1988–89 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

The 1988–89 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Tom Davis and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 23–10 overall and 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as #4 seed in the East Region. After defeating Rutgers in the first round, they lost to #5 seed NC State in double overtime in the Round of 32.

1988–89 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Amana-Hawkeye Classic Champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 14
Record	23–10 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Davis (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Bruce Pearl (3rd season) Gary Close (3rd season) Rudy Washington
MVP	B. J. Armstrong Ed Horton Roy Marble
Home arena	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,500)
Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Indiana	15	–	3		.833			27	–	8		.771
No. 3 Illinois	14	–	4		.778			31	–	5		.861
No. 10 Michigan	12	–	6		.667			30	–	7		.811
No. 14 Iowa	10	–	8		.556			23	–	10		.697
Minnesota	9	–	9		.500			19	–	12		.613
Wisconsin	8	–	10		.444			18	–	12		.600
Purdue	8	–	10		.444			15	–	16		.484
Ohio State	6	–	12		.333			19	–	15		.559
Michigan State	6	–	12		.333			18	–	15		.545
Northwestern	2	–	16		.111			9	–	19		.321
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1988–89 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 4 Brian Garner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — Fr Milwaukee, Wisconsin G 10 B. J. Armstrong 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Sr Bloomfield Hills, Michigan G 11 Troy Skinner 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) — Fr Palmer, Iowa G/F 23 Roy Marble 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Sr Flint, Michigan G/F 24 James Moses 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Fr Carson, California F 25 Ed Horton 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Sr Springfield, Illinois G 32 Ray Thompson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Fr Summit, Illinois F 34 Wade Lookingbill 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Fr Fort Dodge, Iowa F 50 Matt Bullard 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) — Jr Des Moines, Iowa C 51 Les Jepsen 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) — Jr Bowbells, North Dakota	Head coach Tom Davis (UW–Platteville) Assistant coach(es) Bruce Pearl (Boston College) Gary Close (Arizona State) Rudy Washington (Redlands) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt

Schedule/results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/26/1988*	No. 7	McNeese State	W 77–56	1–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
11/29/1988*	No. 6	at Drake Iowa Big Four	W 96–72	2–0	Veterans Memorial Auditorium  Des Moines, IA
12/2/1988*	No. 6	Brown Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 109–61	3–0	Carver Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/3/1988*	No. 6	Georgia Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 102–76^[1]	4–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/6/1988* 7:00 pm	No. 5	Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	W 98–76^[2]	5–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/10/1988*	No. 5	Iowa State Rivalry	W 91–71^[3]	6–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/12/1988* 7:00 pm	No. 5	Jackson State	W 86–71^[4]	7–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/14/1988* 7:00 pm	No. 4	Central Florida	W 102–68^[5]	8–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/23/1988*	No. 4	vs. Eastern Illinois Chaminade Christmas Classic	W 89–71	9–0	Honolulu International Center  Honolulu, HI
12/24/1988*	No. 4	vs. Saint Louis Chaminade Christmas Classic	W 83–80	10–0	Honolulu International Center  Honolulu, HI
12/25/1988*	No. 4	vs. UC Riverside Chaminade Christmas Classic	L 92–110^[6]	10–1	Honolulu International Center  Honolulu, HI
12/30/1988*	No. 9	Texas State	W 96–77	11–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Regular Season
1/5/1989	No. 9	at Michigan State	W 93–82	12–1 (1–0)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
1/7/1989	No. 9	at No. 6 North Carolina	W 98-97^[7]	13–1	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, NC
1/14/1989	No. 5	at Minnesota	L 78–80	13–2 (1–1)	Williams Arena  Minnesota, MN
1/19/1989	No. 7	at No. 16 Ohio State	L 91–102	13–3 (1–2)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
1/21/1989	No. 7	at Purdue	W 67–66^[8]	14–3 (2–2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
1/26/1989	No. 12	Wisconsin	W 78–70	15–3 (3–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
1/30/1989	No. 12	at No. 16 Indiana	L 89–104	15–4 (3–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/2/1989	No. 9	Northwestern	W 102–84	16–4 (4–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/5/1989	No. 9	No. 2 Illinois	W 86–82^[9]^[10]	17–4 (5–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/9/1989	No. 8	No. 10 Michigan	L 107–108^[11]^[12] ^2 OT	17–5 (5–4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/11/1989	No. 8	at Wisconsin	L 54–65	17–6 (5–5)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
2/13/1989	No. 8	No. 16 Ohio State	W 83–75^[13]	18–6 (6–5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/18/1989	No. 15	Minnesota	W 99–61^[14]	19–6 (7–5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/22/1989	No. 14	at Northwestern	W 89–84^[15]	20–6 (8–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
2/26/1989	No. 14	Purdue	W 84–67^[16]	21–6 (9–5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
3/2/1989	No. 11	Michigan State	L 81–83^[17]	21–7 (9–6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
3/5/1989	No. 11	at No. 10 Michigan	L 96–119^[18]	21–8 (9–7)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
3/8/1989	No. 15	at No. 4 Illinois	L 94–118^[19]	21–9 (9–8)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
3/11/1989	No. 15	No. 6 Indiana	W 87–70^[20]	22–9 (10–8)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
NCAA tournament
3/17/1989*	(4) No. 14	vs. (13) Rutgers First Round	W 87–73^[21]	23–9	Providence Civic Center  Providence, RI
3/19/1989*  CBS	(4) No. 14	vs. (5) No. 19 NC State Second Round	L 96–102 ^2 OT[22]	23–10	Providence Civic Center  Providence, RI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
т = Tied with team above or below.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AP	7	7	6	5	4	4	9	9	5	7	12	9	8	15	14	11	15	14
Coaches	9	9^	7	6	5	4	9	9	6	8 т	12	13	11	15	16	11	17	15

^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

Team players in the 1989 NBA draft

See also: 1989 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	18	B. J. Armstrong	Chicago Bulls
1	23	Roy Marble	Atlanta Hawks
2	39	Ed Horton	Washington Bullets

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References

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12. "Michigan earns win in two OT's, 108-107" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 10, 1989. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
13. "Hawkeyes hold off Ohio State, 83-75" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 14, 1989. p. 1B. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
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18. "Wolverines bomb Iowa, injury sidelines Armstrong" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 6, 1989. p. 1B. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
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21. "Armstrong Stars As The Hawkeyes Get Past Rutgers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. March 18, 1989. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
22. "Monroe's heroics carry N.C. State past Iowa". Chicago Tribune. March 20, 1989. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
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