1988–89 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

1988–89 Washington Huskies men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record12–16 (8–10 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coachRitchie McKay
Home arenaHec Edmundson Pavilion
Seasons
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 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth-year head coach Andy Russo, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

The Huskies were 12–15 overall in the regular season and 8–10 in conference play, sixth in the standings.[2] In the Pac-10 tournament in southern California at The Forum, Washington lost to third seed UCLA by ten points in the quarterfinal.[3][4]

Russo resigned less than two weeks later,[5][6] and was succeeded by alumnus Lynn Nance,[7] the head coach at Saint Mary's. The Gaels were WCAC champions, received an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament, and finished at 25–4 in 1989.[8]

This season's Final Four was held in Seattle at the Kingdome.

Postseason results

Date
time, TV 		Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Pacific-10 Tournament
Fri, March 10
9:00 pm 		vs. (3) UCLA
Quarterfinal 		L 54–64  12–16
 The Forum (9,001)
Inglewood, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific time.

References

  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "Pac-10 standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 6, 1989. p. 5D.
  3. ^ "UCLA 64, Washington 54". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 11, 1989. p. 4C.
  4. ^ "Beavers win, but rest struggle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokesman-Review). Associated Press. March 11, 1989. p. B2.
  5. ^ Cour, Jim (March 23, 1989). "Russo bows down at Washington". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
  6. ^ "Under fire, Russo opts to quit job". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 22, 1989. p. 1D.
  7. ^ Blanchette, John (April 4, 1989). "Huskies let the not-so-secret out: St. Mary's Nance to replace Russo". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  8. ^ "Huskies join hiring rush with Nance". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. April 4, 1989. p. 2C.