# 1988–89 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team

The 1988–89 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team represented Colorado State University as a member of the Western Athletic Conference during the 1988–89 college basketball season. The team was led by head coach Boyd Grant. The Rams finished 23–10 and won the WAC regular season title with a 12–4 conference record. After falling to UTEP in the finals of the WAC tournament, the team received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the Midwest region. After defeating Florida in the opening round, the Rams were beaten by No. 2 seed Syracuse in the second round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 26, 1988* | | Northern Colorado | W 70–50 | 1–0 | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Nov 30, 1988* | | Colorado | W 73–72 | 2–0 | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Dec 2, 1988* | | vs. Pacific Apple Invitational | W 74–66 | 3–0 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Dec 3, 1988* | | at Stanford Apple Invitational | L 49–63 | 3–1 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Dec 6, 1988* | | at North Texas | L 50–52 | 3–2 | Super Pit Denton, Texas |
| Dec 10, 1988* | | Idaho State | W 71–50 | 4–2 | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Dec 17, 1988* | | Oral Roberts | W 102–89 | 5–2 | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Dec 20, 1988* | | at Baylor | W 62–53 | 6–2 | Ferrell Center Waco, Texas |
| Dec 27, 1988* | | at Wisconsin-Green Bay | L 43–58 | 6–3 | Brown County Arena Green Bay, Wisconsin |
| Dec 29, 1988* | | Texas Tech | L 61–71 | 6–4 | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Dec 30, 1988* | | Montana | W 68–66 | 7–4 | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Jan 5, 1989 | | at San Diego State | L 57–62 | 7–5 (0–1) | Peterson Gym San Diego, California |
| Jan 7, 1989 | | at Hawaii | W 62–55 | 7–5 (1–1) | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Jan 12, 1989 | | New Mexico | W 64–62 | 9–5 (2–1) | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Jan 16, 1989 | | at Air Force | W 69–59 | 10–5 (3–1) | Clune Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Jan 19, 1989 | | Utah | W 63–49 | 11–5 (4–1) | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Jan 21, 1989 | | BYU | L 69–84 | 11–6 (4–2) | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Jan 24, 1989 | | at UTEP | L 53–69 | 11–7 (4–3) | Special Events Center El Paso, Texas |
| Jan 26, 1989 | | at New Mexico | L 62–65 | 11–8 (4–4) | The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Feb 2, 1989 | | San Diego State | W 67–47 | 12–8 (5–4) | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Feb 4, 1989 | | Wyoming | W 55–48 | 13–8 (6–4) | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Feb 11, 1989* | | at Oral Roberts | W 76–70 | 14–8 | Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Feb 18, 1989 | | Hawaii | W 57–56 | 15–8 (7–4) | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Feb 20, 1989 | | Air Force | W 58–53 | 16–8 (8–4) | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Feb 23, 1989 | | UTEP | W 81–68 | 17–8 (9–4) | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Feb 25, 1989 | | at Wyoming | W 62–59 | 18–8 (10–4) | Arena-Auditorium Laramie, Wyoming |
| Mar 2, 1989 | | at Utah | W 75–64 | 19–8 (11–4) | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Mar 4, 1989 | | at BYU | W 89–72 | 20–8 (12–4) | Marriott Center Provo, Utah |
| WAC tournament ||||||
| Mar 8, 1989* | (1) | vs. (8) Utah Quarterfinals | W 52–50 | 21–8 | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Mar 9, 1989* | (1) | vs. (4) Hawaii Semifinals | W 50–46 | 22–8 | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Mar 11, 1989* | (1) | vs. (2) UTEP Championship | L 60–73 | 22–9 | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 17, 1989* | (10 MW) | vs. (7 MW) Florida First Round | W 68–46 | 23–9 | Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas |
| Mar 19, 1989* | (10 MW) | vs. (2 MW) No. 7 Syracuse Second Round | L 50–65 | 23–10 | Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. ||||||

## NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 2 | 35 | Pat Durham | Dallas Mavericks |