1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. The 51st annual edition of the tournament began on March 16, 1989, and ended with the championship game on April 3 at the Kingdome in Seattle. A total of 63 games were played.
[1988–89 1988–89 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan], coached by Steve Fisher, won the national title with an 80–79 overtime victory in the final game over Seton Hall, coached by P. J. Carlesimo. Glen Rice of Michigan set an NCAA tournament record by scoring 184 points in six games and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Just prior to the start of this tournament, Michigan coach Bill Frieder had announced that he would accept the head coaching position at Arizona State University at the end of the season. Michigan athletic director Bo Schembechler promptly fired Frieder and appointed top assistant Fisher as interim coach, stating famously, that "a Michigan man is going to coach a Michigan team."
Two 16-seeded teams came within one point of victory in the first round, and a third came within six points. This tournament was also unusual in that all four 11-seeds advanced out of the first round.
The 1989 Tournament was the second one since 1980, with 1987 being the first, in which the defending national champion did not participate in the tournament. Kansas, winner of the 1988 NCAA title, had been placed on probation for violations committed by former coach Larry Brown and was barred from the tournament. Brown left Kansas immediately after winning the national championship to return to coaching in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs, leaving first-year coach Roy Williams to coach the team. It is the only time the Jayhawks have missed the NCAA tournament from 1984 to the present day. The defending champion would not be left out of the next year's tournament again until 2008. The tournament was notable for the poor performance of the SEC. After traditional stalwart Kentucky missed the postseason after experiencing its first losing season since 1927, none of the five SEC teams won a game in the tournament.

Schedule and venues

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
*Midwest Region
** Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana
*Southeast Region
** Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, Tennessee
*West Region
** BSU Pavilion, Boise, Idaho
March 17 and 19
*East Region
** Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island
*Midwest Region
** Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas
*Southeast Region
** Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia
*West Region
** McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona

Regional semifinals and finals

March 23 and 25
*Southeast Regional, Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky
*West Regional, McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, Colorado
March 24 and 26
*East Regional, Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey
*Midwest Regional, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota

