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1988–89 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
1988–89 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
Pacific-10 regular season champions; Pacific-10 tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
Record	29–4 (17–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Lute Olson (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Kevin O'Neill (3rd season); Jessie Evans (1st season);
Home arena	McKale Center (Capacity: 14,545)
	Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Arizona †	17	–	1	.944	29	–	4	.879
No. 13 Stanford	15	–	3	.833	26	–	7	.788
UCLA	13	–	5	.722	21	–	10	.677
Oregon State	13	–	5	.722	22	–	8	.733
California	10	–	8	.556	20	–	13	.606
Washington	8	–	10	.444	12	–	16	.429
Arizona State	5	–	13	.278	12	–	16	.429
Washington State	4	–	14	.222	10	–	19	.345
Oregon	3	–	15	.167	8	–	21	.276
USC	2	–	16	.111	10	–	22	.313

† Conference tournament winner As of April 15, 1989^[1] Rankings from AP poll

The 1988–89 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona. The head coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. In the Pac-10 Basketball Tournament, Arizona beat Stanford by a score of 73–51 to claim its second consecutive Pac-10 title.

Roster

1988–89 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	00	Anthony Cook	—	—	Sr	Van Nuys HS	Los Angeles, CA
G	11	Kenny Lofton	—	—	Sr	Washington HS	East Chicago, IN
G	24	Matt Muehlebach	—	—
SF	32	Sean Elliott	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Cholla HS	Tucson, AZ
SF	35	Jud Buechler	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Poway HS	Poway, CA

Head coach

Lute Olsen

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 30, 1988*	No. 11	New Mexico	W 80–67	1–0	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec 2, 1988*	No. 11	vs. No. 10 North Carolina Diet Pepsi Tournament of Champions	L 72–79	1–1	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Dec 3, 1988*	No. 11	vs. No. 17 Temple Diet Pepsi Tournament of Champions	W 68–50	2–1	Charlotte, Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Dec 10, 1988*	No. 10	No. 9 UNLV	W 86–75	3–1	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec 18, 1988	No. 9	Washington State	W 76–59	4–1 (1–0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec 20, 1988	No. 9	Washington	W 116–61	5–1 (2–0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec 23, 1988	No. 9	at Oregon State	W 73–69	6–1 (3–0)	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
Dec 28, 1988*	No. 8	Loyola-Chicago	W 106–82	7–1	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec 30, 1988*	No. 8	Pittsburgh	W 88–62	8–1	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan 5, 1989	No. 8	at Stanford	L 78–83	8–2 (3–1)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Jan 7, 1989	No. 8	at California	W 64–55	9–2 (4–1)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Jan 12, 1989	No. 12	Oregon State	W 85–64	10–2 (5–1)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan 14, 1989	No. 12	Oregon	W 95–71	11–2 (6–1)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan 19, 1989	No. 9	at USC	W 97–69	12–2 (7–1)	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Jan 21, 1989*	No. 9	Villanova	W 75–67	13–2	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan 26, 1989	No. 6	at Arizona State Rivalry	W 96–71	14–2 (8–1)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Jan 29, 1989*	No. 6	No. 19 Stanford	W 72–52	15–2 (9–1)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb 2, 1989	No. 4	California	W 86–59	16–2 (10–1)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb 5, 1989	No. 4	at Washington	W 85–68	17–2 (11–1)	Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington
Feb 9, 1989	No. 1	at Oregon	W 78–57	18–2 (12–1)	McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon
Feb 12, 1989*	No. 1	at No. 5 Oklahoma	L 80–82^[2]	18–3	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 16, 1989	No. 2	USC	W 93–70	19–3 (13–1)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb 18, 1989	No. 2	UCLA Rivalry	W 102–62	20–3 (14–1)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb 23, 1989	No. 2	Arizona State Rivalry	W 109–74	21–3 (15–1)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb 26, 1989*	No. 2	vs. No. 9 Duke	W 77–75	22–3	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey
Mar 2, 1989	No. 1	at Washington State	W 74–48	23–3 (16–1)	Friel Court Pullman, Washington
Mar 4, 1989	No. 1	at UCLA Rivalry	W 89–86	24–3 (17–1)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Pac-10 Tournament
Mar 10, 1989*	(1) No. 1	vs. (8) Washington State Pac-10 Tournament Quarterfinal	W 62–54	25–3	The Forum Inglewood, California
Mar 11, 1989*	(1) No. 1	vs. (4) Oregon State Pac-10 Tournament Semifinal	W 98–87	26–3	The Forum Inglewood, California
Mar 12, 1989*	(1) No. 1	vs. (2) No. 12 Stanford Pac-10 tournament championship	W 73–51	27–3	The Forum Inglewood, California
NCAA Tournament
Mar 16, 1989*	(1 W) No. 1	vs. (16 W) Robert Morris First round	W 94–60	28–3	BSU Pavilion Boise, Idaho
Mar 18, 1989*	(1 W) No. 1	vs. Clemson Second Round	W 94–68	29–3	BSU Pavilion Boise, Idaho
Mar 23, 1989*	(1 W) No. 1	vs. (4 W) No. 15 UNLV West Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 67–68	29–4	McNichols Sports Arena Denver, Colorado
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West.