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1988–89 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

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1988–89 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record18–12 (8–10 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home arenaWisconsin Field House
Seasons
1988–89 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Indiana 15 3   .833 27 8   .771
No. 3 Illinois 14 4   .778 31 5   .861
No. 10 Michigan 12 6   .667 30 7   .811
No. 14 Iowa 10 8   .556 23 10   .697
Minnesota 9 9   .500 19 12   .613
Wisconsin 8 10   .444 18 12   .600
Purdue 8 10   .444 15 16   .484
Ohio State 6 12   .333 19 15   .559
Michigan State 6 12   .333 18 15   .545
Northwestern 2 16   .111 9 19   .321
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988–89 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Steve Yoder, coaching his seventh season with Wisconsin. The Badgers finished 18-12, 8-10 in Big Ten play to finish tied for sixth place.

Roster

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1988–89 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 10 Billy Douglass 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Lake Forest, Illinois
G 12 Brian Good 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Rossville, Indiana
G 20 Byron Robinson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Springfield, Illinois
G 21 James Gillespie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Detroit, Michigan
G 22 Pollis Robertson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Wayne, Michigan
F 23 Willie Simms 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Pontiac, Michigan
G/F 30 Tom Molaski (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Grafton, Wisconsin
G 32 Trent Jackson (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Sr Bolingbrook, Illinois
F 40 John Ellenson (I*) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Menomonie, Wisconsin
F 41 Rob Willey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr Neenah, Wisconsin
F 43 Patrick Tompkins (I^) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So Waukegan, Illinois
G 44 Tim Locum 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Flora, Illinois
F 50 Danny Jones (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Rockford, Illinois
C 52 Darin Schubring 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Baraboo, Wisconsin
F 53 Kurt Portmann 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Sheboygan, Wisconsin
F/C 55 Greg Sipla (W) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Jr Racine, Wisconsin
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

[1] *ineligible first semester due to transfer from Marquette ^academically ineligible second semester

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
11/26/1988*
Oregon W 74–47  1–0
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
11/28/1988*
Ferris State W 98–61  2–0
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
12/2/1988*
vs. Maine
First Bank Classic
W 89–72  3–0
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, WI
12/3/1988*
vs. Marquette
First Bank Classic
W 70–55  4–0
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, WI
12/5/1988*
Eastern Illinois W 52–44  5–0
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
12/7/1988*
at Loyola (IL) L 76–90  5–1
Alumni Gym 
Chicago, IL
12/10/1988*
at Butler W 63–53  6–1
Hinkle Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
12/14/1988*
Denver W 89–34  7–1
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
12/30/1988*
Eastern Michigan W 84–69  8–1
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/4/1989
Minnesota W 75–67  9–1 (1–0)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/7/1989
at No. 14 Ohio State L 70–73  9–2 (1–1)
St. John Arena 
Columbus, OH
1/12/1989
at No. 2 Illinois L 80–103  9–3 (1–2)
Assembly Hall 
Champaign, IL
1/14/1989
Purdue L 62–68  9–4 (1–3)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/19/1989
No. 19 Indiana L 58–61 OT 9–5 (1–4)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/21/1989
No. 6 Michigan W 71–68  10–5 (2–4)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/26/1989
at No. 12 Iowa L 70–78  10–6 (2–5)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
1/28/1989
at Northwestern W 59–58  11–6 (3–5)
Welsh–Ryan Arena 
Evanston, IL
2/2/1989
Michigan State W 69–64 OT 12–6 (4–5)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
2/8/1989
at Minnesota L 58–59  12–7 (4–6)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN
2/11/1989
at No. 8 Iowa W 65–54  13–7 (5–6)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
2/15/1989
Northwestern W 72–60  14–7 (6–6)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
2/18/1989
No. 5 Illinois W 72–52  15–7 (7–6)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
2/22/1989*
Marquette W 61–50  16–7
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
2/25/1989
at No. 13 Michigan L 70–92  16–8 (7–7)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, MI
3/2/1989
at Purdue L 60–65  16–9 (7–8)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
3/4/1989
Ohio State W 77–65  17–9 (8–8)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
3/9/1989
at No. 6 Indiana L 64–75  17–10 (8–9)
Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
3/11/1989
at Michigan State L 61–70  17–11 (8–10)
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
National Invitation Tournament
3/15/1989*
New Orleans
First Round
W 63–61  18–11
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
3/20/1989*
Saint Louis
Second Round
L 68–73  18–12
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Player statistics

