1988–89 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team

1988–89 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball
1988–89 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball
MCC Regular season champions
1989 NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Midwestern Collegiate Conference
Record	25–6 (10–2 MCC)
Head coach	Jim Crews;
Home arena	Roberts Municipal Stadium
	Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Evansville	10	–	2	.833	25	–	6	.806
Saint Louis	8	–	4	.667	27	–	10	.730
Xavier †	7	–	5	.583	21	–	12	.636
Dayton	6	–	6	.500	12	–	17	.414
Detroit Mercy	4	–	8	.333	7	–	21	.250
Loyola (IL)	4	–	8	.333	11	–	17	.393
Butler	3	–	9	.250	11	–	17	.393

† 1989 MCC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988–89 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville in the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Jim Crews and they played their home games at the Ford Center as members of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. After winning the MCC regular season championship, the Purple Aces received an at-large bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament. They defeated Oregon State in the opening round before losing to the eventual National runner-up, Seton Hall, in the second round.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	3	Scott Haffner	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Noblesville, IN
C	53	Dan Godfread	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Fort Wayne, IN

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
Dec 20, 1988*		Bucknell	W 79–54	5–2	Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Dec 29, 1988*		Siena	W 79–70	7–2	Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Mar 4, 1989		at Saint Louis	L 61–72	23–4 (10–2)	Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri
MCC Tournament
Mar 10, 1989*		at Dayton MCC Tournament Semifinal	W 84–79 ^OT	24–4	UD Arena Dayton, Ohio
Mar 11, 1989*		vs. Xavier MCC Tournament Championship	L 78–85	24–5	UD Arena Dayton, Ohio
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 1989*	(11 W)	vs. (6 W) Oregon State First Round	W 94–90 ^{OT^[1]}	25–5	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Mar 19, 1989*	(11 W)	vs. (3 W) No. 11 Seton Hall Second Round	L 73–87^[2]	25–6	McKale Center (13,391) Tucson, Arizona
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	45	Scott Haffner	Miami Heat

v t e Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball
Venues	Roberts Municipal Stadium (1956–2011) Ford Center (2011–present)
Culture & lore	1977 team plane crash
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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