1988–89 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

1988–89 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
NIT, fourth place
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	18–15 (6–12 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jud Heathcote (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Tom Izzo Herb Williams Jim Boylan
Captains	Ken Redfield Todd Wolfe
Home arena	Jenison Fieldhouse
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

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 Field House 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. This season marked the Spartans' final season of basketball at Jenison Fieldhouse before moving to their current venue, the Breslin Center, the following season. The Spartans finished the season 18–15, 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in eighth place. Michigan State received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament where 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 eighth place in Big Ten play.

Roster and statistics

1988–89 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
No	Name	Pos	Year	Height	Pts	Reb	Ast
22	Jeff Casler	G	SO	6–0	0.8	0.6	0.7
23	Jesse Hall	G	SO	6–3	3.8	1.8	1.3
42	Parish Hickman	F	FR	6–7	5.1	3.2	0.4
10	Kirk Manns	G	JR	6–1	11.5	0.6	1.0
11	Mark Montgomery	G	FR	6–2	3.3	1.9	3.0
34	David Mueller	F	JR	6–9	0.3	0.6	0.0
20	Ken Redfield	F	JR	6–7	14.3	6.6	4.0
30	Jim Sarkine	F	SR	6–9	0.1	0.3	0.1
21	Steve Smith	G	SO	6–6	17.9	7.2	3.3
35	Matt Steigenga	F	FR	6–7	9.0	4.6	1.4
44	Scott Sekal	F	SR	6–8	2.1	0.9	0.0
24	Todd Wolfe	G/F	SR	6–5	8.1	3.0	1.1
25	Jon Zulauf	F	FR	6–7	0.0	3.0	0.0

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	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 quarterfinals	W 60–57	9–0	Memorial Coliseum   Portland, OR
Dec 28, 1988*		vs.  Oregon State Far West Classic semifinals	L 58–63	9–1	Memorial Coliseum  Portland, OR
Dec 29, 1988*		vs.  Oregon Far West Classic third place game	W 76–61	10–1	Memorial Coliseum  Portland, OR
Big Ten regular season
Jan 5, 1989		No. 9  Iowa	L 82–93	10–2 (0–1)	Jenison Field House  East Lansing, MI
Jan 7, 1989		at No. 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		No. 18  Ohio State	L 81–83	11–4 (1–3)	Jenison Field House  East Lansing, MI
Jan 21, 1989		at No. 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 No. 11  Michigan Rivalry	L 66–82	13–7 (3–6)	Crisler Arena   Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 11, 1989		at No. 16 Ohio State	L 75–81	13–8 (3–7)	St. John Arena   Columbus, OH
Feb 16, 1989		No. 5 Illinois	L 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		No. 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		No. 13 Michigan Rivalry	L 52–79	14–12 (4–11)	Jenison Field House  East Lansing, MI
Mar 2, 1989		at No. 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 [3] .

References

1. "1989 Michigan State Spartans". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
2. "2015-2016 Michigan State Spartans Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2018.
3. "1988-89 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results".