The 1988–89 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team represented the
University of Alabama in the
1988-89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was
Wimp Sanderson, who was in his ninth season at Alabama. The team played their home games at
Coleman Coliseum in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of 23–8, 12–6 in conference, good for second behind
Florida.
It was a strong off-season of signings for the Crimson Tide. Freshmen signees
Marcus Webb
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High school
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and
Robert Horry and junior college transfer
David Benoit
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joined holdovers
Keith Askins,
Melvin Cheatum
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,
Alvin Lee, and
Michael Ansley
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.
The Tide won the
1989 SEC men's basketball tournament, beating
Florida in the final and earning an automatic bid to the
NCAA tournament. However, they were upset in the first round by
South Alabama in the first ever meeting in history between the two Alabama-based schools.
Roster
References
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