1988-89 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: Michigan

Final Four: Duke, Illinois, Michigan and Seton Hall

Consensus Player of the Year: Sean Elliott

AP Preseason #1: Duke

AP Final #1: Arizona

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Pacific-10 Conference	10	170	136	.556	10.41	8.10	1	4	0	Arizona	Arizona
2	Big Ten Conference	10	209	119	.637	16.86	11.70	1	5	2	Indiana
3	Southwest Conference	9	143	126	.532	2.94	2.46	0	2	0	Arkansas	Arkansas
4	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	162	94	.633	14.83	9.06	0	6	1	NC State	North Carolina
5	Trans America Athletic Conference	10	147	139	.514	-5.15	-4.11	0	1	0	Georgia Southern	Little Rock
6	Southeastern Conference	10	167	142	.540	6.48	5.59	1	5	0	Florida	Alabama
7	Mid-American Conference	9	142	122	.538	0.30	0.79	1	1	0	Ball State	Ball State
8	Independent	22	261	364	.418	-9.50	-3.72	0	2	0
9	Sun Belt Conference	8	125	113	.525	3.88	2.41	0	1	0	South Alabama	South Alabama
10	American South Conference	6	106	71	.599	1.84	-0.25	0	1	0	New Orleans	Louisiana Tech
11	Big Sky Conference	9	134	127	.513	-2.73	-0.96	0	1	0	Boise State, Idaho	Idaho
12	Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference	7	122	85	.589	8.80	5.37	0	4	0	Florida State	Louisville
13	Big East Conference	9	193	103	.652	14.03	8.46	0	5	1	Georgetown	Georgetown
14	Big Eight Conference	8	155	99	.610	13.25	9.11	0	4	0	Oklahoma	Missouri
15	Western Athletic Conference	9	158	121	.566	6.35	4.27	0	2	0	Colorado State	UTEP
16	North Atlantic Conference	10	125	156	.445	-7.74	-5.89	0	1	0	Siena	Siena
17	Missouri Valley Conference	8	119	121	.496	0.93	2.31	0	1	0	Creighton	Creighton
18	Mid-Continent Conference	8	118	116	.504	-1.41	-0.69	0	1	0	Missouri State	Missouri State
19	Big West Conference	10	151	147	.507	2.60	3.07	0	1	0	Nevada-Las Vegas	Nevada-Las Vegas
20	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	125	112	.527	1.99	2.20	0	2	0	Saint Mary's (CA)	Loyola Marymount
21	Ohio Valley Conference	7	96	113	.459	-6.35	-3.49	0	1	0	Middle Tennessee, Murray State	Middle Tennessee
22	Southern Conference	8	129	103	.556	-3.14	-2.29	0	1	0	Chattanooga	East Tennessee State
23	Midwestern Collegiate Conference	7	114	100	.533	2.42	1.72	0	2	0	Evansville	Evansville
24	Atlantic 10 Conference	10	140	154	.476	-2.24	-0.70	0	2	0	West Virginia	Rutgers
25	East Coast Conference	8	117	114	.506	-7.91	-7.42	0	1	0	Bucknell	Bucknell
26	Colonial Athletic Association	8	116	119	.494	-6.01	-4.58	0	1	0	Richmond	George Mason
27	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	8	116	119	.494	-4.10	-3.41	0	1	0	La Salle	La Salle
28	Southland Conference	8	102	129	.442	-7.15	-5.30	0	1	0	North Texas	McNeese State
29	Southwest Athletic Conference	8	104	126	.452	-10.21	-6.28	0	1	0	Grambling, Southern, Texas Southern	Southern
30	Northeast Conference	9	123	134	.479	-14.72	-11.55	0	1	0	Robert Morris	Robert Morris
31	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	9	121	138	.467	-14.58	-11.51	0	1	0	South Carolina State	South Carolina State
32	Ivy League	8	96	115	.455	-12.05	-7.51	0	1	0	Princeton
33	Big South Conference	7	96	105	.478	-13.48	-10.10	0	0	0	Coastal Carolina	UNC Asheville

AP Polls

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
School	Conf	Pre	11/29	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	3/7	Final
Arizona	Pac-10	11	9	10	9	9	8	7	10	7	5	3	1	2	2	1	1	1
Georgetown	Big East	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	7	4	2	5	2	4	3	2	3	2
Illinois	Big Ten	5	6	9	6	5	4	3	2	2	1	2	7	6	10	9	5	3
UNC	ACC	3	10	5	8	7	5	4	8	12	6	3	6	7	4	5	8	4
Oklahoma	Big 8	6	5	7	7	8	7	6	3	6	4	1	5	1	1	4	2	5
Indiana	Big Ten	17								17	14	16	12	8	6	3	6	6
Duke	ACC	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	10	14	12	8	8	7	7
Missouri	Big 8	13	11	11	10	10	11	13	12	8	8	6	3	3	7	7	10	8
Syracuse	Big East	8	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	11	13	14	10	5	5	6	4	9
Michigan	Big Ten	2	2	2	2	2	2	7	5	5	10	11	9	13	13	10	9	10
Seton Hall	Big East		20	19	15	13	13	10	13	13	9	8	8	11	14	12	11	11
Stanford	Pac-10	19	19							18	18	18	18	16	17	13	12	12
Louisville	Metro	10	16	14	16	15	14	11	9	3	3	7	4	10	9	14	15	13
UNLV	Big West	7	8	8	13	14	10	12	11	10	16	17	19	17	18	16	19	14
Iowa	Big Ten	9	7	6	5	4	9	9	6	8	12	13	11	15	16	11	16	15
Florida State	Metro	18	14	13	12	11	12	15	14	14	11	9	13	9	12	16	16	16
Arkansas	SWC																20	17
NC State	ACC				20	20	18	18	17	15	15	12	17	18	15	18	13	18
West Virginia	A-10												15	14	11	15	14	19
Alabama	SEC																	20
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
School	Conf	Pre	11/29	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	3/7	Final
Ball State	MAC														20	18	18
Saint Mary's	WCAC										20	19	20			20
Little Rock	TAAC														19
Ohio State	Big Ten		15	15	14	12	15	14	15	16	17	15	16	19
UTEP	WAC							19	20					20
UCLA	Pac-10			18	19									20
Georgia Tech	ACC	16	12	12	11	16	17	16	16	20	19		20
LSU	SEC											20
Providence	Big East								18	19
Tennessee	SEC			16	17	18	20	17	18	20
Georgia	SEC					19	16	20
South Carolina	Metro					17	19
Notre Dame	Ind				18
Villanova	Big East	12	17	17
Oregon State	Pac-10			20
Temple	A-10	15	13
Florida	SEC	14	18