1988–89 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

1988–89 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1989 Big Eight Tournament winner ; As of March 3, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

1988–89 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
1988–89 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
NCAA Tournament
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1988–89 record	17–12 (7–7 Big Eight)
Head coach	Johnny Orr (9th season);
Home arena	Hilton Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Johnny Orr, who was in his 9th season. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.

They finished the season 17–12, 7–7 in Big Eight play to finish in 5th place. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the #10 seed in the Southeast region. The Cyclones lost to UCLA in the opening round of the tournament.^[1]

Roster[]

1988–89 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	34	Sam Mack	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—		Dolton, Illinois
F	41	Mark Baugh	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Jr	Dolton, Illinois
F	52	Victor Alexander	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	So	Detroit, Michigan
G	22	Mike Born (C)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—
G	4	Terry Woods	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	—	Jr
F	25	Elmer Robinson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr
G	30	Marc Urquhart (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr
G	12	Jay Goodman	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—
C		Darryl Spinks	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—
F	32	Adrian Moore	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr
F	43	Paul Doerrfeld	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr
G	3	Brian Pearson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr
G	23	Hughes Suffren	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—
C	51	Bryan Heger	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Jr
		Norman Brown	—	—
F		Phil Kunz	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—

Head coach

Johnny Orr (Beloit College)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
Nov 17, 1988* 7:00 pm		Denmark National Team Exhibition	W 106–58	0–1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
Regular Season
Nov 26, 1988* 1:00 pm, CTN		Houston	L 82–89	0–1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
Nov 29, 1988* 8:05 pm, CTN		at Creighton	W 88–58	1–1	Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska
Dec 3, 1988* 1:00 pm, CTN		Drake Iowa Big Four	W 80–66	2–1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
Dec 5, 1988* 7:00 pm		Baylor	W 83–73	3–1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
Dec 10, 1988* 8:00 pm, ITN		at No. 5 Iowa Rivalry	L 71–91	3–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Exhibition
Dec 16, 1988* 3:00 am CT		vs. Mitsubishi Electric Corp Exhibition	W 88–84		Aoyama Gakuin University Gymnasium Tokyo, Japan
Regular Season
Dec 17, 1988* 12:30 am CT		vs. Southern Mississippi Phenix NCAA Ball Tournament	W 74–72	4-2	Aoyama Gakuin University Gymnasium Tokyo, Japan
Dec 17, 1988* 10:30 pm CT		vs. Bradley Phenix NCAA Ball Tournament	W 99–97	5-2	Aoyama Gakuin University Gymnasium Tokyo, Japan
Dec 28, 1988* 7:00 pm, CTN		vs. UC-Santa Barbara Kactus Klassic	L 78–88	5-3	University Activity Center Tempe, AZ
Dec 29, 1988* 7:00 pm, CTN		vs. San Francisco Kactus Klassic	W 99–73	6-3	University Activity Center Tempe, AZ
Jan 4, 1989* 7:00 pm, CTN		Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	W 88–80	7-3	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Jan 7, 1989 7:00 pm, Raycom		at No. 20 Kansas	L 82–127	7–4 (0–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
Jan 9, 1989* 8:00 pm, CTN		Illinois-Chicago	W 111–93	8–4	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Jan 11, 1989 9:00 pm, ESPN		Colorado	W 81–77 ^OT	9–4 (1–1)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Jan 14, 1989 3:00 pm, Raycom		at No. 10 Missouri	L 71–96	9–5 (1–2)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Exhibition
Jan 17, 1989* 7:00 pm		Marathon Oil Exhibition	W 99–93		Hilton Coliseum (13,613) Ames, Iowa
Regular Season
Jan 21, 1989 3:00 pm, Raycom		No. 5 Oklahoma	L 100–109 ^OT	9–6 (1–3)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Jan 25, 1989* 7:00 pm, CTN		Western Illinois	W 114–74	10–6	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Jan 28, 1989 7:30 pm, CTN		at Oklahoma State	L 74–102	10–7 (1–4)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
Jan 31, 1989 7:00 pm, CTN		Nebraska	W 88–76	11–7 (2–4)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Feb 6, 1989 8:00 pm, CTN		at No. 1 Oklahoma	L 97–126	11–8 (2–5)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
Feb 9, 1989 8:00 pm, CTN		at Kansas State	L 89–104	11–9 (2–6)	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
Feb 14, 1989 7:00 pm, CTN		No. 3 Missouri	W 82–74	12–9 (3–6)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Feb 18, 1989 3:00 pm, Raycom		Oklahoma State	W 90–81	13–9 (4–6)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Feb 22, 1989 7:00 pm, CTN		Kansas	W 97–89	14–9 (5–6)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Feb 25, 1989 1:00 pm, Raycom		at Nebraska	L 74–77	14–10 (5–7)	Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
Mar 1, 1989 8:00 pm, CTN		at Colorado	W 83–68	15–10 (6–7)	Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Mar 4, 1989 3:00 pm, Raycom		Kansas State	W 101–89	16–10 (7–7)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Big Eight Tournament
Mar 10, 1989* 12:10 pm, Raycom		vs. Oklahoma State Big Eight Tournament Quarterfinal	W 88–69	17–10	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 11, 1989* 1:00 pm, Raycom		vs. No. 2 Oklahoma Big Eight Tournament Semifinal	L 74–76	17–11	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 1989* 8:37 pm, CBS	(10 SE)	vs. (7 SE) UCLA NCAA Tournament Southeast Region First Round	L 74–84	17–12	Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Central Time.

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References[]

^ "NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT : Richardson Provides Big Assist as Bruins Beat Cyclones, 84-74". Los Angeles Times. March 18, 1989. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
^ "Iowa State Men's Basketball All-Time Results" (PDF). Iowa State University Athletic Department. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
^ August 10, 1988 (Page 17 of 216). Des Moines, Iowa: , Aug 10, 1988 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.

[1] "NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT : Richardson Provides Big Assist as Bruins Beat Cyclones, 84-74". Los Angeles Times. March 18, 1989. Retrieved April 18, 2020.

[2] "Iowa State Men's Basketball All-Time Results" (PDF). Iowa State University Athletic Department. Retrieved April 18, 2020.

[3] August 10, 1988 (Page 17 of 216). Des Moines, Iowa: , Aug 10, 1988 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.

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v t Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Venues	(1907–1912) State Gymnasium (1913–1947) Iowa State Armory (1947–1971) Hilton Coliseum (1971–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Culture & lore	Cy the Cardinal "ISU Fights" Iowa State Pep Band ISU Holiday Classic
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

1988–89 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma	12	–	2	.857	30	–	6	.833
No. 6 Missouri †	10	–	4	.714	29	–	8	.784
Kansas State	8	–	6	.571	19	–	11	.633
Oklahoma State	7	–	7	.500	17	–	13	.567
Iowa State	7	–	7	.500	17	–	12	.586
Kansas	6	–	8	.429	19	–	12	.613
Nebraska	4	–	10	.286	17	–	16	.515
Colorado	2	–	12	.143	7	–	21	.250

† 1989 Big Eight Tournament winner As of March 3, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll