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1988-89 Men's Southern Conference Season Summary

Record: 129-103, .556 W-L% (8th of 33) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: -3.14 (20th of 33)

SOS: -2.29 (20th of 33)

Regular Season Champion: Chattanooga

Player of the Year: John Taft

Coach of the Year: Randy Nesbit

Conference Tournament Champion: ETSU

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (ETSU)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: None

Ranked in Final AP Poll: None

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Chattanooga	10	4	.714	18	12	.600	77.0	76.8	-1.7	-1.5	Reg. Season Champion
2	Furman	9	5	.643	17	12	.586	74.9	76.4	-4.8	-2.1
3	Appalachian State	8	6	.571	20	8	.714	76.1	69.5	-0.9	-5.4
4	East Tennessee State	7	7	.500	20	11	.645	85.5	82.2	-0.5	-0.4	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion
4	The Citadel	7	7	.500	16	12	.571	77.7	73.0	-1.8	-2.3
6	Marshall	6	8	.429	15	15	.500	84.3	84.7	-2.2	-0.5
7	Virginia Military Institute	5	9	.357	11	17	.393	76.4	76.1	-5.9	-1.7
8	Western Carolina	4	10	.286	12	16	.429	71.4	72.3	-7.3	-4.3

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
Western Carolina	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Furman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Appalachian State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chattanooga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
VMI	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marshall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Citadel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ETSU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Chattanooga	30	18	12	.600	10	4	9	3	6	8				29.1	63.5	.459	5.5	15.9	.346	.502	13.3	19.6	.681		38.3	15.3	6.5	2.6	14.3	19.8	77.0	76.8	-1.71	-1.51
2	Furman	29	17	12	.586	9	5	7	3	5	6				27.6	58.4	.473	4.6	12.9	.358	.513	15.0	22.6	.666		33.7	16.3	7.0	1.7	15.6	21.7	74.9	76.4	-4.78	-2.10
3	Appalachian State	28	20	8	.714	8	6	7	3	9	4				26.9	56.1	.480	4.8	12.5	.380	.522	17.5	24.3	.719		35.0	14.3	8.2	2.8	15.2	20.1	76.1	69.5	-0.93	-5.41
4	The Citadel	28	16	12	.571	7	7	6	3	5	8				29.5	57.7	.511	5.5	11.7	.466	.558	13.2	18.4	.718		34.1	16.3	6.6	2.4	14.5	20.7	77.7	73.0	-1.78	-2.32
5	ETSU	31	20	11	.645	7	7	7	3	3	6				30.2	63.0	.479	6.7	16.4	.411	.533	18.4	24.8	.743		36.9	15.7	6.2	2.9	14.2	19.6	85.5	82.2	-0.54	-0.43
6	Marshall	30	15	15	.500	6	8	8	4	3	8				30.8	62.0	.497	4.3	11.4	.380	.531	18.5	27.2	.679		38.5	13.4	5.2	3.9	15.9	21.1	84.3	84.7	-2.21	-0.48
7	VMI	28	11	17	.393	5	9	5	4	2	11				29.3	60.3	.487	4.8	10.8	.440	.526	13.0	18.6	.695		33.9	10.5	6.9	1.8	13.3	16.4	76.4	76.1	-5.92	-1.71
8	Western Carolina	28	12	16	.429	4	10	4	5	4	9				26.3	52.7	.499	4.2	9.4	.447	.539	14.6	21.4	.684		29.9	12.4	8.6	1.8	15.8	19.4	71.4	72.3	-7.27	-4.35

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