# 1988–89 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1988–89 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Steve Yoder, coaching his seventh season with Wisconsin. The Badgers finished 18-12, 8-10 in Big Ten play to finish tied for sixth place.

## Roster

*ineligible first semester due to transfer from Marquette ^academically ineligible second semester

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/26/1988* | Oregon | W 74–47 | 1–0 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 11/28/1988* | Ferris State | W 98–61 | 2–0 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 12/2/1988* | vs. Maine First Bank Classic | W 89–72 | 3–0 | Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI |
| 12/3/1988* | vs. Marquette First Bank Classic | W 70–55 | 4–0 | Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI |
| 12/5/1988* | Eastern Illinois | W 52–44 | 5–0 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 12/7/1988* | at Loyola (IL) | L 76–90 | 5–1 | Alumni Gym Chicago, IL |
| 12/10/1988* | at Butler | W 63–53 | 6–1 | Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| 12/14/1988* | Denver | W 89–34 | 7–1 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 12/30/1988* | Eastern Michigan | W 84–69 | 8–1 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 1/4/1989 | Minnesota | W 75–67 | 9–1 (1–0) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 1/7/1989 | at No. 14 Ohio State | L 70–73 | 9–2 (1–1) | St. John Arena Columbus, OH |
| 1/12/1989 | at No. 2 Illinois | L 80–103 | 9–3 (1–2) | Assembly Hall Champaign, IL |
| 1/14/1989 | Purdue | L 62–68 | 9–4 (1–3) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 1/19/1989 | No. 19 Indiana | L 58–61 $^{OT}$ | 9–5 (1–4) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 1/21/1989 | No. 6 Michigan | W 71–68 | 10–5 (2–4) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 1/26/1989 | at No. 12 Iowa | L 70–78 | 10–6 (2–5) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 1/28/1989 | at Northwestern | W 59–58 | 11–6 (3–5) | Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL |
| 2/2/1989 | Michigan State | W 69–64 $^{OT}$ | 12–6 (4–5) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 2/8/1989 | at Minnesota | L 58–59 | 12–7 (4–6) | Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN |
| 2/11/1989 | at No. 8 Iowa | W 65–54 | 13–7 (5–6) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 2/15/1989 | Northwestern | W 72–60 | 14–7 (6–6) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 2/18/1989 | No. 5 Illinois | W 72–52 | 15–7 (7–6) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 2/22/1989* | Marquette | W 61–50 | 16–7 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 2/25/1989 | at No. 13 Michigan | L 70–92 | 16–8 (7–7) | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI |
| 3/2/1989 | at Purdue | L 60–65 | 16–9 (7–8) | Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN |
| 3/4/1989 | Ohio State | W 77–65 | 17–9 (8–8) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 3/9/1989 | at No. 6 Indiana | L 64–75 | 17–10 (8–9) | Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN |
| 3/11/1989 | at Michigan State | L 61–70 | 17–11 (8–10) | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| National Invitation Tournament ||||||
| 3/15/1989* | New Orleans First Round | W 63–61 | 18–11 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 3/20/1989* | Saint Louis Second Round | L 68–73 | 18–12 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Player statistics

Individual player statistics (Final) :
| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | Free Throws | Free Throws | Free Throws | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | | | | | |
| Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | TO | Blk | Stl | PF |
| Jones, Danny | 30 | 30 | 1062 | 35.4 | 611 | 20.4 | 231 | 449 | .514 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 149 | 199 | .749 | - | - | 141 | 4.7 | 35 | 65 | 12 | 26 | 91 |
| Jackson, Trent | 30 | 30 | 1099 | 36.6 | 574 | 19.1 | 201 | 408 | .493 | 73 | 163 | .448 | 99 | 133 | .744 | - | - | 90 | 3.0 | 101 | 91 | 1 | 50 | 79 |
| Locum, Tim | 30 | 6 | 733 | 24.4 | 265 | 8.8 | 83 | 168 | .494 | 54 | 111 | .486 | 45 | 55 | .818 | - | - | 71 | 2.4 | 60 | 29 | 3 | 25 | 52 |
| Simms, Willie | 30 | 24 | 627 | 20.9 | 190 | 6.3 | 84 | 162 | .519 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 21 | 53 | .396 | - | - | 99 | 3.3 | 52 | 49 | 12 | 27 | 64 |
| Tompkins, Patrick | 12 | 5 | 214 | 17.8 | 63 | 5.3 | 23 | 35 | .657 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 17 | 33 | .515 | - | - | 46 | 3.8 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| Molaski, Tom | 30 | 22 | 830 | 27.7 | 150 | 5.0 | 48 | 107 | .449 | 13 | 39 | .333 | 41 | 54 | .759 | - | - | 83 | 2.8 | 108 | 54 | 2 | 40 | 60 |
| Portmann, Kurt | 30 | 24 | 689 | 23.0 | 135 | 4.5 | 63 | 113 | .558 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 18 | .500 | - | - | 112 | 3.7 | 42 | 32 | 34 | 26 | 93 |
| Gillespie, James | 6 | 0 | 33 | 5.5 | 14 | 2.3 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 7 | .286 | - | - | 8 | 1.3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Good, Brian | 9 | 0 | 34 | 3.8 | 15 | 1.7 | 3 | 12 | .250 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 6 | 7 | .857 | - | - | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Schubring, Darin | 29 | 9 | 465 | 16.0 | 45 | 1.6 | 19 | 47 | .404 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 21 | .333 | - | - | 102 | 3.5 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 61 |
| Ellenson, John | 9 | 0 | 60 | 6.7 | 11 | 1.2 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | - | - | 9 | 1.0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Willey, Rob | 9 | 0 | 27 | 3.0 | 8 | 0.9 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - | 5 | 0.6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Robertson, Pollis | 11 | 0 | 32 | 2.9 | 7 | 0.6 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 5 | .600 | - | - | 8 | 0.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Robinson, Byron | 16 | 0 | 91 | 5.7 | 6 | 0.4 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 13 | .462 | - | - | 15 | 0.9 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Douglass, Billy | 14 | 0 | 54 | 3.9 | 6 | 0.4 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 6 | .000 | - | - | 8 | 0.6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 30 | - | 6050 | 40.3 | 2100 | 70.0 | 774 | 1546 | .501 | 146 | 326 | .448 | 406 | 606 | .670 | - | - | 859 | 28.6 | 450 | 401 | 86 | 220 | 541 |
| Opponents | 30 | - | 6050 | 40.3 | 1941 | 64.7 | 699 | 1503 | .465 | 105 | 267 | .393 | 438 | 606 | .723 | - | - | 885 | 29.5 | 367 | 470 | 71 | 162 | 583 |

## Awards and honors

All-American
* Danny Jones - Honorable Mention (AP)
All-Big Ten
* Danny Jones - 2nd team (AP and UPI)
* Trent Jackson - 2nd team (AP), 3rd team (UPI)
Big Ten Player of the Week
* Trent Jackson - Week of February 14
Team awards
* Trent Jackson - MVP
* Willie Simms - Most Improved
* Darin Schubring - Defensive POY