1988–89 Florida Gators men's basketball team

1988-89 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1989 SEC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Florida Gators men's basketball
1988–89 Florida Gators men's basketball
SEC Regular Season champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1988–89 record	21–13 (13–5 SEC)
Head coach	Norm Sloan
Captain	Clifford Lett
Home arena	O'Connell Center

The 1988–89 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1988–89 NCAA men's basketball season.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G		Clifford Lett	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr	Pensacola	Pensacola, Florida
C		Dwayne Schintzius	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	—	Jr	Brandon	Brandon, Florida

Head coach

Norm Sloan (North Carolina State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 25, 1988*	No. 15	vs. California Great Alaska Shootout	L 58–73	0–1	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 26, 1988	No. 15	at Alaska-Anchorage Great Alaska Shootout	W 83–72	1–1	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 27, 1988*	No. 15	vs. Utah Great Alaska Shootout	W 77–68	2–1	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 30, 1988*	No. 19	Siena	W 71–67	3–1	O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida
Dec 3, 1988*	No. 19	at No. 14 Florida State Rivalry	L 86–114	3–2	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida
Dec 6, 1988*		at No. 7 Illinois	L 67–97	3–3	Assembly Hall (15,020) Champaign, Illinois
Dec 10, 1988		LSU	L 101–111	3–4 (0–1)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida
Dec 19, 1988*		Miami (FL)	W 101–81	4–4	O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida
Dec 22, 1988*		Pittsburgh	L 87–90	4–5	O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida
Dec 27, 1988*		vs. No. 15 Ohio State	L 68–93	4–6
Dec 28, 1988*		vs. Fordham	W 59–52	5–6
Jan 5, 1989*		at Ole Miss	L 71–80	5–7 (0–2)	Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi
Jan 7, 1989		at No. 20 Georgia	W 80–66	6–7 (1–2)	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia
Jan 9, 1989*		at South Florida	W 87–82	7–7	Sun Dome Tampa, Florida
Jan 12, 1989		Kentucky	L 56–69	7–8 (1–3)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida
Jan 14, 1989		at Auburn	W 75–71	8–8 (2–3)	Beard–Eaves–Memorial Auburn, Alabama
Jan 18, 1989		at No. 18 Tennessee	L 76–83	8–9 (2–4)	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan 21, 1989		Mississippi State	W 81–57	9–9 (3–4)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida
Jan 25, 1989		at Vanderbilt	W 81–78	10–9 (4–4)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
Feb 1, 1989		Alabama	W 85–76	11–9 (5–4)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida
Feb 4, 1989*		vs. No. 20 Stanford	L 69–84	11–10
Feb 5, 1989		Ole Miss	W 78–67	12–10 (6–4)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida
Feb 8, 1989		Georgia	W 65–60	13–10 (7–4)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida
Feb 11, 1989		at Kentucky	W 59–53	14–10 (8–4)	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
Feb 15, 1989		Auburn	W 90–79	15–10 (9–4)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida
Feb 18, 1989		Tennessee	W 99–81	16–10 (10–4)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida
Feb 22, 1989		at Mississippi State	W 78–69	17–10 (11–4)	Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi
Feb 25, 1989		Vanderbilt	W 83–80	18–10 (12–4)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida
Mar 1, 1989		at LSU	W 104–95	19–10 (13–4)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Mar 4, 1989		at Alabama	L 63–83	19–11 (13–5)	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
SEC Tournament
Mar 10, 1989*		vs. Georgia SEC Tournament Quarterfinal	W 62–61	20–11	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee
Mar 11, 1989*		at Tennessee SEC Tournament Semifinal	W 76–71	21–11	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee
Mar 12, 1989*		vs. Alabama SEC Tournament Championship	L 60–72	21–12	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 1989*	(7 MW)	vs. (10 MW) Colorado State First Round	L 46–68	21–13	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

sports-reference.com 1988-89 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
"1988-89 Florida Gators Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
2017–18 Florida Gators men's basketball media guide. p. 92–93. Retrieved 2017-Nov-23.

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[1] sports-reference.com 1988-89 Southeastern Conference Season Summary

[2] "1988-89 Florida Gators Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 12, 2020.

[3] 2017–18 Florida Gators men's basketball media guide. p. 92–93. Retrieved 2017-Nov-23.

Florida Gators men's basketball
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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1988-89 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Florida	13	–	5	.722	21	–	13	.618
No. 20 Alabama †	12	–	6	.667	23	–	8	.742
Vanderbilt	12	–	6	.667	19	–	14	.576
LSU	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Tennessee	11	–	7	.611	19	–	11	.633
Kentucky	8	–	10	.444	13	–	19	.406
Ole Miss	8	–	10	.444	15	–	15	.500
Mississippi State	7	–	11	.389	13	–	15	.464
Georgia	6	–	12	.333	15	–	16	.484
Auburn	2	–	16	.111	9	–	19	.321

† 1989 SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1]