1988–89 Siena Saints men's basketball team

1988–89 Siena Saints men's basketball
1988–89 Siena Saints men's basketball
NAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	North Atlantic Conference
Record	25–5 (16–1 NAC)
Head coach	Mike Deane (3rd season);
Home arena	Alumni Recreation Center
	Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 Siena Saints men's basketball team represented Siena College in the 1988–89 college basketball season. This was head coach Mike Deane's third season at Siena. The Saints competed in the North Atlantic Conference and played their home games at Alumni Recreation Center. They finished the season 25–5, 16–1 in NAC play to capture the regular season championship. They also won the 1989 North Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They earned a 14 seed in the East Region where they defeated 3 seed and AP #13 Stanford in the first round, before losing to Minnesota.

Schedule and results

Source^[1]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
Nov 26, 1988*	at Bowling Green	L 85–87	0–1	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
Nov 28, 1988*	at Pittsburgh	W 80–79	1–1	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nov 30, 1988*	at No. 19 Florida	L 67–71	1–2	Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida
Dec 29, 1988*	at Evansville	L 70–79	4–3	Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Feb 25, 1989*	at Hartford	W 82–70	19–3 (15–0)	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
Mar 1, 1989*	at Boston University	L 81–84	19–4 (15–1)	Case Gym Boston, Massachusetts
Mar 5, 1989	at Colgate	W 100–58	20–4 (16–1)	Cotterell Court Hamilton, New York
1989 North Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Mar 7, 1989*	vs. Colgate NAC Tournament Quarterfinal	W 61–51	21–4	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
Mar 9, 1989*	at Hartford NAC Tournament Semifinal	W 81–57	22–4	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
Mar 11, 1989*	vs. Boston University NAC Tournament Championship	W 68–67	23–4	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Mar 16, 1989*	vs. No. 13 Stanford First Round	W 80–78	24–4	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar 18, 1989*	vs. Minnesota Second Round	L 67–80^[2]^[3]	24–5	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

v t e Siena Saints men's basketball
Venues	Alumni Recreation Center (1974–1990) MVP Arena (1990–present)
Rivalries	Albany St. Bonaventure
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–46 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