1988-89 Men's Southeastern Conference Season Summary

Record: 167-142, .540 W-L% (10th of 33) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 6.48 (7th of 33)

SOS: 5.59 (6th of 33)

Regular Season Champion: Florida

Player of the Year: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

Coach of the Year: C.M. Newton, Dale Brown, Wimp Sanderson

Conference Tournament Champion: Alabama

NCAA Tournament: 5 teams (Alabama, Florida, LSU, Tennessee and Vanderbilt)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 teams (Florida)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 teams (Alabama)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Florida	13	5	.722	21	13	.618	76.1	76.4	6.9	7.8	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Alabama	12	6	.667	23	8	.742	76.0	69.9	9.6	3.5	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion
3	Vanderbilt	12	6	.667	19	14	.576	77.2	72.3	11.8	7.7	NCAA Tournament
4	Louisiana State	11	7	.611	20	12	.625	92.7	89.4	8.1	6.4	NCAA Tournament
5	Tennessee	11	7	.611	19	11	.633	84.0	80.2	9.2	5.4	NCAA Tournament
6	Kentucky	8	10	.444	13	19	.406	69.4	72.4	4.5	7.5
7	Mississippi	8	10	.444	15	15	.500	75.8	74.6	4.4	4.5
8	Mississippi State	7	11	.389	13	15	.464	73.9	74.6	3.3	4.1
9	Georgia	6	12	.333	15	16	.484	76.5	75.3	7.3	5.6
10	Auburn	2	16	.111	9	19	.321	75.9	79.5	-0.3	3.3

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/21	11/28	12/5	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/2	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	3/6	Final
Tennessee	-	-	20	16	16	19	19	17	17	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LSU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	20	-	-	-	-
Kentucky	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mississippi State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ole Miss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Florida	15	15	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alabama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
Auburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Florida	34	21	13	.618	13	5	9	3	9	5				27.9	55.6	.502	2.8	9.1	.305	.527	17.4	26.9	.646		37.2	15.4	6.1	3.9	17.1	17.7	76.1	76.4	6.86	7.83
2	Alabama	31	23	8	.742	12	6	14	0	4	6				29.1	58.9	.494	4.3	10.3	.418	.530	13.5	19.3	.704		38.7	14.9	5.4	2.8	14.3	17.7	76.0	69.9	9.59	3.52
3	Vanderbilt	33	19	14	.576	12	6	13	2	4	8				28.0	58.7	.477	6.2	14.8	.414	.529	15.1	21.8	.692		35.4	17.0	6.2	1.8	12.6	14.3	77.2	72.3	11.82	7.66
4	LSU	32	20	12	.625	11	7	10	5	5	6				34.8	72.0	.484	5.6	14.4	.388	.523	17.4	22.6	.770		38.6	16.4	8.3	3.2	13.6	20.4	92.7	89.4	8.14	6.44
5	Tennessee	30	19	11	.633	11	7	13	4	5	6				31.1	66.0	.471	7.2	19.0	.381	.526	14.5	22.6	.641		39.4	17.2	9.7	4.4	16.7	20.5	84.0	80.2	9.21	5.41
6	Kentucky	32	13	19	.406	8	10	8	6	2	9				26.8	56.0	.478	3.4	9.4	.358	.508	12.5	18.0	.696		33.0	15.6	7.1	3.4	11.7	18.6	69.4	72.4	4.45	7.45
7	Ole Miss	30	15	15	.500	8	10	9	3	2	10				28.1	62.3	.452	4.4	12.0	.368	.487	15.1	21.6	.700		35.7	14.0	9.0	3.1	13.5	19.2	75.8	74.6	4.41	4.55
8	Mississippi State	28	13	15	.464	7	11	9	4	2	9				28.1	56.9	.494	3.1	9.6	.326	.522	14.5	21.1	.687		34.5	14.3	6.5	2.5	13.9	20.2	73.9	74.6	3.33	4.11
9	Georgia	31	15	16	.484	6	12	7	6	4	9				27.4	57.8	.473	4.2	10.5	.397	.509	17.6	24.3	.724		34.0	15.4	8.0	2.3	13.0	18.9	76.5	75.3	7.34	5.64
10	Auburn	28	9	19	.321	2	16	7	7	2	10				29.0	62.5	.465	4.6	13.4	.347	.502	13.2	20.1	.656		40.6	16.1	7.3	3.0	18.3	19.8	75.9	79.5	-0.30	3.27

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.