1988–89 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team

The 1988–89 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team represented North Carolina State University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 1988–89 men's college basketball season. It was Jim Valvano's 9th season as head coach.

1988–89 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball
ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet 16
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 19
1988–89 record22–9 (10–4 ACC)
Head coach
Home arenaReynolds Coliseum
1988–89 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 19 NC State104 .714  229  .710
No. 9 Duke95 .643  288  .778
Virginia95 .643  2211  .667
No. 5 North Carolina95 .643  298  .784
Georgia Tech86 .571  2012  .625
Clemson77 .500  1911  .633
Wake Forest311 .214  1315  .464
Maryland113 .071  920  .310
1989 ACC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1988–89 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearHometown
G 11 Kelsey Weems 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)180 lb (82 kg) Sr Atlanta, Georgia
G 13 Chris Corchiani 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)185 lb (84 kg) So Coral Gables, Florida
G 21 Rodney Monroe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)185 lb (84 kg) So Baltimore, Maryland
F 22 Brian Howard 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)205 lb (93 kg) Jr Winston-Salem, North Carolina
F 24 Tom Gugliotta 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)235 lb (107 kg) Fr Huntington Station, New York
F 52 Chucky Brown 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)210 lb (95 kg) Sr New York, New York
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
November 26*
No. 18 Columbia W 110–54  1-0
Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
November 28*
No. 18 Akron W 87–67  2-0
Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
December 3*
No. 16 at Southern Methodist L 57–59  2-1
Moody Coliseum 
University Park, TX
January 5
No. 16 at Clemson W 73–65  8-1
(1-0)
Littlejohn Coliseum 
Clemson, SC
January 7*
No. 16 Temple W 71–59  9-1
Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
January 12*
No. 16 Coastal Carolina W 97–69  10-1
Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
January 14
No. 15 No. 19 Georgia Tech W 82–68  11-1
(2-0)
Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
January 26
No. 15 No. 8 Duke W 88–73  13-2
(4-1)
Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
February 9
No. 17 No. 6 North Carolina W 98–88  15-4
(6-3)
Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
March 4
No. 20 Wake Forest W 110–103  20-7
(10-4)
Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Tournament
March 10*
No. 17 vs. Maryland
ACC Tournament
L 49–71  20-8
The Omni 
Atlanta, GA
NCAA Tournament
March 17*
 CBS
(5) No. 19 vs. (12) South Carolina
First Round
W 81-66[1]  21-8
Dunkin' Donuts Center 
Providence, RI
March 19*
 CBS
(5) No. 19 vs. (4) No. 14 Iowa
Second Round
W 102-96 2 OT[2][3] 22-8
Dunkin' Donuts Center 
Providence, RI
March 24*
 CBS
(5) No. 19 vs. (2) No. 2 Georgetown
Sweet Sixteen
L 61-69  22-9
Brendan Byrne Arena (19,508)
East Rutherford, NJ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final 
AP 18 18 16 19 18 17 18 16 15 15 15 13 17 19 17 20 17 19 
Coaches 20 20 NR NR 20 20 18 18 17 15 15 12 17 18 15 18 13 18

References

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