1988–89 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
1988–89 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
Metro Conference Tournament Championship
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Metro Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#13
AP	#12
1988–89 record	24–9 (8–4 Metro Conference)
Head coach	Denny Crum
MVP	Pervis Ellison (2nd year)
Home arena	Freedom Hall
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Schedule and Results

Index to colors and formatting
Louisville won
Louisville lost
* = Metro Conference Game
(A) = Away game
(H) = Home game
(N) = Neutral site game

Metro Conference Tournament (Columbia, S.C.)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Result	Record
Nov. 18	Xavier (A)	#4	L 83-85	0-1
Nov. 30	Vanderbilt (A)	#13	L 62-65	0-2
Dec. 3	Indiana (N)	#15	W 101-79	1-2
Dec. 6	Murray State (H)	#15	W 83-51	2-2
Dec. 8	Western Kentucky (A)	#15	W 81-69	3-2
Dec. 10	Dayton (H)	#15	W 95-68	4-2
Dec. 17	Oklahoma State (H)	#15	W 92-90	5-2
Dec. 21	Eastern Kentucky (H)	#14	W 76-40	6-2
Dec. 31	Kentucky (H)	#14	W 97-75	7-2
Jan. 4	Virginia (H)	#13	W 74-71	8-2
Jan. 7	DePaul (H)	#13	W 81-67	9-2
Jan. 9	Virginia Tech* (A)	#13	W 82-73	10-2
Jan. 11	South Carolina* (H)	#9	W 75-52	11-2
Jan. 15	#19 Georgia Tech (A)	#9	W 67-65	12-2
Jan. 22	#10 UNLV (H)	#4	W 92-74	13-2
Jan. 26	Southern Miss* (A)	#3	W 95-76	14-2
Jan. 29	#17 Ohio State (H)	#3	L 79-85	14-3
Feb. 1	Virginia Tech* (H)	#7	W 108-95	15-3
Feb. 4	Memphis State* (A)	#7	W 101-85	16-3
Feb. 6	#8 Florida State* (H)	#7	L 78-81	16-4
Feb. 8	Cincinnati* (A)	#4	W 69-66	17-4
Feb. 12	UCLA (A)	#4	L 75-77	17-5
Feb. 16	#17 Florida State* (A)	#10	W 78-77	18-5
Feb. 20	Memphis State* (H)	#10	L 67-72	18-6
Feb. 22	Southern Miss.* (H)	#8	W 96-83	19-6
Feb. 25	South Carolina* (A)	#8	L 73-77	19-7
Mar. 1	Cincinnati* (H)	#14	L 71-77	19-8
Mar. 4	Notre Dame (A)	#14	W 87-77	20-8
Mar. 11	Memphis State (N)	#16	W 71-70	21-8
Mar. 12	#14 Florida State (N)	#16	W 87-80	22-8
NCAA Midwest Regional (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Mar. 16	Ark.-Little Rock (N)	#16	W 76-71	23-8
Mar. 18	Arkansas (N)	#16	W 93-84	24-8
NCAA Midwest Regional (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Mar. 24	#3 Illinois (N)	#12	L 69-83	24-9

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Awards and honors

Pervis Ellison : Metro Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Individual All-America teams

Pervis Ellison : 1989 Consensus All-America first team
Pervis Ellison : First team All-American by NABC ^[3] and USBWA ^[4]
Pervis Ellison : Second team All-American by Associated Press ^[5] and UPI ^[6]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	1	Pervis Ellison	Sacramento Kings
1	19	Kenny Payne	Philadelphia 76ers

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References

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[1] ttp://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/louisville/1989-schedule.html

[2] ttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1989

[3] All-America - Division I (1980's)

[4] USBWA Men's All-Americans

[5] AP All-America Teams

[6] 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans p.208

[7] ttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1989&lg=N

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