1988–89 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

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.

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

1988–89 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	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 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.

Roster

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

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

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