| 1988–89Michigan Wolverines men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 10 |
| AP | No. 10 |
| Record | 30–7 (12–6 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | |
| Assistant coaches | |
| MVP | Glen Rice |
| Captains | |
| Home arena | Crisler Arena |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8Indiana | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3Illinois | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 31 | – | 5 | .861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10Michigan | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 30 | – | 7 | .811 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14Iowa | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1988–89 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented theUniversity of Michigan in intercollegiatecollege basketball during the1988–89 season. The head coach wasBill Frieder, who was dismissed before the1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and replaced by assistantSteve Fisher.[1] They played their home games atCrisler Arena inAnn Arbor, Michigan as members of theBig Ten Conference. They finished the season 30–7, 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in third place.[2] The Wolverines received an at-large bid to theNCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the Southeast region. They defeatedXavier andSouth Alabama to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they defeated No. 5-rankedNorth Carolina andVirginia to advance to the Final Four. In the Final Four, they defeated fellow Big Ten member and No. 3-rankedIllinois to advance to theNational Championship game. There they defeated No. 11Seton Hall in overtime to win the school's first and, to date, only National Championship.[3]
TheWolverines finished the 1987–88 season 26–8, 13–5 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to theNCAA tournament as a No. 3 seed. There they defeatedBoise State andFlorida to advance to the Sweet Sixteen before losing to North Carolina.
The team was ranked all eighteen weeks of the season in theAssociated Press Top Twenty Poll where it began the season at number three, ended at number ten and peaked at number two.[4] and it also ended the season ranked tenth in the finalUPI Coaches' Poll.[5]
The team repeated as the national statistical champion in teamfield goal percentage (56.6%, 1325 of 2341).[6] During the season the team set numerous national and conference records.Glen Rice set the current Big Ten single-gamethree-point field goals percentage record againstWisconsin on February 25, 1989 (100% most made, 7 of 7).[7] He also brokeMike McGee's Big Ten careerpoints record with 2442, but that was eclipsed in 1993,[7] although it remains the school record.[8] The team set the following current Big Ten records: single-season points (3393), single-season field goals made (1325), single-season field goals attempted (2341), single-seasonfield goal percentage (.566), single-season field goals percentage (conference games only, .561, 606 of 1,080), and single-season assists (745).[9][10][11] Rice andMark Hughes served as team co-captains and Rice earned teamMVP.[12] Rice was also recognized as aconsensus All-American.[13]Dave Balza was student manager.[14]
Rice's 949 points established the current school single-season record, surpassingCazzie Russell's 1966 record of 800.[8] He also set the current school single-seasonfield goals record of 363, surpassingMike McGee.[15] He set the current single-season three-point field goal percentage record of 51.56%, surpassingGary Grant's previous season mark of 48.53%. Additionally, he set the school record for career and single-season three-point shots made with 135 and 99, respectively, that would last for ten years and eight years, respectively.[16] He also set the current single-game field goal percentage record of 100% (7-for-7) againstWisconsin on February 25, 1989, surpassingGarde Thompson's 8-for-9 1986 performance.[16]Loy Vaught also broke the Michigan singlefield goal percentage record of 62.18% that he set the prior year by reaching a 66.12%, which would stand as the record until 1995.[15] For the third year in a row, the team established a new Michigan single-season scoring record with 3393 points.[8] For the last of five consecutive seasons, the team set the school record for single-seasonfield goal percentage on with a 56.6% (1325-for-2341) performance. This continues to be the school record.[15] The team also set the current school single-season three-point field goal percentage record of 46.8% (196-for-419), surpassing the 1987 record, while setting a school record for three-point field goals made of 196 that would last until 1997.[16] The team set the current school single-season free throws made record of 547, which surpassed the 1977 mark of 510.[17]> For the third of three consecutive seasons, the team set the school single-season total assist record with a total of 745, surpassing the prior total of 694 and establishing the current record.[18] Rice ended his career with 134 games played, which surpassed Gary Grant's 1988 school record of 129 games. Vaught would surpass this record the following year.[19]
