1988-89 Syracuse Orange Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 30-8 (10-6, 3rd in Big East MBB)

Rank: 7th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jim Boeheim

PS/G: 89.7 (14th of 293)

PA/G: 76.1 (170th of 293)

SRS: 22.31 (7th of 293)

SOS: 9.23 (24th of 293)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (104-81) versus #15 Bucknell
Won Midwest Second Round (65-50) versus #10 Colorado State
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (83-80) versus #3 Missouri
Lost Midwest Regional Final (89-86) versus #1 Illinois

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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
Syracuse	8	6	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	11	14	14	9	6	6	6	5	7

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 18, 1988	REG		La Salle	MAAC	10.76	W	92	76		1	0	W 1	Carrier Dome
2	Sat, Nov 19, 1988	REG		Wyoming	WAC	4.81	W	107	81		2	0	W 2	Carrier Dome
3	Mon, Nov 21, 1988	REG	N	Missouri (13)	Big 8	20.80	W	86	84	OT	3	0	W 3	Madison Square Garden (IV)
4	Wed, Nov 23, 1988	REG	N	Indiana (20)	Big Ten	20.27	W	102	78		4	0	W 4	Madison Square Garden (IV)
5	Mon, Nov 28, 1988	REG		Cornell	Ivy	-15.02	W	91	66		5	0	W 5	Carrier Dome
6	Fri, Dec 2, 1988	REG		East Tennessee State	Southern	-0.54	W	120	81		6	0	W 6	Carrier Dome
7	Sat, Dec 3, 1988	REG		Louisiana Tech	ASC	7.26	W	106	98		7	0	W 7	Carrier Dome
8	Wed, Dec 14, 1988	REG		U.S. International	Ind	-11.86	W	135	93		8	0	W 8	Carrier Dome
9	Sat, Dec 17, 1988	REG		Canisius	NAC	-8.59	W	95	69		9	0	W 9	Carrier Dome
10	Wed, Dec 21, 1988	REG		Western Michigan	MAC	-4.36	W	94	71		10	0	W 10	Carrier Dome
11	Tue, Dec 27, 1988	REG	@	Rutgers	A-10	2.52	W	100	81		11	0	W 11	Louis Brown Athletic Center
12	Fri, Dec 30, 1988	REG		Saint Francis (PA)	NEC	-15.82	W	105	63		12	0	W 12	Carrier Dome
13	Wed, Jan 4, 1989	REG		Pittsburgh	Big East	11.35	L	76	81		12	1	L 1	Carrier Dome
14	Sat, Jan 7, 1989	REG		Seton Hall (10)	Big East	20.91	W	90	66		13	1	W 1	Carrier Dome
15	Mon, Jan 9, 1989	REG	@	Villanova	Big East	7.84	L	73	75		13	2	L 1	The Pavilion
16	Sat, Jan 14, 1989	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	Big East	9.84	L	63	65		13	3	L 2	Madison Square Garden (IV)
17	Mon, Jan 16, 1989	REG	@	Connecticut	Big East	13.61	L	62	68		13	4	L 3	Hartford Civic Center
18	Sat, Jan 21, 1989	REG	@	Notre Dame	Ind	11.31	W	99	87		14	4	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
19	Tue, Jan 24, 1989	REG		Boston College	Big East	3.41	W	72	60		15	4	W 2	Carrier Dome
20	Sat, Jan 28, 1989	REG		Providence (20)	Big East	16.27	W	100	96		16	4	W 3	Carrier Dome
21	Wed, Feb 1, 1989	REG		Villanova	Big East	7.84	W	90	57		17	4	W 4	Carrier Dome
22	Sat, Feb 4, 1989	REG	@	Pittsburgh	Big East	11.35	W	103	80		18	4	W 5	Civic Arena
23	Mon, Feb 6, 1989	REG	@	Seton Hall (11)	Big East	20.91	W	85	79		19	4	W 6	Brendan Byrne Arena
24	Sat, Feb 11, 1989	REG		St. John's (NY)	Big East	9.84	W	92	69		20	4	W 7	Carrier Dome
25	Mon, Feb 13, 1989	REG	@	Georgetown (4)	Big East	20.76	L	54	61		20	5	L 1	Capital Centre
26	Sat, Feb 18, 1989	REG	@	Providence	Big East	16.27	W	87	80		21	5	W 1	Providence Civic Center
27	Sun, Feb 26, 1989	REG		Kentucky	SEC	4.45	W	89	73		22	5	W 2	Carrier Dome
28	Tue, Feb 28, 1989	REG		Connecticut	Big East	13.61	W	88	72		23	5	W 3	Carrier Dome
29	Thu, Mar 2, 1989	REG	@	Boston College	Big East	3.41	L	87	90		23	6	L 1	Silvio O. Conte Forum
30	Sun, Mar 5, 1989	REG		Georgetown (2)	Big East	20.76	W	82	76	OT	24	6	W 1	Carrier Dome
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Fri, Mar 10, 1989	CTOURN	N	Providence	Big East	16.27	W	79	76		25	6	W 2	Madison Square Garden (IV)
32	Sat, Mar 11, 1989	CTOURN	N	Seton Hall (11)	Big East	20.91	W	81	78		26	6	W 3	Madison Square Garden (IV)
33	Sun, Mar 12, 1989	CTOURN	N	Georgetown (3)	Big East	20.76	L	79	88		26	7	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
34	Fri, Mar 17, 1989	NCAA	N	Bucknell	ECC	-3.37	W	104	81		27	7	W 1	Reunion Arena
35	Sun, Mar 19, 1989	NCAA	N	Colorado State	WAC	7.54	W	65	50		28	7	W 2	Reunion Arena
36	Fri, Mar 24, 1989	NCAA	N	Missouri (6)	Big 8	20.80	W	83	80		29	7	W 3	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
37	Sun, Mar 26, 1989	NCAA	N	Illinois (3)	Big Ten	24.68	L	86	89		29	8	L 1	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome