The 1988–89 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth-year head coach Andy Russo, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.
| 1988–89 Washington Huskies men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Record | 12–16 (8–10 Pac-10) |
| Head coach |
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| Assistant coach | Ritchie McKay |
| Home arena | Hec Edmundson Pavilion |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Arizona † | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 29 | – | 4 | .879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Stanford | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 8 | – | 21 | .276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Conference tournament winner As of April 15, 1989[1] Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Huskies were 12–15 overall in the regular season and 8–10 in conference play, sixth in the standings.[2] In the Pac-10 tournament in southern California at The Forum, Washington lost to third seed UCLA by ten points in the quarterfinal.[3][4]
Russo resigned less than two weeks later,[5][6] and was succeeded by alumnus Lynn Nance,[7] the head coach at Saint Mary's. The Gaels were WCAC champions, received an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament, and finished at 25–4 in 1989.[8]
This season's Final Four was held in Seattle at the Kingdome.
Postseason results
edit| Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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| Pacific-10 Tournament | |||||||||||
| Fri, March 10 9:00 pm |
vs. (3) UCLA Quarterfinal |
L 54–64 | 12–16 |
The Forum (9,001) Inglewood, California | |||||||
References
edit- ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ "Pac-10 standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 6, 1989. p. 5D.
- ^ "UCLA 64, Washington 54". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 11, 1989. p. 4C.
- ^ "Beavers win, but rest struggle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokesman-Review). Associated Press. March 11, 1989. p. B2.
- ^ Cour, Jim (March 23, 1989). "Russo bows down at Washington". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
- ^ "Under fire, Russo opts to quit job". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 22, 1989. p. 1D.
- ^ Blanchette, John (April 4, 1989). "Huskies let the not-so-secret out: St. Mary's Nance to replace Russo". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
- ^ "Huskies join hiring rush with Nance". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. April 4, 1989. p. 2C.
External links
edit- Sports Reference – Washington Huskies: 1988–89 basketball season