The team earned numerous conference statistical championships. Rice won the scoring average championship for conference games only with a 24.8 average as well as the three-point shot championship with 55 in his conference games.[20][21] Vaught won the field goal percentage title with a 67.7% mark.[20]Terry Mills won theblocked shots championship with a 1.22 average in conference games.[22] In addition, the team won scoring offense (87.8),[23] scoring margin (10.3),[23] field goal percentage (56.1%)[24] and three-point field goals made (103).[24]
During the six-game championship tournament run, Rice set the currentNCAA Division I men's basketball tournament single-tournament records for points (184), field goals made (75), and three-point field goals made (27) as well as the career record for three-point field goal percentage (minimum 30 made, 56.5%, 35–62).[25] In addition,Rumeal Robinson set the current championship game assists record (11 on April 3, 1989, vs. Seton Hall inovertime)[26] as well as the currentfinal four two-game assist record of 23.[27] The team also set the final four two-game assist record of 42, which would be broken the following year.[27]
In the 64-teamNCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, number three seeded Michigan won the tournament by defeating the fourteen-seededXavier Musketeers 92–87, the six-seededSouth Alabama 91–82, the two-seededNorth Carolina, who had ousted them the prior two years, 92–87, the five-seededVirginia 102–65,[28] the one-seededIllinois 83–81[29] and three-seeded Seton Hall 80–79 in overtime.[3] Against North Carolina, the team set the school record of 13 three-point field goals made, which would last until February 22, 1998.[16]
They became the first team in school history to win 30 games. They held the wins record until the 2018 team won 32 games making it to the Final Four. The team continues to rank second in NCAA history in single-season teamfield goal percentage: 56.6% (1325 of 2341).[30]
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| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| November 25* | No. 3 | vs. Vanderbilt Maui Classic quarterfinals | W 91–66 | 1–0 | Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI | ||||||
| November 26* | No. 3 | vs. Memphis State Maui Classic semifinals | W 79–75 | 2–0 | Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI | ||||||
| November 27* | No. 3 | vs. No. 4 Oklahoma Maui Classic championship | W 91–80 | 3–0 | Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI | ||||||
| December 2* | No. 2 | Grambling State | W 102–62 | 4–0 | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| December 3* | No. 2 | South Dakota State | W 104–66 | 5–0 | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| December 5* | No. 2 | Tampa | W 98–65 | 6–0 | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| December 7* | No. 2 | Central Michigan | W 108–62 | 7–0 | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| December 10* | No. 2 | at Western Michigan | W 107–60 | 8–0 | University Arena Kalamazoo, MI | ||||||
| December 12* | No. 2 | Eastern Michigan | W 80–57 | 9–0 | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| December 20* | No. 2 | Northern Michigan | W 125–75 | 10–0 | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| December 21* | No. 2 | Youngstown State | W 121–72 | 11–0 | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| December 28* | No. 2 | vs. Alaska-Anchorage Utah Basketball Classic | L 66–70 | 11–1 | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | ||||||
| December 29* | No. 2 | vs. Holy Cross Utah Basketball Classic | W 100–63 | 12–1 | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | ||||||
| Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
| January 7 | No. 7 | Northwestern | W 94–66 | 13–1 (1–0) | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| January 12 | No. 6 | Minnesota | W 98–83 | 14–1 (2–0) | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| January 14 | No. 6 | at No. 2 Illinois | L 84–96 | 14–2 (2–1) | Assembly Hall (14,499) Champaign, IL | ||||||
| January 16 | No. 6 | No. 18 Ohio State | W 99–73 | 15–2 (3–1) | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| January 21 | No. 6 | at Wisconsin | L 68–71 | 15–3 (3–2) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI | ||||||
| January 23 | No. 6 | No. 19 Indiana | L 70–71 | 15–4 (3–3) | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| January 29 | No. 10 | at Purdue | W 99–88 | 16–4 (4–3) | Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN | ||||||
| February 4 | No. 11 | Michigan State Rivalry | W 82–66 | 17–4 (5–3) | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| February 9 | No. 10 | at No. 8 Iowa | W 108–107 2OT | 18–4 (6–3) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA | ||||||
| February 11 | No. 10 | at Minnesota | L 80–88 | 18–5 (6–4) | Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN | ||||||
| February 16 | No. 13 | Purdue | W 84–70 | 19–5 (7–4) | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| February 19 | No. 13 | at No. 9 Indiana | L 75–76 | 19–6 (7–5) | Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN | ||||||
