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1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament

Field	Value
Year	1989
Image	1989 Final Four logo.png
ImageSize	140px
Teams	64
FinalFourArena	Kingdome
FinalFourCity	Seattle, Washington
Champions	Michigan Wolverines
TitleCount	1st
ChampGameCount	3rd
ChampFFCount	4th
RunnerUp	Seton Hall Pirates
GameCount	1st
RunnerFFCount	1st
Semifinal1	Duke Blue Devils
FinalFourCount	7th
Semifinal2	Illinois Fighting Illini
FinalFourCount2	4th
Coach	Steve Fisher
CoachCount	1st
MOP	Glen Rice
MOPTeam	Michigan
Attendance	613,242
TopScorer	Glen Rice
TopScorerTeam	Michigan
Points	184

The 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. The 51st annual edition of the tournament began on March 16, 1989, and ended with the championship game on April 3 at the Kingdome in Seattle. A total of 63 games were played.

Michigan, coached by Steve Fisher, won the national title with an 80–79 overtime victory in the final game over Seton Hall, coached by P. J. Carlesimo. Glen Rice of Michigan set an NCAA tournament record by scoring 184 points in six games and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Just prior to the start of this tournament, Michigan coach Bill Frieder had announced that he would accept the head coaching position at Arizona State University at the end of the season. Michigan athletic director Bo Schembechler promptly fired Frieder and appointed top assistant Fisher as interim coach, stating famously, that "a Michigan man is going to coach a Michigan team."

Two 16-seeded teams came within one point of victory in the first round (Georgetown vs. Princeton, Oklahoma vs. East Tennessee State), and a third came within six points. This tournament was also unusual in that all four 11-seeds advanced out of the first round.

The 1989 Tournament was the second one since 1980, with 1987 being the first, in which the defending national champion did not participate in the tournament. Kansas, winner of the 1988 NCAA title, had been placed on probation for violations committed by former coach Larry Brown and was barred from the tournament. Brown left Kansas immediately after winning the national championship to return to coaching in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs, leaving first-year coach Roy Williams to coach the team. It is the only time the Jayhawks have missed the NCAA tournament from 1984 to the present day. The defending champion would not be left out of the next year's tournament again until 2008. The tournament was notable for the poor performance of the SEC. After traditional stalwart Kentucky missed the postseason after experiencing its first losing season since 1927, none of the five SEC teams won a game in the tournament.

Schedule and venues

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1989 tournament, and their hosts:

First and Second Rounds

March 16 and 18
- East Region
  - Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina (Host: Atlantic Coast Conference)
- Midwest Region
  - Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana (Hosts: Butler University, Midwestern Collegiate Conference)
- Southeast Region
  - Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, Tennessee (Host: Vanderbilt University)
- West Region
  - BSU Pavilion, Boise, Idaho (Host: Boise State University)
March 17 and 19
- East Region
  - Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island (Host: Providence College)
- Midwest Region
  - Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas (Host: Southwest Conference)
- Southeast Region
  - Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia (Host: Georgia Tech)
- West Region
  - McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona (Host: University of Arizona)

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

March 23 and 25
- Southeast Regional, Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: University of Kentucky)
- West Regional, McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, Colorado (Hosts: University of Colorado Boulder, Big 8 Conference)
March 24 and 26
- East Regional, Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey (Hosts: Seton Hall University, Big East Conference)
- Midwest Regional, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota)

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

April 1 and 3
- Kingdome, Seattle, Washington (Host: University of Washington)

