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1988–89 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

American college basketball season

American college basketball season

FieldValue
year1988–89
teamLouisville Cardinals
sportBasketball
image_size150
conferenceMetro Conference
short_confMetro Conference
CoachRank13
APRank12
record24–9
conf_record8–4
head_coachDenny Crum
hc_year18th
asst_coach1Wade Houston
asst_coach2Jerry Jones
asst_coach3Scooter McCray
mvpPervis Ellison
stadiumFreedom Hall
championMetro Conference tournament championship
tourneyNCAA men's Division I tournament
tourney_resultSweet Sixteen

The 1988–89 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville in the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals scored 24 wins and 8 losses. They played in the Metro Conference and finished in the "Sweet Sixteen" of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Their player Pervis Ellison won several individual awards.

Roster

  • Denny Crum ()
  • Wade Houston
  • Jerry Jones
  • Scooter McCray

Schedule and results

|- !colspan=12 style=| Regular season |- !colspan=12 style=| Metro Conference tournament |- !colspan=12 style=| NCAA Tournament

Index to colors and formatting
Louisville won
Louisville lost
* = Metro Conference Game
(A) = Away game
(H) = Home game
(N) = Neutral site game
DateOpponentRankResultRecordMetro Conference tournamentNCAA Midwest RegionalNCAA Midwest Regional
Nov. 18Xavier (A)#4L 83–850–1
Nov. 30Vanderbilt (A)#13L 62–650–2
Dec. 3Indiana (N)#15W 101–791–2
Dec. 6Murray State (H)#15W 83–512–2
Dec. 8Western Kentucky (A)#15W 81–693–2
Dec. 10Dayton (H)#15W 95–684–2
Dec. 17Oklahoma State (H)#15W 92–905–2
Dec. 21Eastern Kentucky (H)#14W 76–406–2
Dec. 31Kentucky (H)#14W 97–757–2
Jan. 4Virginia (H)#13W 74–718–2
Jan. 7DePaul (H)#13W 81–679–2
Jan. 9Virginia Tech* (A)#13W 82–7310–2
Jan. 11South Carolina* (H)#9W 75–5211–2
Jan. 15#19 Georgia Tech (A)#9W 67–6512–2
Jan. 22#10 UNLV (H)#4W 92–7413–2
Jan. 26Southern Miss* (A)#3W 95–7614–2
Jan. 29#17 Ohio State (H)#3L 79–8514–3
Feb. 1Virginia Tech* (H)#7W 108–9515–3
Feb. 4Memphis State* (A)#7W 101–8516–3
Feb. 6#8 Florida State* (H)#7L 78–8116–4
Feb. 8Cincinnati* (A)#4W 69–6617–4
Feb. 12UCLA (A)#4L 75–7717–5
Feb. 16#17 Florida State* (A)#10W 78–7718–5
Feb. 20Memphis State* (H)#10L 67–7218–6
Feb. 22Southern Miss.* (H)#8W 96–8319–6
Feb. 25South Carolina* (A)#8L 73–7719–7
Mar. 1Cincinnati* (H)#14L 71–7719–8
Mar. 4Notre Dame (A)#14W 87–7720–8
Mar. 11Memphis State (N)#16W 71–7021–8
Mar. 12#14 Florida State (N)#16W 87–8022–8
Mar. 16Ark.-Little Rock (N)#16W 76–7123–8
Mar. 18Arkansas (N)#16W 93–8424–8
Mar. 24#3 Illinois (N)#12L 69–8324–9

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Rankings

Main article: 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Awards and honors

  • Pervis Ellison : Metro Conference tournament Most Outstanding Player

Individual All-America teams

  • Pervis Ellison : 1989 Consensus All-America first team
  • Pervis Ellison : First team All-American by NABC and USBWA
  • Pervis Ellison : Second team All-American by Associated Press and UPI

Team players drafted into the NBA

References

References

  1. . ["1988–89 Louisville Cardinals"](https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/louisville/1989.html).
  2. "1988–89 Louisville Cardinals Schedule and Results".
  3. "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
  4. [http://nabc.cstv.com/nabc_awards/nabc_awards-all-america-div1-80s.html All-America – Division I (1980's)] {{webarchive. link. (March 18, 2008)
  5. "USBWA Men's All-Americans".
  6. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html AP All-America Teams]
  7. [http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uploads/PDF/m_basketball_finesta2ccdb4e-d86f-4abf-a138-5bb24fd77472.pdf 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest – All-Americans] {{webarchive. link. (2009-07-21 p.208)
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