| February 23 | No. 13 | at Ohio State | W 89–72 | 20–6 (8–5) | St. John's Arena Columbus, OH | ||||||
| February 25 | No. 13 | Wisconsin | W 92–70 | 21–6 (9–5) | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| February 27 | No. 13 | at Michigan State Rivalry | W 79–52 | 22–6 (10–5) | Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI | ||||||
| March 4 | No. 10 | No. 11 Iowa | W 119–96 | 23–6 (11–5) | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| March 9 | No. 8 | at Northwestern | W 88–79 | 24–6 (12–5) | Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL | ||||||
| March 11 | No. 8 | No. 4 Illinois | L 73–89 | 24–7 (12–6) | Crisler Arena (13,609) Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| March 17* | (3 SE)No. 10 | vs. (14 SE) Xavier First Round | W 92–87 | 25–7 | The Omni Atlanta, GA | ||||||
| March 19* | (3 SE)No. 10 | vs. (11 SE) South Alabama Second Round | W 91–82 | 26–7 | The Omni Atlanta, GA | ||||||
| March 23* | (3 SE)No. 10 | vs. (2 SE) No. 5 North Carolina Sweet Sixteen | W 92–87 | 27–7 | Rupp Arena Lexington, KY | ||||||
| March 25* | (3 SE)No. 10 | vs. (5 SE) Virginia Elite Eight | W 102–65 | 28–7 | Rupp Arena Lexington, KY | ||||||
| April 1* | (3 SE)No. 10 | vs. (1 MW) No. 3 Illinois Final Four | W 83–81 | 29–7 | Kingdome (39,187) Seattle, WA | ||||||
| April 3* | (3 SE)No. 10 | vs. (3 W) No. 11 Seton Hall NCAA Championship | W 80–79 OT | 30–7 | Kingdome Seattle, WA | ||||||
*Non-conference game.#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. | |||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
| AP Poll[4] | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
The team posted the following statistics:[32]
| Name | GP | GS | Min | Avg | FG | FGA | FG% | 3FG | 3FGA | 3FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | OR | DR | RB | Avg | Ast | Avg | PF | DQ | TO | Stl | Blk | Pts | Avg |
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| Glen Rice | 37 | 37 | 363 | 629 | 0.577 | 99 | 192 | 0.516 | 124 | 149 | 0.832 | 77 | 155 | 232 | 6.3 | 85 | 2.3 | 75 | 1 | 81 | 39 | 11 | 949 | 25.6 | ||
| Rumeal Robinson | 37 | 36 | 199 | 357 | 0.557 | 30 | 64 | 0.469 | 122 | 186 | 0.656 | 31 | 94 | 125 | 3.4 | 233 | 6.3 | 105 | 5 | 131 | 70 | 4 | 550 | 14.9 | ||
| Loy Vaught | 37 | 21 | 201 | 304 | 0.661 | 2 | 5 | 0.400 | 63 | 81 | 0.778 | 94 | 202 | 296 | 8.0 | 36 | 1.0 | 94 | 3 | 50 | 19 | 11 | 467 | 12.6 | ||
| Terry Mills | 37 | 37 | 180 | 319 | 0.564 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 70 | 91 | 0.769 | 75 | 144 | 219 | 5.9 | 104 | 2.8 | 95 | 3 | 77 | 20 | 49 | 430 | 11.6 | ||
| Sean Higgins | 34 | 16 | 158 | 312 | 0.506 | 51 | 110 | 0.464 | 54 | 70 | 0.771 | 31 | 76 | 107 | 3.1 | 51 | 1.5 | 76 | 2 | 60 | 10 | 11 | 421 | 12.4 | ||
| Mark Hughes | 35 | 4 | 104 | 171 | 0.608 | 1 | 2 | 0.500 | 29 | 48 | 0.604 | 41 | 101 | 142 | 4.1 | 40 | 1.1 | 60 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 238 | 6.8 | ||
| Michael Griffin | 37 | 31 | 33 | 63 | 0.524 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 33 | 43 | 0.767 | 24 | 65 | 89 | 2.4 | 103 | 2.8 | 104 | 3 | 56 | 23 | 9 | 99 | 2.7 | ||
| Kirk Taylor | 21 | 2 | 33 | 69 | 0.478 | 7 | 18 | 0.389 | 21 | 36 | 0.583 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 2.2 | 46 | 2.2 | 30 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 94 | 4.5 | ||
| Demetrius Calip | 30 | 0 | 229 | 7.6 | 22 | 50 | 0.440 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 14 | 17 | 0.824 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 0.6 | 25 | 0.8 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 60 | 2.0 |
| J.P. Oosterbaan | 23 | 0 | 22 | 39 | 0.564 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 9 | 13 | 0.692 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 1.2 | 11 | 0.5 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 2.3 | ||
| Rob Pelinka | 24 | 1 | 108 | 4.5 | 9 | 25 | 0.360 | 4 | 14 | 0.286 | 7 | 10 | 0.700 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0.6 | 10 | 0.4 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 1.2 |
| Marc Koenig | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | ||
| TEAM | 37 | 20 | 63 | 83 | 2.2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season Total | 37 | 1325 | 2339 | 0.566 | 196 | 419 | 0.468 | 546 | 744 | 0.734 | 424 | 977 | 1401 | 37.9 | 745 | 20.1 | 682 | 18 | 557 | 224 | 113 | 3392 | 91.7 | |||
| Opponents | 37 | 1055 | 2322 | 0.454 | 164 | 466 | 0.352 | 493 | 710 | 0.694 | 411 | 699 | 1110 | 30.0 | 514 | 13.9 | 705 | 17 | 568 | 227 | 36 | 2767 | 74.8 |
Five players from this team were selected in theNBA draft.[34][35]
| Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | NBA club |
| 1989 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Glen Rice | Miami Heat |
| 1990 | 1 | 10 | 10 | Rumeal Robinson | Atlanta Hawks |
| 1990 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Loy Vaught | Los Angeles Clippers |
| 1990 | 1 | 16 | 16 | Terry Mills | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1990 | 2 | 27 | 54 | Sean Higgins | San Antonio Spurs |
