1988–89 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team

American college basketball season

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

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.

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	21-8	Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI
March 19* CBS	(5) No. 19	vs. (4) No. 14 Iowa Second Round	W 102-96	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.

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

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

v t e NC State Wolfpack men's basketball
Venues	Thompson Gym (1925–1949) Reynolds Coliseum (1949–1999) Lenovo Center (1999–present)
Rivalries	East Carolina North Carolina Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Dixie Classic / Big Four Tobacco Road 1961 gambling scandal 2018 corruption scandal
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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