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The 1988–89 Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team represented Robert Morris University in the 1988–89 NCAA Division I basketball season. Robert Morris was coached by Jarrett Durham and played their home games at the Charles L. Sewall Center in Moon Township, PA. The Colonials were members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 21–9, 12–4 in NEC play. They won the 1989 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament[1] to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They earned a 16 seed in the West Region and played top-ranked, No. 1 seed Arizona in the first round. The Colonials were beaten 94–60[2] to end their season.
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NEC Regular Season Champions NEC tournament champions | |
| Conference | Northeast Conference |
| Record | 21–9 (12–4 NEC) |
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| Home arena | Charles L. Sewall Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Morris† | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marist* | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monmouth | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Island | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola (MD) | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Francis (PA) | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wagner | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Francis (NY) | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1989 NEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll
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Roster
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Schedule and results
edit| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| Nov 26, 1988* |
at West Virginia | W 75–67 | 1–0 |
WVU Coliseum Morgantown, West Virginia | |||||||
| Nov 30, 1988* |
at Pittsburgh | L 62–75 | 1–1 |
Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |||||||
| NEC tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 2, 1989* |
Long Island University NEC Tournament Semifinal |
W 63–52 | 18–8 |
Charles L. Sewall Center Moon Township, Pennsylvania | |||||||
| Mar 3, 1989* |
Fairleigh Dickinson NEC tournament championship |
W 67–66 | 19–8 |
Charles L. Sewall Center Moon Township, Pennsylvania | |||||||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 16, 1989* |
(16 W) | vs. (1 W) No. 1 Arizona First Round |
L 60–94 | 21–9 |
BSU Pavilion Boise, Idaho | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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Awards and honors
edit- Vaughn Luton – NEC Player of the Year
- Jarrett Durham – NEC Coach of the Year
References
edit- ^ "2020–21 NEC Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Northeast Conference. p. 26. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "Arizona Quickly Slams the Door on Robert Morris". Los Angeles Times. March 17, 1989. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ "1988-89 Robert Morris Colonials Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 25, 2020.