The 1988–89 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball team represented
Southwest Missouri State University
Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second largest university by enr ...
in
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA)
Division I men's
basketball
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during the
1988–89 season. Playing in the
Summit League
The Summit League, or The Summit, is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference with its membership mostly located in the Midwestern United States from Illinois on the East of the Mississippi River to the Dakotas and Nebraska on the W ...
(AMCU-8) and led by head coach
Charlie Spoonhour
Charles Graham Spoonhour (June 23, 1939 – February 1, 2012) was an American basketball coach.
Spoonhour was born in Mulberry, Kansas, attended high school in Rogers, Arkansas, and received an education degree from the University of the Ozarks. H ...
, the Bears finished the season with a 21–10 overall record and won the AMCU-8 regular season and
conference tournament titles.
Southwest Missouri State lost to
Seton Hall
Seton Hall University (SHU) is a private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesa ...
in the opening round of the
NCAA tournament.
Roster
Schedule and results
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1989 AMCU-8 men's basketball tournament
The 1989 AMCU-8 men's basketball tournament was held March 6–8, 1989, at the Hammons Student Center at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.
Southwest Missouri State defeated in the title game, 73–67, to win thei ...
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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. It began on March 16, 1989, and ended with the championsh ...
References
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Missouri State Bears basketball seasons
Southwest Missouri State
Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second largest university by enr ...
Missouri State Bears Basketball Team
Missouri State Bears Basketball Team
Southwest Missouri State
Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second largest university by enr ...