1989 NCAA Tournament

1989 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

Play In Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box

It began on March 16, 1989, and ended with the championship game on April 3 in Seattle. A total of 63 games were played.

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1989 tournament, and their hosts:

First and Second Rounds

March 16 and 18
- East Region
  - Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina (Atlantic Coast Conference)
- Midwest Region
  - Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana (Butler/IUPUI)
- Southeast Region
  - Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, Tennessee (Vanderbilt)
- West Region
  - BSU Pavilion, Boise, Idaho (Boise State)
March 17 and 19
- East Region
  - Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island (Providence)
- Midwest Region
  - Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas (Southwest Conference)
- Southeast Region
  - Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia (Georgia Tech)
- West Region
  - McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona (Arizona)

Round of 64

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East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Georgetown	16	Princeton	50-49
		2	Duke	15	South Carolina State	90-69
		3	Stanford	14	Siena	80-78
		4	Iowa	13	Rutgers	87-73
		5	North Carolina State	12	South Carolina	81-66
		6	Kansas State	11	Minnesota	86-75
		7	West Virginia	10	Tennessee	84-68
		8	Vanderbilt	9	Notre Dame	81-65

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Illinois	16	McNeese State	77-71
		2	Syracuse	15	Bucknell	104-81
		3	Missouri	14	Creighton	85-69
		4	Louisville	13	Arkansas-Little Rock	76-71
		5	Arkansas	12	Loyola Marymount	120-101
		6	Georgia Tech	11	Texas	76-70
		7	Florida	10	Colorado State	68-46
		8	Pittsburgh	9	Ball State	68-64

Southeast REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Oklahoma	16	East Tennessee State	72-71
		2	North Carolina	15	Southern	93-79
		3	Michigan	14	Xavier	92-87
		4	Florida State	13	Middle Tennessee State	97-83
		5	Virginia	12	Providence	100-97
		6	Alabama	11	South Alabama	86-84
		7	UCLA	10	Iowa State	84-74
		8	La Salle	9	Louisiana Tech	83-74

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Arizona	16	Robert Morris	94-60
		2	Indiana	15	George Mason	99-85
		3	Seton Hall	14	Southwest Missouri State	60-51
		4	UNLV	13	Idaho	68-56
		5	Memphis State	12	DePaul	66-63
		6	Oregon State	11	Evansville	94-90(OT)
		7	Texas-El Paso	10	Louisiana State	85-74
		8	St. Mary's	9	Clemson	83-70

Round of 32

East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Georgetown	9	Notre Dame	81-74
		2	Duke	7	West Virginia	70-63
		11	Minnesota	14	Siena	80-67
		4	Iowa	5	North Carolina State	102-96 (2OT)

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Illinois	9	Ball State	72-60
		2	Syracuse	10	Colorado State	65-50
		3	Missouri	11	Texas	108-89
		4	Louisville	5	Arkansas	93-84

Southeast REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Oklahoma	9	Louisiana Tech	124-81
		2	North Carolina	7	UCLA	88-81
		3	Michigan	11	South Alabama	91-82
		5	Virginia	13	Middle Tennessee State	104-88

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Arizona		Clemson	94-68
		2	Indiana		Texas-El Paso	92-69
		3	Seton Hall		Evansville	87-73
		4	UNLV		DePaul	85-70

Sweet 16

East REGIONAL at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey March 24 and 26
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Georgetown	5	North Carolina State	69-61
	2	Duke	11	Minnesota	87-70

Midwest REGIONAL at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, March 24 and 26
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Illinois	4	Louisville	83-69
	2	Syracuse	3	Missouri	83-80

Southeast REGIONAL at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KentuckyMarch 23 and 25
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Oklahoma	5	Virginia	86-80
	2	North Carolina	3	Michigan	92-87

West REGIONAL at McNichols Sports Arena, DenverMarch 23 and 25
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Arizona	4	UNLV	68-67
	2	, Indiana	3	Seton Hall	78-65

Elite 8

East REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Georgetown	2	Duke	85-77

Midwest REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Illinois	2	Syracuse	89-86

Southeast REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	3	Michigan	5	Virginia	102-65

West REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	3	Seton Hall	4	UNLV	84-61

Final 4

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

April 1 and 3
- Kingdome, Seattle, Washington (Washington)

at Seattle, WA

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	2	Duke	3	Seton Hall	95-78
	1	Illinois	3	Michigan	83-81

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

at Seattle, WA


Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	3	Michigan	3	Seton Hall	80-79 OT)

NCAA Results

Michigan leaders: Glen Rice, Sr., F; Rumeal Robinson, Jr., G; Loy Vaught, Jr., F; Terry Mills, Jr., C; Sean Higgins, So., F-G

Top 10 Teams

Rank	Team	W-L	Post-Season Result
1.	Arizona	29-4	Lost NCAA regionals
2.	Georgetown	29-5	Lost NCAA regionals
3	Illinois	31-5	Lost NCAA semifinals
4.	Oklahoma	30-6	Lost NCAA regionals
5.	North Carolina	29-8	Lost NCAA regionals
6.	Missouri	29-8	Lost NCAA regionals
7.	Syracuse	30-8	Lost NCAA regionals
8.	Indiana	27-8	Lost NCAA regionals
9.	Duke	28-8	Lost NCAA semifinals
10.	Michigan	30-7	NCAA 1st Place

All-America Team

Pos	Name	Cl.	School
F	Sean Elliott	Sr.	Arizona
F-C	Danny Ferry	Sr.	Duke
C	Pervis Ellison	Sr.	Louisville
C	Stacey King	Sr.	Oklahoma
G	Chris Jackson	Fr.	LSU

All NCAA Tournament Team

Name	Cl.	Pos	Team
Danny Ferry	Sr.	F	Duke
Glen Rice	Sr.	F	Michigan
Gerald Greene	Sr.	G	Seton Hall
John Morton	Sr.	G	Seton Hall
Rumeal Robinson	Jr.	G	Michigan

Team Offense

Loyola (Marymount), 112.5

Notes

Loyola (Marymount) def. U.S. International 181-150 on Jan. 31, 1989, the highest scoring game in NCAA history.
Evansville’s Scott Haffner scored a national-high 65 vs. Dayton.
Coaches retiring: Ralph Miller of Oregon State (657-382); C.M. Newton of Vanderbilt (509-375); and Norm Sloan of North Carolina State (624-393).
NIT 1st Place: St. John’s (20-13) def. St. Louis (27-10).

Team Defense

Princeton, 53.0

Individual Scoring

1. Hank Gathers	Loyola (Marymount)	32.7
2. Chris Jackson	LSU	30.2
3. Lionel Simmons	LaSalle	28.4
4. Gerald Glass	Mississippi	28.0
5. Blue Edwards	East Carolina	26.7
6. Raymond Dudley	Air Force	26.6

Individual Rebounding

1. Hank Gathers	Loyola (Marymount)	13.7
2. Tyrone Hill	Xavier (Ohio)	12.2
3. Ron Draper	American	12.0