1988–89 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 1988–89 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth-year head coach Andy Russo, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

1988–89 Washington Huskies men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	12–16 (8–10 Pac-10)
Head coach	Andy Russo (4th season)
Assistant coach	Ritchie McKay
Home arena	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Arizona †	17	–	1		.944			29	–	4		.879
No. 13 Stanford	15	–	3		.833			26	–	7		.788
UCLA	13	–	5		.722			21	–	10		.677
Oregon State	13	–	5		.722			22	–	8		.733
California	10	–	8		.556			20	–	13		.606
Washington	8	–	10		.444			12	–	16		.429
Arizona State	5	–	13		.278			12	–	16		.429
Washington State	4	–	14		.222			10	–	19		.345
Oregon	3	–	15		.167			8	–	21		.276
USC	2	–	16		.111			10	–	22		.313
† Conference tournament winner As of April 15, 1989[1] Rankings from AP poll

The Huskies were 12–15 overall in the regular season and 8–10 in conference play, sixth in the standings.^[2] In the Pac-10 tournament in southern California at The Forum, Washington lost to third seed UCLA by ten points in the quarterfinal.^[3][4]

Russo resigned less than two weeks later,^[5][6] and was succeeded by alumnus Lynn Nance,^[7] the head coach at Saint Mary's. The Gaels were WCAC champions, received an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament, and finished at 25–4 in 1989.^[8]

This season's Final Four was held in Seattle at the Kingdome.

Postseason results

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Pacific-10 Tournament
Fri, March 10 9:00 pm	vs. (3) UCLA Quarterfinal	L 54–64	12–16	The Forum (9,001) Inglewood, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.

References

1. "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
2. "Pac-10 standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 6, 1989. p. 5D.
3. "UCLA 64, Washington 54". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 11, 1989. p. 4C.
4. "Beavers win, but rest struggle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokesman-Review). Associated Press. March 11, 1989. p. B2.
5. Cour, Jim (March 23, 1989). "Russo bows down at Washington". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
6. "Under fire, Russo opts to quit job". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 22, 1989. p. 1D.
7. Blanchette, John (April 4, 1989). "Huskies let the not-so-secret out: St. Mary's Nance to replace Russo". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
8. "Huskies join hiring rush with Nance". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. April 4, 1989. p. 2C.

External links

• Sports Reference – Washington Huskies: 1988–89 basketball season