1988–89 LSU Tigers basketball team

1988–89 LSU Tigers basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Southeast Conference
Division	West Division
Record	20–12 (11–7 SEC)
Head coach	Dale Brown (17th season)
Assistant coaches	Ron Abernathy (13th season) Bo Bahnsen Johnny Jones (5th season)
Home arena	Pete Maravich Assembly Center
Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Florida	13	–	5	.722	21	–	13	.618
No. 20 Alabama †	12	–	6	.667	23	–	8	.742
Vanderbilt	12	–	6	.667	19	–	14	.576
LSU	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Tennessee	11	–	7	.611	19	–	11	.633
Kentucky	8	–	10	.444	13	–	19	.406
Ole Miss	8	–	10	.444	15	–	15	.500
Mississippi State	7	–	11	.389	13	–	15	.464
Georgia	6	–	12	.333	15	–	16	.484
Auburn	2	–	16	.111	9	–	19	.321

† 1989 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll^[1]

The 1988–89 LSU Tigers men's basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 1988–89 NCAA men's college basketball season. The head coach was Dale Brown. The team was a member of the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Roster

1988–89 LSU Tigers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	24	Vernel Singleton	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr
F	33	Ricky Blanton	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Miami Killian	Miami, FL
G	35	Chris Jackson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Gulfport	Gulfport, MS
F	44	Wayne Sims	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So
C	53	Stanley Roberts (I)	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	285 lb (129 kg)	Fr	Lower Richland	Hopkins, SC

Head coach

Dale Brown (Minot State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 25, 1988*		Marist	W 94–58	1–0	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Nov 30, 1988*		Oral Roberts	L 96–100	1–1	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Dec 6, 1988*		Louisiana Tech	L 109–111	1–2	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Dec 8, 1988*		McNeese State	W 91–89	2–2	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Dec 10, 1988		at Florida	W 111–101	3–2 (1–0)	Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
Dec 8, 1988*		UT Martin	W 128–89	4–2	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Dec 22, 1988*		No. 5 Illinois	L 100–127	4–3	Maravich Assembly Center (14,192) Baton Rouge, LA
Dec 28, 1988*		vs. Morehead State Chaminade Classic	W 101–88	5–3	Honolulu, HI
Dec 29, 1988*		at Chaminade Chaminade Classic	W 94–79	6–3	Honolulu, HI
Dec 30, 1988*		vs. Nebraska Chaminade Classic	W 90–87	7–3	Honolulu, HI
Jan 2, 1989*		at Maryland	W 79–77	8–3	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, MD
Jan 4, 1989		Mississippi State	L 84–87	8–4 (1–1)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Jan 7, 1989		Auburn	W 104–77	9–4 (2–1)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Jan 11, 1989		at No. 17 Tennessee	L 96–100	9–5 (2–2)	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
Jan 14, 1989		at Kentucky	W 64–62	10–5 (3–2)	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
Jan 18, 1989 7:00 p.m., JPT		Vanderbilt	W 86–85	11–5 (4–2)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Jan 21, 1989		Alabama	W 80–76	12–5 (5–2)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Jan 25, 1989		at Georgia	W 80–79	13–5 (6–2)	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA
Jan 28, 1989* CBS		vs. No. 2 Georgetown	W 82–80^[3]	14–5	Louisiana Superdome (54,321) New Orleans, LA
Feb 1, 1989	No. 19	Ole Miss	W 105–75	15–5 (7–2)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Feb 4, 1989	No. 19	at Mississippi State	L 79–96	15–6 (7–3)	Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS
Feb 8, 1989		at Auburn	W 104–91	16–6 (8–3)	Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum Auburn, AL
Feb 11, 1989 JPT		Tennessee	W 122–106	17–6 (9–3)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Feb 15, 1989 7:00 p.m., JPT	No. 20	Kentucky	W 99–80	18–6 (10–3)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Feb 18, 1989 JPT	No. 20	at Vanderbilt	L 74–108	18–7 (10–4)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
Feb 20, 1989		Georgia	W 97–83	19–7 (11–4)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Feb 22, 1989 7:00 p.m., JPT		at Alabama	L 72–87	19–8 (11–5)	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
Feb 25, 1989* CBS		No. 18 UNLV	W 88–87	20–8	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Mar 1, 1989 7:00 p.m., JPT		Florida	L 95–104	20–9 (11–6)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Mar 4, 1989 TigerVision		at Ole Miss	L 112–113	20–10 (11–7)	C.M. "Tad" Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS
SEC Tournament
Mar 10, 1989* JPT		at Tennessee SEC Tournament Quarterfinal	L 77–95	20–11	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 1989*	(7 W)	vs. (10 W) UTEP First Round	L 74–85	20–12	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West.

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Rankings

Awards and honors

Chris Jackson – SEC Player of the Year, Consensus First-team All-American
Dale Brown – SEC Coach of the Year

References

^ sports-reference.com 1988-89 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
^ "1988-89 LSU Tigers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
^ "For Big Crowd, a Big Upset By L.S.U." New York Times. January 29, 1989. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
^ 2014-15 LSU Tigers basketball media guide Archived 2019-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-Apr-24.
^ College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-Apr-24.

v t e LSU Tigers men's basketball
Venues	State Field (1908–1924) Gym/Armory (1930–1937) John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum (1937–1971) Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1972–present) LSU Basketball Practice Facility LSU Strength and Conditioning facility Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes
Culture & lore	Traditions Mike the Tiger Bengal Brass One & Done
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	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
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

Awards and honors

References