1988–89 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

1988–89 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
1988–89 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
NIT, Fourth Place
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1988–89 record	18–15 (6–12 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jud Heathcote (13th year)
Assistant coach	Tom Izzo
Home arena	Jenison Fieldhouse
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The 1988–89 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his 13th year at Michigan State. The Spartans finished with an overall record of 18–15, 6–12 to finish in 8th place in Big Ten play. Michigan State received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament. There they beat Kent State, Wichita State, and Villanova to reach the semifinals at Madison Square Garden. In the semifinals, they lost to Saint Louis. In the third place game, they lost to UAB in overtime.

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 1987–88 season with an overall record of 10–18, 5–13 to finish in 8th place in Big Ten play.

Roster

1988–89 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
Name	Summary
Jeff Casler	0.8 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Jesse Hall	3.8 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Parish Hickman	5.1 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Kirk Manns	11.5 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Mark Montgomery	3.3 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 3.0 Ast
Dave Mueller	0.3 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Ken Redfield	14.3 Pts, 6.6 Reb, 4.0 Ast
Jim Sarkine	0.1 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Steve Smith	17.9 Pts, 7.2 Reb, 3.25 Ast
Matt Steigenga	9.0 Pts, 4.6 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Scott Sekal	2.1 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Todd Wolfe	8.1 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Jon Zulauf	0.0 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
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Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Non-Conference Regular season
Nov 28, 1988*	Furman	W 98–68	1–0	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Nov 30, 1988*	at Nebraska	W 77–75	2–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
Dec 10, 1988*	Bowling Green State	W 89–72	3–0	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 13, 1988*	UIC	W 96–74	4–0	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 15, 1988*	at Detroit Mercy	W 96–74	5–0	Calihan Hall Detroit, MI
Dec 16, 1988*	Bowling Green State	W 89–72	6–0	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 17, 1988*	Austin Peay	W 70–60	7–0	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 22, 1988*	Eastern Michigan	W 91–76	8–0	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 27, 1988*	vs. Colorado Far West Classic	W 60–57	9–0	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
Dec 28, 1988*	vs. Oregon State Far West Classic	L 58–63	9–1	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
Dec 29, 1988*	vs. Oregon Far West Classic	W 76–61	10–1	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
Big Ten Regular Season
Jan 5, 1989	#9 Iowa	L 82–93	10–2 (0–1)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Jan 7, 1989	at #3 Illinois	L 54–71	10–3 (0–2)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
Jan 11, 1989	at Northwestern	W 64–62	11–3 (1–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Jan 14, 1989	#18 Ohio State	L 81–83	11–4 (1–3)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Jan 21, 1989	at #19 Indiana	L 60–75	11–5 (1–4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Jan 25, 1989	Purdue	W 106–83	12–5 (2–4)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Jan 28, 1989	Minnesota	W 73–64	13–5 (3–4)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Feb 2, 1989	at Wisconsin	L 64–69	13–6 (3–5)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
Feb 4, 1989	at #11 Michigan Rivalry	W 66–82	13–7 (3–6)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 11, 1989	at #16 Ohio State	L 75–81	13–8 (3–7)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
Feb 16, 1989	#5 Illinois	W 56–75	13–9 (3–8)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Feb 18, 1989	at Purdue	L 65–76	13–10 (3–9)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Feb 23, 1989	#4 Indiana	L 65–76	13–11 (3–10)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Feb 25, 1989	Northwestern	W 80–65	14–11 (4–10)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Feb 27, 1989	#13 Michigan Rivalry	L 52–79	14–12 (4–11)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Mar 2, 1989	at #11 Iowa	W 83–81	15–12 (5–11)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Mar 8, 1989	at Minnesota	L 61–77	15–13 (5–12)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Mar 11, 1989	Wisconsin	W 70–61	16–13 (6–12)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
NIT
Mar 16, 1989*	Kent State First Round	W 83–69	17–13	Cobo Arena Detroit, MI
Mar 20, 1989*	Wichita State Second Round	W 79–67	18–13	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Mar 22, 1989*	at Villanova Quarterfinals	W 70–63	19–13	The Pavilion Villanova, PA
Mar 27, 1989*	vs. Saint Louis Semifinals	L 64–74	19–14	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
Mar 30, 1989*	vs. UAB Third Place Game	L 76–78 ^OT	19–15	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time Source^[2].

References

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1988–89 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#8 Indiana	15	–	3	.833	27	–	8	.771
#3 Illinois	14	–	4	.778	31	–	5	.861
#10 Michigan	12	–	6	.667	30	–	7	.811
#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