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Individual player statistics (Final)
Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free Throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A TO Blk Stl PF
Jones, Danny 30 30 1062 35.4 611 20.4 231 449 .514 0 2 .000 149 199 .749 - - 141 4.7 35 65 12 26 91
Jackson, Trent 30 30 1099 36.6 574 19.1 201 408 .493 73 163 .448 99 133 .744 - - 90 3.0 101 91 1 50 79
Locum, Tim 30 6 733 24.4 265 8.8 83 168 .494 54 111 .486 45 55 .818 - - 71 2.4 60 29 3 25 52
Simms, Willie 30 24 627 20.9 190 6.3 84 162 .519 1 2 .500 21 53 .396 - - 99 3.3 52 49 12 27 64
Tompkins, Patrick 12 5 214 17.8 63 5.3 23 35 .657 0 1 .000 17 33 .515 - - 46 3.8 10 15 8 2 14
Molaski, Tom 30 22 830 27.7 150 5.0 48 107 .449 13 39 .333 41 54 .759 - - 83 2.8 108 54 2 40 60
Portmann, Kurt 30 24 689 23.0 135 4.5 63 113 .558 0 0 .000 9 18 .500 - - 112 3.7 42 32 34 26 93
Gillespie, James 6 0 33 5.5 14 2.3 6 9 .667 0 0 .000 2 7 .286 - - 8 1.3 4 3 1 2 4
Good, Brian 9 0 34 3.8 15 1.7 3 12 .250 3 5 .600 6 7 .857 - - 2 0.2 1 6 0 1 1
Schubring, Darin 29 9 465 16.0 45 1.6 19 47 .404 0 0 .000 7 21 .333 - - 102 3.5 11 22 9 8 61
Ellenson, John 9 0 60 6.7 11 1.2 4 8 .500 2 2 1.000 1 2 .500 - - 9 1.0 4 6 1 1 8
Willey, Rob 9 0 27 3.0 8 0.9 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 - - 5 0.6 0 7 3 3 4
Robertson, Pollis 11 0 32 2.9 7 0.6 2 7 .286 0 0 .000 3 5 .600 - - 8 0.7 0 3 0 0 1
Robinson, Byron 16 0 91 5.7 6 0.4 0 5 .000 0 0 .000 6 13 .462 - - 15 0.9 17 9 0 7 4
Douglass, Billy 14 0 54 3.9 6 0.4 3 8 .375 0 1 .000 0 6 .000 - - 8 0.6 5 6 0 2 5
Total 30 - 6050 40.3 2100 70.0 774 1546 .501 146 326 .448 406 606 .670 - - 859 28.6 450 401 86 220 541
Opponents 30 - 6050 40.3 1941 64.7 699 1503 .465 105 267 .393 438 606 .723 - - 885 29.5 367 470 71 162 583
Legend
GP Games played GS Games started Tot Total count Avg Average per game  Pts  Points
FG Field goals made  FGA  Field goal attempts  3FG  3-pointers made  3FA  3-point attempts FT Free throws made
 FTA  Free throw attempts Off Offensive rebounds Def Defensive rebounds A Assists  TO  Turnovers
Blk Blocks Stl Steals PF Personal fouls Team high

Awards and honors

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All-American

All-Big Ten

  • Danny Jones - 2nd team (AP and UPI)
  • Trent Jackson - 2nd team (AP), 3rd team (UPI)

Big Ten Player of the Week

  • Trent Jackson - Week of February 14

Team awards[4]

  • Trent Jackson - MVP
  • Willie Simms - Most Improved
  • Darin Schubring - Defensive POY

References

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  1. ^ "1988-89 Wisconsin Badgers Roster and Stats". Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  3. ^ "1988-89 Wisconsin Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wisconsin Athletic Dept. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "The University of Wisconsin Collection: Wisconsin basketball 1989-90 media guide: Wisconsin basketball 1989-90 media guide". digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved June 12, 2020.