1988–89 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

1988–89 Metro Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1989 Metro Conference Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
1988–89 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
Metro Conference Tournament Championship
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Metro Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 12
1988–89 record	24–9 (8–4 Metro Conference)
Head coach	Denny Crum (18th season)
MVP	Pervis Ellison (2nd year)
Home arena	Freedom Hall

During the 1988-89 season, the Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team scored 24 wins and 8 losses. They played in the Metro Conference and finished in the "Sweet Sixteen" of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Their player Pervis Ellison won several individual awards.

Schedule and results

Index to colors and formatting
Louisville won
Louisville lost
* = Metro Conference Game
(A) = Away game
(H) = Home game
(N) = Neutral site game

Metro Conference Tournament (Columbia, S.C.)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Result	Record
Nov. 18	Xavier (A)	#4	L 83-85	0-1
Nov. 30	Vanderbilt (A)	#13	L 62-65	0-2
Dec. 3	Indiana (N)	#15	W 101-79	1-2
Dec. 6	Murray State (H)	#15	W 83-51	2-2
Dec. 8	Western Kentucky (A)	#15	W 81-69	3-2
Dec. 10	Dayton (H)	#15	W 95-68	4-2
Dec. 17	Oklahoma State (H)	#15	W 92-90	5-2
Dec. 21	Eastern Kentucky (H)	#14	W 76-40	6-2
Dec. 31	Kentucky (H)	#14	W 97-75	7-2
Jan. 4	Virginia (H)	#13	W 74-71	8-2
Jan. 7	DePaul (H)	#13	W 81-67	9-2
Jan. 9	Virginia Tech* (A)	#13	W 82-73	10-2
Jan. 11	South Carolina* (H)	#9	W 75-52	11-2
Jan. 15	#19 Georgia Tech (A)	#9	W 67-65	12-2
Jan. 22	#10 UNLV (H)	#4	W 92-74	13-2
Jan. 26	Southern Miss* (A)	#3	W 95-76	14-2
Jan. 29	#17 Ohio State (H)	#3	L 79-85	14-3
Feb. 1	Virginia Tech* (H)	#7	W 108-95	15-3
Feb. 4	Memphis State* (A)	#7	W 101-85	16-3
Feb. 6	#8 Florida State* (H)	#7	L 78-81	16-4
Feb. 8	Cincinnati* (A)	#4	W 69-66	17-4
Feb. 12	UCLA (A)	#4	L 75-77	17-5
Feb. 16	#17 Florida State* (A)	#10	W 78-77	18-5
Feb. 20	Memphis State* (H)	#10	L 67-72	18-6
Feb. 22	Southern Miss.* (H)	#8	W 96-83	19-6
Feb. 25	South Carolina* (A)	#8	L 73-77	19-7
Mar. 1	Cincinnati* (H)	#14	L 71-77	19-8
Mar. 4	Notre Dame (A)	#14	W 87-77	20-8
Mar. 11	Memphis State (N)	#16	W 71-70	21-8
Mar. 12	#14 Florida State (N)	#16	W 87-80	22-8
NCAA Midwest Regional (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Mar. 16	Ark.-Little Rock (N)	#16	W 76-71	23-8
Mar. 18	Arkansas (N)	#16	W 93-84	24-8
NCAA Midwest Regional (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Mar. 24	#3 Illinois (N)	#12	L 69-83	24-9

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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 ^[3] and USBWA ^[4]
Pervis Ellison : Second team All-American by Associated Press ^[5] and UPI ^[6]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	1	Pervis Ellison	Sacramento Kings
1	19	Kenny Payne	Philadelphia 76ers

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References

↑ https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/louisville/1989-schedule.html
↑ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1989
↑ All-America - Division I (1980's) Archived March 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ USBWA Men's All-Americans
↑ AP All-America Teams
↑ 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

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[1] ttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/louisville/1989-schedule.html

[2] ttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1989

[3] All-America - Division I (1980's) Archived March 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.

[4] USBWA Men's All-Americans

[5] AP All-America Teams

[6] 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208

[7] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
Venues	Jefferson County Armory (1945–1956) Freedom Hall (1956–2010) KFC Yum! Center (2010–present)
Rivalries	Cincinnati Kentucky Memphis
Culture & lore	History Billy Minardi Classic Cardinal Bird The Rivalry: Red v. Blue
People	Head coaches Notable players
Seasons	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 1999–00 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
NAIA and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1988–89 Metro Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#16 Florida State	9	–	3	.750	22	–	8	.733
#12 Louisville †	8	–	4	.667	24	–	9	.727
Memphis	8	–	4	.667	21	–	11	.656
South Carolina	8	–	4	.667	19	–	11	.633
Cincinnati	5	–	7	.417	15	–	12	.556
Virginia Tech	2	–	10	.167	11	–	17	.393
Southern Miss	2	–	10	.167	10	–	17	.370

† 1989 Metro Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

1988–89 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

Schedule and results

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

See also

References