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1988-89 Seton Hall Pirates Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 31-7 (11-5, 2nd in Big East MBB)

Rank: 11th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: P.J. Carlesimo

PS/G: 81.8 (58th of 293)

PA/G: 69.2 (47th of 293)

SRS: 20.91 (8th of 293)

SOS: 9.16 (26th of 293)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in West)
Won West First Round (60-51) versus #14 Missouri State
Won West Second Round (87-73) versus #11 Evansville
Won West Regional Semifinal (78-65) versus #2 Indiana
Won West Regional Final (84-61) versus #4 Nevada-Las Vegas
Won National Semifinal (95-78) versus #2 Duke
Lost National Final (80-79) versus #3 Michigan

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AP Poll Summary

1988-89 Season AP Poll summary

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
Seton Hall	-	-	-	20	17	15	13	10	13	12	9	10	11	12	15	12	11	11

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 25, 1988	REG	N	Utah	WAC	5.07	W	86	68		1	0	W 1	Sullivan Arena
2	Sat, Nov 26, 1988	REG	N	Kentucky	SEC	4.45	W	63	60		2	0	W 2	Sullivan Arena
3	Sun, Nov 27, 1988	REG	N	Kansas	Big 8	15.95	W	92	81		3	0	W 3	Sullivan Arena
4	Fri, Dec 2, 1988	REG		Central Connecticut State	Ind	-20.27	W	81	42		4	0	W 4	Brendan Byrne Arena
5	Sat, Dec 3, 1988	REG		Mount St. Mary's	Ind	-9.07	W	107	75		5	0	W 5	Brendan Byrne Arena
6	Tue, Dec 6, 1988	REG		Saint Peter's	MAAC	-0.27	W	90	63		6	0	W 6	Brendan Byrne Arena
7	Sat, Dec 10, 1988	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	Big East	9.84	W	74	63		7	0	W 7	Madison Square Garden (IV)
8	Tue, Dec 13, 1988	REG		Rutgers	A-10	2.52	W	96	70		8	0	W 8	Brendan Byrne Arena
9	Fri, Dec 16, 1988	REG	@	Fordham	MAAC	-2.46	W	78	64		9	0	W 9	Rose Hill Gymnasium
10	Thu, Dec 22, 1988	REG		Princeton	Ivy	-2.17	W	64	46		10	0	W 10	Brendan Byrne Arena
11	Wed, Dec 28, 1988	REG	N	Virginia	ACC	15.38	W	84	67		11	0	W 11
12	Thu, Dec 29, 1988	REG	N	DePaul	Ind	9.41	W	83	60		12	0	W 12
13	Tue, Jan 3, 1989	REG		Georgetown (5)	Big East	20.76	W	94	86		13	0	W 13	Brendan Byrne Arena
14	Sat, Jan 7, 1989	REG	@	Syracuse (2)	Big East	22.31	L	66	90		13	1	L 1	Carrier Dome
15	Wed, Jan 11, 1989	REG	@	Iona	MAAC	-3.78	W	74	58		14	1	W 1	John A. Mulcahy Campus Events Center
16	Sat, Jan 14, 1989	REG		Connecticut	Big East	13.61	W	76	62		15	1	W 2	Brendan Byrne Arena
17	Mon, Jan 16, 1989	REG		Villanova	Big East	7.84	W	78	61		16	1	W 3	Brendan Byrne Arena
18	Wed, Jan 25, 1989	REG		Pittsburgh	Big East	11.35	L	79	82		16	2	L 1	Brendan Byrne Arena
19	Sat, Jan 28, 1989	REG		Boston College	Big East	3.41	W	103	79		17	2	W 1	Brendan Byrne Arena
20	Wed, Feb 1, 1989	REG	@	Georgetown (6)	Big East	20.76	L	66	74		17	3	L 1	Capital Centre
21	Sat, Feb 4, 1989	REG	@	Boston College	Big East	3.41	W	105	82		18	3	W 1	Silvio O. Conte Forum
22	Mon, Feb 6, 1989	REG		Syracuse (9)	Big East	22.31	L	79	85		18	4	L 1	Brendan Byrne Arena
23	Sat, Feb 11, 1989	REG	@	Villanova	Big East	7.84	W	83	77		19	4	W 1	The Pavilion
24	Wed, Feb 15, 1989	REG	@	Connecticut	Big East	13.61	W	72	69		20	4	W 2	Hartford Civic Center
25	Sat, Feb 18, 1989	REG	@	Pittsburgh	Big East	11.35	L	76	82		20	5	L 1	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
26	Tue, Feb 21, 1989	REG		St. John's (NY)	Big East	9.84	W	63	60		21	5	W 1	Brendan Byrne Arena
27	Sat, Feb 25, 1989	REG		Providence	Big East	16.27	W	84	80		22	5	W 2	Brendan Byrne Arena
28	Wed, Mar 1, 1989	REG	@	Providence	Big East	16.27	W	80	68		23	5	W 3	Providence Civic Center
29	Sun, Mar 5, 1989	REG		Brooklyn	Ind	-31.00	W	88	55		24	5	W 4	Brendan Byrne Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Fri, Mar 10, 1989	CTOURN	N	Connecticut	Big East	13.61	W	74	66		25	5	W 5	Madison Square Garden (IV)
31	Sat, Mar 11, 1989	CTOURN	N	Syracuse (5)	Big East	22.31	L	78	81		25	6	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
32	Fri, Mar 17, 1989	NCAA	N	Missouri State	Mid-Cont	5.96	W	60	51		26	6	W 1	McKale Center
33	Sun, Mar 19, 1989	NCAA	N	Evansville	MW Coll	12.16	W	87	73		27	6	W 2	McKale Center
34	Thu, Mar 23, 1989	NCAA	N	Indiana (8)	Big Ten	20.27	W	78	65		28	6	W 3	McNichols Sports Arena
35	Sat, Mar 25, 1989	NCAA	N	Nevada-Las Vegas (15)	Big West	17.42	W	84	61		29	6	W 4	McNichols Sports Arena
36	Sat, Apr 1, 1989	NCAA	N	Duke (9)	ACC	24.95	W	95	78		30	6	W 5	Kingdome
37	Mon, Apr 3, 1989	NCAA	N	Michigan (10)	Big Ten	27.63	L	79	80	OT	30	7	L 1	Kingdome