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1988-89 Season
The 1988-89 UMass Minutemen men's basketball team represents the University of Massachusetts. The Head Coach was John Calipari. The team played its home games primarily in the Curry Hicks Cage in Amherst, Massachusetts, and was a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.
The season represented the 80th season of basketball in the school's history.
- Current Record: 10-18 Overall
- Conference Record: 5-13 (Eighth Place)
- A-10 Tournament: 0-1, Lost in First Round
- Postseason: none
| Record | Overall | A-10 |
|---|---|---|
| All games | 10-18 | 5-13 |
| Home | 8-5 | 5-4 |
| Away | 1-11 | 0-9 |
| Neutral | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Scoreboard
| Game | Record | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Game Results | Overall | Atlantic 10 | |
| 11/26 | So. Connecticut | W 84-61 | 1-0 | – | SCSU was D-II. The Cage scoreboard catches fire in the second half, temporarily delaying the game. |
| 11/30 | Boston Univ. | L 78-76 | 1-1 | – | |
| 12/3 | at Rutgers | L 78-61 | 1-2 | 0-1 | |
| 12/7 | at New Hampshire | W 73-72 | 2-2 | – | |
| 12/10 | Northeastern | W 79-69 | 3-2 | – | |
| 12/14 | Lowell | W 84-60 | 4-2 | – | Lowell was D-II. |
| 12/29 | vs Florida Tech | L 106-87 | 4-3 | – | Florida Today Classic, at Melbourne FL. FIT was D-II. This was effectively a home tournament for FIT, based in Melbourne. UM's record book attributes it as a neutral site game. |
| 12/30 | vs Coastal Carolina | W 90-73 | 5-3 | – | Florida Today Classic, at Melbourne FL |
| 1/3 | West Virginia | L 89-73 | 5-4 | 0-2 | |
| 1/5 | at Penn State | L 107-79 | 5-5 | 0-3 | |
| 1/8 | at St. Bonaventure | L 74-70 | 5-6 | 0-4 | |
| 1/12 | Temple | L 89-68 | 5-7 | 0-5 | “Springfield Classic”, at the Springfield Civic Center |
| 1/14 | Duquesne | L 88-84 | 5-8 | 0-6 | |
| 1/16 | St. Bonaventure | W 92-84 | 6-8 | 1-6 | |
| 1/19 | Rhode Island | W 76-71 | 7-8 | 2-6 | |
| 1/21 | at George Washington | L 103-77 | 7-9 | 2-7 | This was GW's only win of a 1-27 season. |
| 1/24 | at Temple | L 93-66 | 7-10 | 2-8 | |
| 1/28 | Rutgers | W 105-89 | 8-10 | 3-8 | |
| 1/30 | at Connecticut | L 104-75 | 8-11 | – | |
| 2/6 | at Holy Cross | L 98-85 | 8-12 | – | |
| 2/9 | at Rhode Island | L 100-76 | 8-13 | 3-9 | |
| 2/13 | St. Joseph's | W 72-68 | 9-13 | 4-9 | |
| 2/16 | at West Virginia | L 88-55 | 9-14 | 4-10 | |
| 2/18 | at Duquesne | L 105-74 | 9-15 | 4-11 | |
| 2/23 | Penn State | L 90-71 | 9-16 | 4-12 | |
| 2/25 | George Washington | W 87-67 | 10-16 | 5-12 | |
| 3/1 | at St. Joseph's | L 83-81 | 10-17 | 5-13 | |
| 3/4 | vs St. Joseph's | L 87-83 | 10-18 | A-10 Tournament, First Round, at The Palestra, Philadelphia PA | |
Statistics
- UMass played up-tempo, scoring 78.1 points per game (tied for second-most among Atlantic 10 teams), but was atrocious on defense, giving up 84.8 ppg, 3.3 points more than the next-worst, George Washington, who went 1-27 on the season.1)
- On the glass, UM was averaging -3.1 per game versus their opponents.2)
- UM blocked just 74 shots on the season. Jim McCoy and John Milum led the team with 11 each, and a 0.4 per game average.
Roster
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| # | Name | Height | Weight | Class | Pos. | Hometown / HS / Prep / College Transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Matt Anderson | So. | F | 6-8 | 195 | Brewster, N.Y./Brewster |
| 12 | Chris Bailey | Jr. | G | 5-11 | 165 | Springfield, Mass./Springfield Tech |
| 11 | Anton Brown | Fr. | G | 6-2 | 175 | Columbia, S.C./A.C Flora |
| 23 | David Brown | Sr. | F/G | 6-5 | 213 | Baltimore, Md./Cardinal Gibbons |
| 5 | Ishmael Butler | So. | G | 5-11 | 165 | Seattle, Wash./Garfield Seattle |
| 33 | Michael Byrnes | Jr. | F | 6-7 | 215 | Canton, Mass./Canton |
| 34 | Duane Chase | Sr. | F | 6-6 | 212 | Baltimore, Md./Southwestern |
| 10 | Rafer Giles | So. | G | 6-2 | 165 | Richmond, Va./Henrico |
| 40 | Ben Grodski | So. | C | 6-9 | 230 | Riverhead, N.Y./Longwood |
| 14 | Cary Herer | Jr. | G | 6-2 | 185 | Fairfield, Conn./Andrew Warde |
| 20 | Jim McCoy | Fr. | G | 6-3 | 175 | Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic |
| 22 | John Milum | Sr. | C | 6-9 | 230 | Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand |
| 21 | Sean Nelen | Jr. | G | 6-3 | 185 | South Hadley, Mass./Wilb. & Monson |
| 44 | John Tate | So. | F | 6-8 | 245 | Penn Hills, Pa./Penn Hills |
No player was named captain for the full season. Captains were used game-by-game.
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