# 1988–89 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

The 1988–89 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 18, 1988* | No. 20 | at Montana Preseason NIT | W 79–63 | 1–0 | Harry Adams Field House Missoula, Montana |
| Nov 20, 1988* | No. 20 | at Indiana Preseason NIT | L 73–84 | 1–1 | Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana |
| Nov 28, 1988* | | at No. 5 North Carolina | L 76–87 | 1–2 | Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Dec 2, 1988* | | Cornell Apple Invitational | W 90–45 | 2–2 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Dec 3, 1988* | | Colorado State Apple Invitational | W 63–49 | 3–2 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Dec 10, 1988* | | San Jose State | W 89–39 | 4–2 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Dec 17, 1988 | | Oregon State | W 87–59 | 5–2 (1–0) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Dec 23, 1988 | | at UCLA | L 70–74 | 5–3 (1–1) | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
| Dec 27, 1988* | | at Saint Mary's | W 65–64 | 6–3 | McKeon Pavilion Moraga, California |
| Dec 29, 1988* | | vs. Furman Music City Invitational | W 88–71 | 7–3 | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee |
| Dec 30, 1988* | | at Vanderbilt Music City Invitational | W 89–68 | 8–3 | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee |
| Jan 5, 1989 | | No. 8 Arizona | W 83–78 | 9–3 (2–1) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Jan 7, 1989 | | Arizona State | W 94–65 | 10–3 (3–1) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Jan 12, 1989 | | at Washington | W 71–69 | 11–3 (4–1) | Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington |
| Jan 14, 1989 | | at Washington State | W 85–43 | 12–3 (5–1) | Friel Court Pullman, Washington |
| Jan 16, 1989* | No. 20 | Miami (FL) | W 93–59 | 13–3 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Jan 19, 1989 | No. 20 | at California | L 64–75 | 13–4 (5–2) | Harmon Gym Berkeley, California |
| Jan 21, 1989 | No. 20 | UCLA | W 84–75 | 14–4 (6–2) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Jan 26, 1989* | No. 19 | Oregon | W 75–53 | 15–4 (7–2) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Jan 29, 1989 | No. 19 | at No. 6 Arizona | L 52–72 | 15–5 (7–3) | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Feb 2, 1989* | No. 20 | at Arizona State | W 75–60 | 16–5 (8–3) | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Feb 4, 1989* | No. 20 | vs. Florida | W 84–69 | 17–5 | Orlando, Florida |
| Feb 9, 1989 | No. 18 | Washington State | W 65–53 | 18–5 (9–3) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Feb 12, 1989 | No. 18 | Washington | W 82–74 | 19–5 (10–3) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Feb 16, 1989 | No. 17 | California | W 97–71 | 20–5 (11–3) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Feb 20, 1989 | No. 17 | at USC | W 68–52 | 21–5 (12–3) | L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California |
| Feb 23, 1989 | No. 16 | at Oregon | W 54–50 | 22–5 (13–3) | McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon |
| Feb 25, 1989 | No. 16 | at Oregon State | W 60–58 | 23–5 (14–3) | Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon |
| Mar 2, 1989 | No. 13 | USC | W 73–65 | 24–5 (15–3) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Pac-10 Tournament ||||||
| Mar 10, 1989* | (2) No. 12 | vs. (10) USC Quarterfinals | W 66–61 | 25–5 | The Forum Los Angeles, California |
| Mar 11, 1989* | (2) No. 12 | vs. (3) UCLA Semifinals | W 95–86 | 26–5 | The Forum Los Angeles, California |
| Mar 12, 1989* | (2) No. 12 | vs. (1) No. 1 Arizona Championship | L 51–73 | 26–6 | The Forum Los Angeles, California |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| Mar 16, 1989* | (3 E) No. 13 | vs. (14 E) Siena First Round | L 78–80 | 26–7 | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| AP | 20 | 20* | | | | | | | | | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Coaches | 19 | 19* | 19 | | | | | | | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 12 | Not released |
*Both polls did not release a week 1 poll.