1988–89 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team

The 1988–89 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team represented North Carolina State University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 1988–89 men's college basketball season. It was Jim Valvano's 9th season as head coach.

1988–89 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball
ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet 16
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 19
Record	22–9 (10–4 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Valvano (9th season)
Home arena	Reynolds Coliseum
Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 NC State	10	–	4		.714			22	–	9		.710
No. 9 Duke	9	–	5		.643			28	–	8		.778
Virginia	9	–	5		.643			22	–	11		.667
No. 5 North Carolina †	9	–	5		.643			29	–	8		.784
Georgia Tech	8	–	6		.571			20	–	12		.625
Clemson	7	–	7		.500			19	–	11		.633
Wake Forest	3	–	11		.214			13	–	15		.464
Maryland	1	–	13		.071			9	–	20		.310
† 1989 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1988–89 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 11 Kelsey Weems 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Atlanta, Georgia G 13 Chris Corchiani 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Coral Gables, Florida G 21 Rodney Monroe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Baltimore, Maryland F 22 Brian Howard 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Winston-Salem, North Carolina F 24 Tom Gugliotta 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Huntington Station, New York F 52 Chucky Brown 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr New York, New York	Head coach Jim Valvano (Rutgers) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
November 26*	No. 18	Columbia	W 110–54	1-0	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
November 28*	No. 18	Akron	W 87–67	2-0	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
December 3*	No. 16	at Southern Methodist	L 57–59	2-1	Moody Coliseum  University Park, TX
January 5	No. 16	at Clemson	W 73–65	8–1 (1–0)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, SC
January 7*	No. 16	Temple	W 71–59	9–1	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
January 12*	No. 16	Coastal Carolina	W 97–69	10–1	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
January 14	No. 15	No. 19 Georgia Tech	W 82–68	11–1 (2–0)	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
January 21	No. 15	at No. 13 North Carolina	L 81–84	12–2 (3–1)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
January 26	No. 15	No. 8 Duke	W 88–73	13–2 (4–1)	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
February 9	No. 17	No. 6 North Carolina	W 98–88	15–4 (6–3)	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
March 4	No. 20	Wake Forest	W 110–103	20–7 (10–4)	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Tournament
March 10*	No. 17	vs. Maryland ACC tournament	L 49–71	20-8	The Omni  Atlanta, GA
NCAA Tournament
March 17*  CBS	(5) No. 19	vs. (12) South Carolina First Round	W 81-66[1]	21-8	Dunkin' Donuts Center  Providence, RI
March 19*  CBS	(5) No. 19	vs. (4) No. 14 Iowa Second Round	W 102-96 2 OT[2][3]	22-8	Dunkin' Donuts Center  Providence, RI
March 24*  CBS	(5) No. 19	vs. (2) No. 2 Georgetown Sweet Sixteen	L 61-69	22-9	Brendan Byrne Arena (19,508) East Rutherford, NJ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

See also: 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AP	18	18	16	19	18	17	18	16	15	15	15	13	17	19	17	20	17	19
Coaches	20	20	—	—	20	20	18	18	17	15	15	12	17	18	15	18	13	18

References

1. "N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT: EAST; Georgetown Survives Princeton Scare". The New York Times. March 18, 1989. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
2. "Monroe's heroics carry N.C. State past Iowa". Chicago Tribune. March 20, 1989. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
3. "MONROE SCORES 40 AS N.C. STATE TOPS IOWA IN 2 OVERTIMES". The Washington Post. March 20, 1989. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
4. "2019–20 NC State Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). NC State Athletic Department. p. 133. Retrieved April 5, 2020.