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East	1	Georgetown	Big East	Elite Eight	2 Duke	L 85–77
East	2	Duke	Atlantic Coast	Final Four	3 Seton Hall	L 95–78
East	3	Stanford	Pacific-10	Round of 64	14 Siena	L 80–78
East	4	Iowa	Big Ten	Round of 32	5 NC State	L 102–96
East	5	NC State	Atlantic Coast	Sweet Sixteen	1 Georgetown	L 69–61
East	6	Kansas State	Big Eight	Round of 64	11 Minnesota	L 86–75
East	7	West Virginia	Atlantic 10	Round of 32	2 Duke	L 70–63
East	8	Vanderbilt	Southeastern	Round of 64	9 Notre Dame	L 81–65
East	9	Notre Dame	Independent	Round of 32	1 Georgetown	L 81–74
East	10	Tennessee	Southeastern	Round of 64	7 West Virginia	L 84–68
East	11	Minnesota	Big Ten	Sweet Sixteen	2 Duke	L 87–70
East	12	South Carolina	Metro	Round of 64	5 NC State	L 81–66
East	13	Rutgers	Atlantic 10	Round of 64	4 Iowa	L 87–73
East	14	Siena	North Atlantic	Round of 32	11 Minnesota	L 80–67
East	15	South Carolina State	Mid-Eastern	Round of 64	2 Duke	L 90–69
East	16	Princeton	Ivy League	Round of 64	1 Georgetown	L 50–49
Midwest	1	Illinois	Big Ten	Final Four	3 Michigan	L 83–81
Midwest	2	Syracuse	Big East	Elite Eight	1 Illinois	L 89–86
Midwest	3	Missouri	Big Eight	Sweet Sixteen	2 Syracuse	L 83–80
Midwest	4	Louisville	Metro	Sweet Sixteen	1 Illinois	L 83–69
Midwest	5	Arkansas	Southwest	Round of 32	4 Louisville	L 93–84
Midwest	6	Georgia Tech	Atlantic Coast	Round of 64	11 Texas	L 76–70
Midwest	7	Florida	Southeastern	Round of 64	10 Colorado State	L 68–46
Midwest	8	Pittsburgh	Big East	Round of 64	9 Ball State	L 68–64
Midwest	9	Ball State	Mid-American	Round of 32	1 Illinois	L 72–60
Midwest	10	Colorado State	Western Athletic	Round of 32	2 Syracuse	L 65–50
Midwest	11	Texas	Southwest	Round of 32	3 Missouri	L 108–89
Midwest	12	Loyola Marymount	West Coast	Round of 64	5 Arkansas	L 120–101
Midwest	13	Arkansas–Little Rock	Trans America	Round of 64	4 Louisville	L 76–71
Midwest	14	Creighton	Missouri Valley	Round of 64	3 Missouri	L 85–69
Midwest	15	Bucknell	East Coast	Round of 64	2 Syracuse	L 104–81
Midwest	16	McNeese State	Southland	Round of 64	1 Illinois	L 77–71
Southeast	1	Oklahoma	Big Eight	Sweet Sixteen	5 Virginia	L 86–80
Southeast	2	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	Sweet Sixteen	3 Michigan	L 92–87
Southeast	3	Michigan	Big Ten	Champion	3 Seton Hall	W 80–79
Southeast	4	Florida State	Metro	Round of 64	13 Middle Tennessee	L 97–83
Southeast	5	Virginia	Atlantic Coast	Elite Eight	3 Michigan	L 102–65
Southeast	6	Alabama	Southeastern	Round of 64	11 South Alabama	L 86–84
Southeast	7	UCLA	Pacific-10	Round of 32	2 North Carolina	L 88–81
Southeast	8	La Salle	Metro Atlantic	Round of 64	9 Louisiana Tech	L 83–74
Southeast	9	Louisiana Tech	American South	Round of 32	1 Oklahoma	L 124–81
Southeast	10	Iowa State	Big Eight	Round of 64	7 UCLA	L 84–74
Southeast	11	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Round of 32	3 Michigan	L 91–82
Southeast	12	Providence	Big East	Round of 64	5 Virginia	L 100–97
Southeast	13	Middle Tennessee	Ohio Valley	Round of 32	5 Virginia	L 104–88
Southeast	14	Xavier	Midwestern	Round of 64	3 Michigan	L 92–87
Southeast	15	Southern	Southwest Athletic	Round of 64	2 North Carolina	L 93–79
Southeast	16	East Tennessee State	Southern	Round of 64	1 Oklahoma	L 72–71
West	1	Arizona	Pacific-10	Sweet Sixteen	4 UNLV	L 68–67
West	2	Indiana	Big Ten	Sweet Sixteen	3 Seton Hall	L 78–65
West	3	Seton Hall	Big East	Runner Up	3 Michigan	L 80–79
West	4	UNLV	Big West	Elite Eight	3 Seton Hall	L 84–61
West	5	Memphis State	Metro	Round of 64	12 DePaul	L 66–63
West	6	Oregon State	Pacific-10	Round of 64	11 Evansville	L 94–90
West	7	UTEP	Western Athletic	Round of 32	2 Indiana	L 92–69
West	8	Saint Mary's	West Coast	Round of 64	9 Clemson	L 83–70
West	9	Clemson	Atlantic Coast	Round of 32	1 Arizona	L 94–68
West	10	LSU	Southeastern	Round of 64	7 UTEP	L 85–74
West	11	Evansville	Missouri Valley	Round of 32	3 Seton Hall	L 87–73
West	12	DePaul	Independent	Round of 32	4 UNLV	L 85–70
West	13	Idaho	Big Sky	Round of 64	4 UNLV	L 68–56
West	14	Southwest Missouri State	Mid-Continent	Round of 64	3 Seton Hall	L 60–51
West	15	George Mason	Colonial	Round of 64	2 Indiana	L 99–85
West	16	Robert Morris	Northeast	Round of 64	1 Arizona	L 94–60

