1988–89 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1988–89 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1988–89 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	19–12 (6–8 Big Eight)
Head coach	Roy Williams (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Jerry Green (1st season); Steve Robinson (1st season); Kevin Stallings (1st season); Mark Turgeon (2nd season);
Captains	Scooter Barry; Milt Newton;
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma	12	–	2	.857	30	–	6	.833
No. 6 Missouri †	10	–	4	.714	29	–	8	.784
Kansas State	8	–	6	.571	19	–	11	.633
Oklahoma State	7	–	7	.500	17	–	13	.567
Iowa State	7	–	7	.500	17	–	12	.586
Kansas	6	–	8	.429	19	–	12	.613
Nebraska	4	–	10	.286	17	–	16	.515
Colorado	2	–	12	.143	7	–	21	.250

† 1989 Big Eight tournament winner As of March 3, 2012 Rankings from AP poll

The 1988–89 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 91st basketball season. The head coach was Roy Williams, who served his 1st year at KU. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. The season remains, as of the 2024 tournament, the most recent tournament Kansas failed to qualify for, due to an NCAA-imposed postseason ban imposed on KU for recruiting violations committed by former coach Larry Brown. It also remains, as of the 2023–24 season the last time Kansas failed to win 20 games.

Roster

Name	#	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Home Town
Sean Alvarado	52	Center	6-11	215	Senior	Washington, D.C.
Scooter Barry	10	Guard	6-4	175	Senior	Concord, California
Jeff Gueldner	33	Guard/Forward	6-5	180	Junior	Charleston, Illinois
Brad Kampschroeder		Forward	6-7	190	Senior	Naperville, Illinois
Mike Maddox	32	Forward	6-8	200	Sophomore	Reseda, California
Lincoln Minor	11	Guard	6-3	175	Senior	Houston, Texas
Milt Newton	21	Guard/Forward	6-5	180	Senior	Washington, D.C.
Kevin Pritchard	14	Guard	6-4	180	Junior	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mark Randall	42	Forward	6-9	225	Sophomore	Englewood, Colorado
Kurt Sinnett					Freshman
Freeman West	34	Forward	6–5	190	Junior	East Chicago, Indiana

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
11/25/1988*		at Alaska Anchorage Great Alaska Shootout First Round	W 94-81	1-0	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK
11/26/1988*		vs. California Great Alaska Shootout Semifinals	W 86-71	2-0	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK
11/27/1988*		vs. Seton Hall Great Alaska Shootout Championship Game	L 81-92	2-1	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK
12/1/1988*		Seattle University	W 98-65	3-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/3/1988*		Loyola	W 100-80	4-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/7/1988*		Pacific Lutheran	W 112-61	5-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/10/1988*		vs. Temple	W 95-78	6-1	Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ
12/12/1988*		Northern Arizona	W 109-59	7-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/21/1988*	No. 20	at Texas Tech	W 81-80	8-1	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
12/29/1988*	No. 20	vs. Iona	W 100-67	9-1	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
12/30/1988*	No. 20	vs. Southwest Missouri State	W 82-73	10-1	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
1/3/1989*	No. 18	Brown	W 115-45	11-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
1/7/1989	No. 18	Iowa State	W 127-82	12-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
1/9/1989*	No. 18	SMU	W 90-82 ^OT	13-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
1/12/1989*	No. 16	at Miami	L 86-87	13-2	Miami Arena Miami, FL
1/14/1989	No. 16	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 75-74 ^OT	14-2	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
1/18/1989	No. 17	at No. 5 Oklahoma	L 95-123	14-3	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
1/21/1989	No. 17	at Colorado	W 89-74	15-3	Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
1/25/1989*	No. 18	Wichita State	W 86-66	16-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
1/28/1989	No. 18	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 70-71	16-4	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/1/1989		No. 5 Missouri Border War	L 66-91	16-5	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/4/1989		at Nebraska	L 70-74	16-6	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
2/8/1989		Oklahoma State	L 81-87	16-7	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/11/1989		at No. 3 Missouri Border War	L 80-93	16-8	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
2/15/1989		No. 1 Oklahoma	L 89-94 ^OT	16-9	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/18/1989*		at No. 11 Duke	L 77-102	16-10	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
2/22/1989		at Iowa State	L 89-97	16-11	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
2/25/1989		Colorado	W 111-83	17-11	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
3/1/1989		Nebraska	W 80-71	18-11	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
3/4/1989		at Oklahoma State	W 79-78	19-11	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
Big Eight Tournament
3/10/1989		vs. Kansas State Quarterfinals	L 65-73	19-12	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll, NCAA tournament seeds shown in parentheses. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

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Rankings

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17
AP						20	20	18	16	17	18
Coaches

*There was no coaches poll in week 1.

References

^ "Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball 1988-89 Season Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (English) on March 6, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2013.

[Schedule-1] "Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball 1988-89 Season Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (English) on March 6, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2013.

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References