National semifinals and championship

April 1 and 3
*Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East	1	Georgetown		Big East	Elite Eight	2 Duke	L 85–77
East	2	Duke		Atlantic Coast	Final Four	3 Seton Hall	L 95–78
East	3	Stanford		Pacific-10	Round of 64	14 Siena	L 80–78
East	4	Iowa		Big Ten	Round of 32	5 NC State	L 102–96
East	5	NC State		Atlantic Coast	Sweet Sixteen	1 Georgetown	L 69–61
East	6	Kansas State		Big Eight	Round of 64	11 [1988–89 1988–89 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team\|Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team\|Minnesota]	L 86–75
East	7	West Virginia		Atlantic 10	Round of 32	2 Duke	L 70–63
East	8	Vanderbilt		Southeastern	Round of 64	9 Notre Dame	L 81–65
East	9	Notre Dame		Independent	Round of 32	1 Georgetown	L 81–74
East	10	[1988–89 1988–89 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\|Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\|Tennessee]		Southeastern	Round of 64	7 West Virginia	L 84–68
East	11	Minnesota		Big Ten	Sweet Sixteen	2 Duke	L 87–70
East	12	South Carolina		Metro	Round of 64	5 NC State	L 81–66
East	13	Rutgers		Atlantic 10	Round of 64	4 Iowa	L 87–73
East	14	Siena		North Atlantic	Round of 32	11 Minnesota	L 80–67
East	15	South Carolina State		Mid-Eastern	Round of 64	2 Duke	L 90–69
East	16	Princeton		Ivy League	Round of 64	1 Georgetown	L 50–49
Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
Midwest	1	Illinois		Big Ten	Final Four	3 Michigan	L 83–81
Midwest	2	Syracuse		Big East	Elite Eight	1 Illinois	L 89–86
Midwest	3	[1988–89 1988–89 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team\|Missouri Tigers men's basketball team\|Missouri]		Big Eight	Sweet Sixteen	2 Syracuse	L 83–80
Midwest	4	Louisville		Metro	Sweet Sixteen	1 Illinois	L 83–69
Midwest	5	Arkansas		Southwest	Round of 32	4 Louisville	L 93–84
Midwest	6	Georgia Tech		Atlantic Coast	Round of 64	11 [1988–89 1988–89 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team\|Texas Longhorns men's basketball team\|Texas]	L 76–70
Midwest	7	Florida		Southeastern	Round of 64	10 Colorado State	L 68–46
Midwest	8	Pittsburgh		Big East	Round of 64	9 Ball State	L 68–64
Midwest	9	Ball State		Mid-American	Round of 32	1 Illinois	L 72–60
Midwest	10	Colorado State		Western Athletic	Round of 32	2 Syracuse	L 65–50
Midwest	11	Texas		Southwest	Round of 32	3 Missouri	L 108–89
Midwest	12	Loyola Marymount		West Coast	Round of 64	5 Arkansas	L 120–101
Midwest	13	Arkansas–Little Rock		Trans America	Round of 64	4 Louisville	L 76–71
Midwest	14	Creighton		Missouri Valley	Round of 64	3 Missouri	L 85–69
Midwest	15	Bucknell		East Coast	Round of 64	2 Syracuse	L 104–81
Midwest	16	McNeese State		Southland	Round of 64	1 Illinois	L 77–71
Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
Southeast	1	Oklahoma		Big Eight	Sweet Sixteen	5 Virginia	L 86–80
Southeast	2	[1988–89 1988–89 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team\|North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team\|North Carolina]		Atlantic Coast	Sweet Sixteen	3 Michigan	L 92–87
Southeast	3	Michigan		Big Ten	Champion	3 Seton Hall	W 80–79
Southeast	4	Florida State		Metro	Round of 64	13 Middle Tennessee	L 97–83
Southeast	5	Virginia		Atlantic Coast	Elite Eight	3 Michigan	L 102–65
Southeast	6	Alabama		Southeastern	Round of 64	11 South Alabama	L 86–84
Southeast	7	UCLA		Pacific-10	Round of 32	2 North Carolina	L 88–81
Southeast	8	La Salle		Metro Atlantic	Round of 64	9 Louisiana Tech	L 83–74
Southeast	9	Louisiana Tech		American South	Round of 32	1 Oklahoma	L 124–81
Southeast	10	Iowa State		Big Eight	Round of 64	7 UCLA	L 84–74
Southeast	11	South Alabama		Sun Belt	Round of 32	3 Michigan	L 91–82
Southeast	12	[1988–89 1988–89 Providence Friars men's basketball team\|Providence Friars men's basketball team\|Providence]		Big East	Round of 64	5 Virginia	L 100–97
Southeast	13	Middle Tennessee		Ohio Valley	Round of 32	5 Virginia	L 104–88
Southeast	14	Xavier		Midwestern	Round of 64	3 Michigan	L 92–87
Southeast	15	Southern		Southwest Athletic	Round of 64	2 North Carolina	L 93–79
Southeast	16	East Tennessee State		Southern	Round of 64	1 Oklahoma	L 72–71
Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
West	1	[1988–89 1988–89 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team\|Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team\|Arizona]		Pacific-10	Sweet Sixteen	4 UNLV	L 68–67
West	2	[1988–89 1988–89 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team\|Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team\|Indiana]		Big Ten	Sweet Sixteen	3 Seton Hall	L 78–65
West	3	Seton Hall		Big East	Runner Up	3 Michigan	L 80–79
West	4	UNLV		Big West	Elite Eight	3 Seton Hall	L 84–61
West	5	Memphis State		Metro	Round of 64	12 DePaul	L 66–63
West	6	Oregon State		Pacific-10	Round of 64	11 Evansville	L 94–90
West	7	UTEP		Western Athletic	Round of 32	2 Indiana	L 92–69
West	8	Saint Mary's		West Coast	Round of 64	9 Clemson	L 83–70
West	9	Clemson		Atlantic Coast	Round of 32	1 Arizona	L 94–68
West	10	LSU		Southeastern	Round of 64	7 UTEP	L 85–74
West	11	Evansville		Missouri Valley	Round of 32	3 Seton Hall	L 87–73
West	12	DePaul		Independent	Round of 32	4 UNLV	L 85–70
West	13	[1988–89 1988–89 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team\|Idaho Vandals men's basketball team\|Idaho]		Big Sky	Round of 64	4 UNLV	L 68–56
West	14	Southwest Missouri State		Mid-Continent	Round of 64	3 Seton Hall	L 60–51
West	15	George Mason		Colonial	Round of 64	2 Indiana	L 99–85
West	16	Robert Morris		Northeast	Round of 64	1 Arizona	L 94–60

