	.861
No. 10 Michigan	12	–	6	.667	30	–	7	.811
No. 14 Iowa	10	–	8	.556	23	–	10	.697
Minnesota	9	–	9	.500	19	–	12	.613
Wisconsin	8	–	10	.444	18	–	12	.600
Purdue	8	–	10	.444	15	–	16	.484
Ohio State	6	–	12	.333	19	–	15	.559
Michigan State	6	–	12	.333	18	–	15	.545
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	9	–	19	.321
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988–89 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 18th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 27–8 and a conference record of 15–3, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference. As the Big Ten Conference Champions, the Hoosiers were invited to participate in the 1989 NCAA tournament as a 2-seed. IU made it to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to 3-seed and eventual national runner-up Seton Hall.^[1]

Roster

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No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
3	Jay Edwards	G/F	6–4	So.	Marion, Indiana
4	Lyndon Jones	G	6–2	So.	Marion, Indiana
5	Chuckie White	F	6–7	Jr.	Charlotte, North Carolina
10	Mark Robinson	F	6–5	Jr.	Van Nuys, California
11	Todd Jadlow	F/C	6–9	Sr.	Salina, Kansas
14	Magnus Pelkowski	C	6–10	Sr.	Bogotá, Colombia
21	Mike D'Aloisio	G	6–4	Sr.	Hillsborough, California
23	Jamal Meeks	G	6–1	Fr.	Freeport, Illinois
24	Matt Nover	F/C	6–8	RS Fr.	Chesterton, Indiana
32	Eric Anderson	F/C	6–9	Fr.	Chicago, Illinois
35	Jeff Oliphant	G	6–5	Jr.	Lyons, Indiana
42	Kreigh Smith	G/F	6–7	Sr.	Tipton, Indiana
44	Joe Hillman	G	6–2	Sr.	Glendale, California
45	Brian Sloan	F/C	6–8	Sr.	McLeansboro, Illinois

Schedule/Results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/18/1988*		Illinois State Preseason NIT First Round	W 83–48	1–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
11/20/1988*		Stanford Preseason NIT Second Round	W 84–73	2–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
11/23/1988*	No. 20	vs. No. 6 Syracuse Preseason NIT Semifinals	L 78–102	2–1	Madison Square Garden New York City
11/25/1988*	No. 20	vs. North Carolina Preseason NIT consolation round	L 92–106	2–2	Madison Square Garden New York City
11/29/1988*		at Miami (OH)	W 87–70	3–2	Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio
12/3/1988*		vs. No. 13 Louisville	L 79–101	3–3	Hoosier Dome Indianapolis
12/6/1988*		at Notre Dame	L 71–84	3–4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
12/9/1988*		VCU Indiana Classic	W 85–68	4–4	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/10/1988*		Santa Clara Indiana Classic	W 64–49	5–4	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/14/1988*		Arkansas-Little Rock	W 105–77	6–4	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/17/1988*		UTEP	W 81–63	7–4	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/20/1988*		at Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 75–52	8–4	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
12/28/1988*		vs. St. Bonaventure Hoosier Classic	W 103–66	9–4	Market Square Arena Indianapolis
12/29/1988*		vs. Utah State Hoosier Classic	W 73–61	10–4	Market Square Arena Indianapolis
1/4/1989		No. 14 Ohio State	W 75–65	11–4 (1–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
1/9/1989		at Purdue Rivalry	W 74–73	12–4 (2–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
1/14/1989		Northwestern	W 92–76	13–4 (3–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
1/19/1989	No. 19	at Wisconsin	W 61–58	14–4 (4–0)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
1/21/1989	No. 19	Michigan State	W 75–60	15–4 (5–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
1/23/1989	No. 19	at No. 6 Michigan	W 71–70	16–4 (6–0)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
1/28/1989	No. 16	at No. 1 Illinois Rivalry	L 65–75	16–5 (6–1)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
1/30/1989	No. 16	No. 12 Iowa	W 104–89	17–5 (7–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/4/1989	No. 17	Minnesota	W 66–62	18–5 (8–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/9/1989	No. 13	at Northwestern	W 72–56	19–5 (9–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
2/12/1989	No. 13	Purdue Rivalry	W 64–62	20–5 (10–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/19/1989	No. 9	No. 13 Michigan	W 76–75	21–5 (11–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/23/1989	No. 4	at Michigan State	W 76–65	22–5 (12–1)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan
2/25/1989	No. 4	at Minnesota	W 75–62	23–5 (13–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis
3/1/1989	No. 3	at Ohio State	W 73–66	24–5 (14–1)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
3/5/1989	No. 3	No. 8 Illinois Rivalry	L 67–70	24–6 (14–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
3/9/1989	No. 6	Wisconsin	W 75–64	25–6 (15–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
3/11/1989	No. 6	at No. 15 Iowa	L 70–87	25–7 (15–3)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
NCAA tournament
3/17/1989*	(2 W) No. 8	vs. (15 W) George Mason First Round	W 99–85	26–7 (15–3)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
3/19/1989*	(2 W) No. 8	vs. (7 W) UTEP Second Round	W 92–69	27–7 (15–3)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
3/23/1989*	(2 W) No. 8	vs. (3 W) No. 11 Seton Hall Sweet Sixteen	L 65–78	27–8 (15–3)	McNichols Sports Arena Denver
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West.

Rankings

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Main article: 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

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^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

v t e Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Venues	Old Assembly Hall (1900–1917) Men's Gymnasium (1917–1928) The Fieldhouse (1928–1960) New Fieldhouse (1960–1971) Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (1971–present) Cook Hall (practice)
Rivalries	Illinois Kentucky Purdue
Culture & lore	2011 Kentucky upset A Season on the Brink (film) Blue blood status Crimson Guard Crossroads Classic "Indiana, Our Indiana"
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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