Bracket

– Denotes overtime period

East Regional – East Rutherford, New Jersey

First round summary

ESPN ESPN ESPN

Second round summary

End of Regulation: 75–75 End of First Overtime: 83–83

Regional Semi-final summary

Regional Final summary

West Regional – Denver, Colorado

First round summary

ESPN ESPN

Second round summary

Regional Semi-final summary

Regional Final summary

Southeast Regional – Lexington, Kentucky

First round summary

ESPN ESPN

Second round summary

Regional Semi-final summary

Regional Final summary

Midwest Regional – Minneapolis

First round summary

ESPN ESPN ESPN ESPN

Second round summary

Regional Semi-final summary

Regional Final summary

Final Four – Seattle

Game summaries

National Championship

Main article: 1989 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game

End of Regulation: 71–71

Announcers

Television

CBS Sports

Jim Nantz & James Brown served as studio hosts.
Brent Musburger and Billy Packer – first round (DePaul–Memphis State) at Boise, Idaho; second round at Indianapolis, Indiana and Atlanta, Georgia; East Regionals at East Rutherford, New Jersey; Final Four at Seattle, Washington
Dick Stockton and Bill Raftery – second round at Greensboro, North Carolina and Dallas, Texas; West Regionals at Denver, Colorado
Tim Brant and Len Elmore – second round at Boise, Idaho; Southeast Regionals at Lexington, Kentucky
Verne Lundquist and Tom Heinsohn – first round (Louisiana State–UTEP) and Second Round at Tucson, Arizona; Midwest Regionals at Minneapolis, Minnesota
Steve Zabriskie and Curry Kirkpatrick – second round at Nashville, Tennessee
Greg Gumbel and Quinn Buckner – second round at Providence, Rhode Island ESPN and NCAA Productions
Tim Brando (NCAA Tournament Today) and John Saunders (NCAA Tournament Tonight) served as studio hosts and Dick Vitale served as studio analyst.
Bob Carpenter and Quinn Buckner – first round (South Carolina–North Carolina State) & (Notre Dame–Vanderbilt) at Providence, Rhode Island
Mike Gorman and Ron Perry – first round (Rutgers–Iowa) & (Princeton–Georgetown) at Providence, Rhode Island
Mike Patrick and Dan Bonner – first round (Minnesota–Kansas State) & (South Carolina State–Duke) at Greensboro, North Carolina
Bob Rathbun and Bucky Waters – first round (Siena–Stanford) & (Tennessee–West Virginia) at Greensboro, North Carolina
Tom Hammond and Clark Kellogg – first round (UALR–Louisville) & (Ball State–Pittsburgh) at Indianapolis, Indiana
Mick Hubert and Jim Gibbons – first round (Loyola Marymount–Arkansas) & (McNeese State–Illinois) at Indianapolis, Indiana
Ron Franklin and Billy King – first round (Texas–Georgia Tech) at Dallas, Texas
Frank Fallon and Bob Ortegel – first round (Colorado State–Florida), (Creighton–Missouri), & (Syracuse–Bucknell) at Dallas, Texas
Wayne Larrivee and Jack Givens – first round (Louisiana Tech–LaSalle) & (Middle Tennessee State–Florida State) at Nashville, Tennessee
John Sanders and Gary Thompson – first round (East Tennessee State–Oklahoma) & (Providence–Virginia) at Nashville, Tennessee
Ralph Hacker and Dan Belluomini – first round (Xavier–Michigan) & (Iowa State–UCLA) at Atlanta, Georgia
Fred White and Larry Conley – first round (South Alabama–Alabama) & (Southern–North Carolina) at Atlanta, Georgia
Brad Nessler and Irv Brown – first round (Robert Morris–Arizona) & (Idaho–UNLV) at Boise, Idaho
Ted Robinson and Mike Pratt– first round (Clemson–Saint Mary's) at Boise, Idaho
Pete Solomon and Bob Elliott – first round (Evansville–Oregon State) at Tucson, Arizona
Barry Tompkins and Bruce Larson – first round (SW Missouri State–Seton Hall) & (George Mason–Indiana) at Tucson, Arizona

Radio

First and second rounds

CBS Radio

Regionals

– East Regionals at East Rutherford, New Jersey
– Midwest Regionals at Minneapolis, Minnesota
– Southeast Regionals at Lexington, Kentucky
Ted Robinson and – West Regionals at Denver, Colorado

Final Four

– at Seattle, Washington

Region	Seed	Teams	Flagship station	Play-by-play announcer	Color analyst(s)
West	3	Seton Hall	WPAT–AM 930

Legacy

The story of the Wolverines' success was cited as inspiration in another sport. When the Spain national football team manager Julen Lopetegui was sacked days before the 2018 FIFA World Cup started after agreeing to join Real Madrid after the tournament, Spanish defender Gerard Piqué drew parallels with Michigan's NCAA win amid similar circumstances. Unfortunately, Spain failed to advance beyond the round of 16 while France won the tournament.

References

Piqué, Gerard. (June 13, 2018). "Universidad de Michigan. Baloncesto. 1989. Campeón de la NCAA. No sería la primera vez que ocurre. Todos unidos, ahora más que nunca.".
Bonn, Kyle. (June 13, 2018). "Gerard Pique channels 1989 Michigan NCAA tournament run amid Spain turmoil". NBC Sports.

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