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

Announcers

Television

CBS Sports

Jim Nantz & James Brown served as studio hosts.
Brent Musburger and Billy Packer – first round at Boise, Idaho; second round at Indianapolis, Indiana and Atlanta, Georgia; East Regionals at East Rutherford, New Jersey; Final Four at Seattle, Washington
Dick Stockton and Bill Raftery – second round at Greensboro, North Carolina and Dallas, Texas; West Regionals at Denver, Colorado
Tim Brant and Len Elmore – second round at Boise, Idaho; Southeast Regionals at Lexington, Kentucky
Verne Lundquist and Tom Heinsohn – first round and Second Round at Tucson, Arizona; Midwest Regionals at Minneapolis, Minnesota
Steve Zabriskie and Curry Kirkpatrick – second round at Nashville, Tennessee
Greg Gumbel and Quinn Buckner – second round at Providence, Rhode Island

ESPN and NCAA Productions

Tim Brando and John Saunders served as studio hosts and Dick Vitale served as studio analyst.
Bob Carpenter and Quinn Buckner – first round & at Providence, Rhode Island
Mike Gorman and Ron Perry – first round & at Providence, Rhode Island
Mike Patrick and Dan Bonner – first round & at Greensboro, North Carolina
Bob Rathbun and Bucky Waters – first round & at Greensboro, North Carolina
Tom Hammond and Clark Kellogg – first round & at Indianapolis, Indiana
Mick Hubert and Jim Gibbons – first round & at Indianapolis, Indiana
Ron Franklin and Billy King – first round at Dallas, Texas
Frank Fallon and Bob Ortegel – first round,, & at Dallas, Texas
Wayne Larrivee and Jack Givens – first round & at Nashville, Tennessee
John Sanders and Gary Thompson – first round & at Nashville, Tennessee
Ralph Hacker and Dan Belluomini – first round & at Atlanta, Georgia
Fred White and Larry Conley – first round & at Atlanta, Georgia
Brad Nessler and Irv Brown – first round & at Boise, Idaho
Ted Robinson and Mike Pratt– first round at Boise, Idaho
Pete Solomon and Bob Elliott – first round at Tucson, Arizona
Barry Tompkins and Bruce Larson – first round & at Tucson, Arizona

Radio

First and second rounds

CBS Radio

Regionals

– East Regionals at East Rutherford, New Jersey
– Midwest Regionals at Minneapolis, Minnesota
– Southeast Regionals at Lexington, Kentucky
Ted Robinson and – West Regionals at Denver, Colorado

Final Four

– at Seattle, Washington

Region	Seed	Teams	Flagship station	Play-by-play announcer	Color analyst
West	3	Seton Hall	WPAT–AM 930

Legacy

The story of the Wolverines' success was cited as inspiration in another sport. When the Spain national football team manager Julen Lopetegui was sacked days before the 2018 FIFA World Cup started after agreeing to join Real Madrid after the tournament, Spanish defender Gerard Piqué drew parallels with Michigan's NCAA win amid similar circumstances. Unfortunately, Spain failed to advance beyond the round of 16 while France won the tournament.