# 1988–89 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

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.

## 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, Arizona |
| Dec 29, 1988* 7:00 pm, CTN | | vs. San Francisco Kactus Klassic | W 99–73 | 6-3 | University Activity Center Tempe, Arizona |
| Jan 4, 1989* 7:00 pm, CTN | | Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four | W 88–80 | 7-3 | Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa |
| Jan 7, 1989 7:00 pm, Raycom | | at No. 20 Kansas | L 82–127 | 7–4 (0–1) | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas |
| Jan 9, 1989* 8:00 pm, CTN | | Illinois-Chicago | W 111–93 | 8–4 | Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa |
| Jan 11, 1989 9:00 pm, ESPN | | Colorado | W 81–77 $^{OT}$ | 9–4 (1–1) | Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa |
| Jan 14, 1989 3:00 pm, Raycom | | at No. 10 Missouri | L 71–96 | 9–5 (1–2) | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| 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, Iowa |
| Jan 25, 1989* 7:00 pm, CTN | | Western Illinois | W 114–74 | 10–6 | Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa |
| Jan 28, 1989 7:30 pm, CTN | | at Oklahoma State | L 74–102 | 10–7 (1–4) | Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma |
| Jan 31, 1989 7:00 pm, CTN | | Nebraska | W 88–76 | 11–7 (2–4) | Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa |
| Feb 6, 1989 8:00 pm, CTN | | at No. 1 Oklahoma | L 97–126 | 11–8 (2–5) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Feb 9, 1989 8:00 pm, CTN | | at Kansas State | L 89–104 | 11–9 (2–6) | Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas |
| Feb 14, 1989 7:00 pm, CTN | | No. 3 Missouri | W 82–74 | 12–9 (3–6) | Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa |
| Feb 18, 1989 3:00 pm, Raycom | | Oklahoma State | W 90–81 | 13–9 (4–6) | Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa |
| Feb 22, 1989 7:00 pm, CTN | | Kansas | W 97–89 | 14–9 (5–6) | Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa |
| Feb 25, 1989 1:00 pm, Raycom | | at Nebraska | L 74–77 | 14–10 (5–7) | Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Mar 1, 1989 8:00 pm, CTN | | at Colorado | W 83–68 | 15–10 (6–7) | Coors Events Center Boulder, Colorado |
| Mar 4, 1989 3:00 pm, Raycom | | Kansas State | W 101–89 | 16–10 (7–7) | Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa |
| 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 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Central Time. ||||||