1988–89 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

The 1988–89 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Clem Haskins, the Golden Gophers advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament and finished with a 19–12 record (9–9 Big Ten).

1988–89 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet 16
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	19–12 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Clem Haskins (3rd season)
Home arena	Williams Arena
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

Roster

1988–89 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 3 Kevin Lynch 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Bloomington, Minnesota G 20 Melvin Newbern 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Toledo, Ohio F 33 Richard Coffey 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Aurora, North Carolina F 34 Willie Burton 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Detroit, Michigan G 40 Walter Bond 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Chicago, Illinois F/C 45 Jim Shikenjanski 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Jr C Bob Martin 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Fr	Head coach Clem Haskins (Western Kentucky) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 26, 1989*		Ball State	L 57–63 OT	0–1	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Nov 29, 1989*		Youngstown State	W 97–64	1–1	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Dec 3, 1989*		Maryland Eastern Shore	W 112–68	2–1	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Dec 10, 1989*		Florida International	W 99–75	3–1	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Dec 13, 1989*		at Drake	L 52–66	3–2	Veterans Memorial Auditorium  Des Moines, IA
Dec 17, 1989*		at Marquette	W 83–67	4–2	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
Dec 21, 1989*		Detroit Mercy	W 93–69	5–2	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Dec 23, 1989*		at Northern Illinois	W 93–74	6–2	Chick Evans Field House  DeKalb, IL
Dec 30, 1989*		Denver	W 99–54	7–2	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten regular season
Jan 4, 1989		at Wisconsin	L 67–75	7–3 (0–1)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
Jan 7, 1989*		Kansas State	W 72–67	8–3	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Jan 12, 1989		at No. 6 Michigan	L 83–98	8–4 (0–2)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 14, 1989		No. 5 Iowa	W 80–78	9–4 (1–2)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Jan 18, 1989		Purdue	W 76–66	10–4 (2–2)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Jan 21, 1989		at Northwestern	L 67–75	10–5 (2–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Jan 26, 1989		No. 1 Illinois	W 69–62	11–5 (3–3)	Williams Arena (13,766) Minneapolis, MN
Jan 28, 1989		at Michigan State	L 64–73	11–6 (3–4)	Jenison Field House  East Lansing, MI
Feb 1, 1989		No. 17 Ohio State	W 76–73	12–6 (4–4)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Feb 4, 1989		at No. 17 Indiana	L 62–66	12–7 (4–5)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
Feb 8, 1989		Wisconsin	W 59–58	13–7 (5–5)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Feb 11, 1989		Michigan	W 88–80	14–7 (6–5)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Feb 18, 1989		at No. 14 Iowa	L 61–99	14–8 (6–6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
Feb 23, 1989		at Purdue	L 63–78	14–9 (6–7)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
Feb 25, 1989		No. 4 Indiana	L 62–75	14–10 (6–8)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Mar 2, 1989		at No. 8 Illinois	L 58–63	14–11 (6–9)	Assembly Hall (16,455) Champaign, IL
Mar 4, 1989		Northwestern	W 78–59	15–11 (7–9)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Mar 8, 1989		Michigan State	W 77–61	16–11 (8–9)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Mar 11, 1989		at Ohio State	W 78–70	17–11 (9–9)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
NCAA Tournament
Mar 16, 1989* CBS	(11 E)	vs. (6 E) Kansas State First Round	W 86–75	18–11	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
Mar 18, 1989* CBS	(11 E)	vs. (13 E) Siena Second Round	W 80–67	19–11	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
Mar 24, 1989* CBS	(11 E)	vs. (2 E) No. 9 Duke Sweet 16	L 70–87	19–12	Brendan Byrne Arena  East Rutherford, NJ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

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