1988–89 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team

1988–89 Boise State Broncos men's basketball
1988–89 Boise State Broncos men's basketball
Big Sky Regular Season co-champions
National Invitation Tournament, First round
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	23–7 (13–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bobby Dye (6th season);
Assistant coach	Rod Jensen
Home arena	BSU Pavilion
	Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Boise State	13	–	3	.813	23	–	7	.767
Idaho †	13	–	3	.813	25	–	6	.806
Montana	11	–	5	.688	20	–	11	.645
Nevada	10	–	6	.625	16	–	12	.571
Weber State	9	–	7	.563	17	–	11	.607
Montana State	6	–	10	.375	15	–	16	.484
Eastern Washington	5	–	11	.313	8	–	22	.267
Idaho State	4	–	12	.250	9	–	18	.333
Northern Arizona	1	–	15	.063	2	–	25	.074

† Conference tournament winner

The 1988–89 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represented Boise State University during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncos were led by sixth-year head coach Bobby Dye and played their home games on campus at the BSU Pavilion in Boise, Idaho.

They finished the regular season at 22–5 overall, with a 13–3 record in the Big Sky Conference, tied for first in the standings with rival Idaho. In the conference tournament at home in Boise, the top-seeded Broncos again received a bye into the semifinals and defeated Weber State by eleven points.^[1]^[2] They met second-seeded Idaho in the final and fell by seven.^[3]^[4]

With the NCAA tournament on their home floor,^[5] BSU was invited to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), and traveled to Stillwater, Oklahoma,^[6] where they lost by fourteen points to the Oklahoma State Cowboys of the Big Eight Conference.^[7]^[8]

The Broncos were led on the court by senior guard Chris Childs, who went on to a lengthy professional career, ending with nine years in the NBA.

Postseason results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Big Sky tournament
Fri, March 10 8:37 pm	(1)	(5) Weber State Semifinal	W 71–60	23–5	BSU Pavilion (10,600) Boise, Idaho
Sat, March 11 9:07 pm, ESPN	(1)	(2) Idaho Final	L 52–59	23–6	BSU Pavilion (11,576) Boise, Idaho
National Invitation tournament
Fri, March 17* 6:30 pm		at Oklahoma State First round	L 55–69	23–7	Gallagher-Iba Arena (5,675) Stillwater, Oklahoma
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain time.

References

^ Boling, Dave (March 11, 1989). "Idaho, Boise roll to rematch". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B2.
^ Schulte, Chris (March 11, 1989). "Vandals one game away from the crown". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 1D.
^ Schulte, Chris (March 13, 1989). "Vandals complete BSC dream season". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 1B.
^ Boling, Dave (March 13, 1989). "Idaho will play UNLV in NCAAs". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. C1.
^ Boling, Dave; Blanchette, John (March 17, 1989). "Clemson had help – BSU cheerleaders". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C3.
^ "Broncos meet Oklahoma State". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). March 17, 1989. p. 4D.
^ "OSU bucks Broncos out of NIT, 69-55". Idahonian. (Moscow). Associated Press. March 18, 1989. p. 3D.
^ "Oklahoma State plunks Broncos". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 19, 1989. p. 2B.