1988–89 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

1988–89 Washington Huskies men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	12–16 (8–10 Pac-10)
Head coach	Andy Russo (4th season)
Assistant coach	Ritchie McKay
Home arena	Hec Edmundson Pavilion

1988–89 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Arizona †	17	–	1		.944			29	–	4		.879
No. 13 Stanford	15	–	3		.833			26	–	7		.788
UCLA	13	–	5		.722			21	–	10		.677
Oregon State	13	–	5		.722			22	–	8		.733
California	10	–	8		.556			20	–	13		.606
Washington	8	–	10		.444			12	–	16		.429
Arizona State	5	–	13		.278			12	–	16		.429
Washington State	4	–	14		.222			10	–	19		.345
Oregon	3	–	15		.167			8	–	21		.276
USC	2	–	16		.111			10	–	22		.313
† Conference tournament winner As of April 15, 1989[1] Rankings from AP poll

The 1988–89 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth-year head coach Andy Russo, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

The Huskies were 12–15 overall in the regular season and 8–10 in conference play, sixth in the standings.^[2] In the Pac-10 tournament in southern California at The Forum, Washington lost to third seed UCLA by ten points in the quarterfinal.^[3][4]

Russo resigned less than two weeks later,^[5][6] and was succeeded by alumnus Lynn Nance,^[7] the head coach at Saint Mary's. The Gaels were WCAC champions, received an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament, and finished at 25–4 in 1989.^[8]

This season's Final Four was held in Seattle at the Kingdome.

Postseason results

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Pacific-10 Tournament
Fri, March 10 9:00 pm	vs. (3) UCLA Quarterfinal	L 54–64	12–16	The Forum (9,001) Inglewood, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.

References

1. "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
2. "Pac-10 standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 6, 1989. p. 5D.
3. "UCLA 64, Washington 54". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 11, 1989. p. 4C.
4. "Beavers win, but rest struggle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokesman-Review). Associated Press. March 11, 1989. p. B2.
5. Cour, Jim (March 23, 1989). "Russo bows down at Washington". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
6. "Under fire, Russo opts to quit job". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 22, 1989. p. 1D.
7. Blanchette, John (April 4, 1989). "Huskies let the not-so-secret out: St. Mary's Nance to replace Russo". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
8. "Huskies join hiring rush with Nance". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. April 4, 1989. p. 2C.

External links

• Sports Reference – Washington Huskies: 1988–89 basketball season