1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams	64
Finals Site	Kingdome Seattle, Washington
Champions	Michigan (1st title)
Runner-Up	Seton Hall (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Duke (7th Final Four) Illinois (4th Final Four)
Winning Coach	Steve Fisher (1st title)
MOP	Glen Rice Michigan
Attendance	613,242
Top scorer	Glen Rice Michigan (184 points)

The 1989 NCAA Men's Division I 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 championship game on April 3 in Seattle, Washington. A total of 63 games were played.

Michigan, coached by Steve Fisher, won the national title with a 80-79 overtime victory in the final game over Seton Hall, coached by P.J. Carlesimo. Glen Rice of Michigan was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Two 16-seeded teams came very close to victory in the first round. This tournament was also unusual in that all four 11-seeds advanced out of the first round.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 West region 3.3 Southeast region 3.4 Midwest region 3.5 Final Four 4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Greensboro, North Carolina, Providence, Rhode Island
Midwest	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Dallas, Texas, Indianapolis, Indiana
Southeast	Lexington, Kentucky	Atlanta, Georgia, Nashville, Tennessee
West	Denver, Colorado	Boise, Idaho, Tucson, Arizona
Finals	Seattle, Washington

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	1	Georgetown	John Thompson	Elite Eight	2 Duke	L 85-77
East	2	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	National Semifinals	3 Seton Hall	L 95-78
East	3	Stanford	Mike Montgomery	Round of 64	14 Siena	L 80-78
East	4	Iowa	Tom Davis	Round of 32	5 North Carolina State	L 102-96
East	5	North Carolina State	Jim Valvano	Sweet Sixteen	1 Georgetown	L 69-61
East	6	Kansas State	Lon Kruger	Round of 64	11 Minnesota	L 86-75
East	7	West Virginia	Gale Catlett	Round of 32	2 Duke	L 70-63
East	8	Vanderbilt	C. M. Newton	Round of 64	9 Notre Dame	L 81-65
East	9	Notre Dame	Digger Phelps	Round of 32	1 Georgetown	L 81-74
East	10	Tennessee	Don DeVoe	Round of 64	7 West Virginia	L 84-68
East	11	Minnesota	Clem Haskins	Sweet Sixteen	2 Duke	L 87-70
East	12	South Carolina	George Felton	Round of 64	5 North Carolina State	L 81-66
East	13	Rutgers	Bob Wenzel	Round of 64	4 Iowa	L 87-73
East	14	Siena	Mike Deane	Round of 32	11 Minnesota	L 80-67
East	15	South Carolina State	Cy Alexander	Round of 64	2 Duke	L 90-69
East	16	Princeton	Pete Carril	Round of 64	1 Georgetown	L 50-49
Midwest
Midwest	1	Illinois	Lou Henson	National Semifinals	3 Michigan	L 83-81
Midwest	2	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Elite Eight	1 Illinois	L 89-86
Midwest	3	Missouri	Norm Stewart	Sweet Sixteen	2 Syracuse	L 83-80
Midwest	4	Louisville	Denny Crum	Sweet Sixteen	1 Illinois	L 83-69
Midwest	5	Arkansas	Nolan Richardson	Round of 32	4 Louisville	L 93-84
Midwest	6	Georgia Tech	Bobby Cremins	Round of 64	11 Texas	L 76-70
Midwest	7	Florida	Norm Sloan	Round of 64	10 Colorado State	L 68-46
Midwest	8	Pittsburgh	Paul Evans	Round of 64	9 Ball State	L 68-64
Midwest	9	Ball State	Rick Majerus	Round of 32	1 Illinois	L 72-60
Midwest	10	Colorado State	Boyd Grant	Round of 32	2 Syracuse	L 65-50
Midwest	11	Texas	Tom Penders	Round of 32	3 Missouri	L 108-89
Midwest	12	Loyola Marymount	Paul Westhead	Round of 64	5 Arkansas	L 120-101
Midwest	13	Arkansas-Little Rock	Mike Newell	Round of 64	4 Louisville	L 76-71
Midwest	14	Creighton	Tony Barone	Round of 64	3 Missouri	L 85-69
Midwest	15	Bucknell	Charles Woollum	Round of 64	2 Syracuse	L 104-81
Midwest	16	McNeese State	Steve Welch	Round of 64	1 Illinois	L 77-71
Southeast
Southeast	1	Oklahoma	Billy Tubbs	Sweet Sixteen	5 Virginia	L 86-80
Southeast	2	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Sweet Sixteen	3 Michigan	L 92-87
Southeast	3	Michigan	Steve Fisher	Champion	3 Seton Hall	W 80-79
Southeast	4	Florida State	Pat Kennedy	Round of 64	13 Middle Tennessee State	L 97-83
Southeast	5	Virginia	Terry Holland	Elite Eight	3 Michigan	L 102-65
Southeast	6	Alabama	Wimp Sanderson	Round of 64	11 South Alabama	L 86-84
Southeast	7	UCLA	Jim Harrick	Round of 32	2 North Carolina	L 88-81
Southeast	8	La Salle	Speedy Morris	Round of 64	9 Louisiana Tech	L 83-74
Southeast	9	Louisiana Tech	Tommy Joe Eagles	Round of 32	1 Oklahoma	L 124-81
Southeast	10	Iowa State	Johnny Orr	Round of 64	7 UCLA	L 84-74
Southeast	11	South Alabama	Ronnie Arrow	Round of 32	3 Michigan	L 91-82
Southeast	12	Providence	Rick Barnes	Round of 64	5 Virginia	L 100-97
Southeast	13	Middle Tennessee State	Bruce Stewart	Round of 32	5 Virginia	L 104-88
Southeast	14	Xavier	Pete Gillen	Round of 64	3 Michigan	L 92-87
Southeast	15	Southern	Ben Jobe	Round of 64	2 North Carolina	L 93-79
Southeast	16	East Tennessee State	Les Robinson	Round of 64	1 Oklahoma	L 72-71
West
West	1	Arizona	Lute Olson	Sweet Sixteen	4 UNLV	L 68-67
West	2	Indiana	Bob Knight	Sweet Sixteen	3 Seton Hall	L 78-65
West	3	Seton Hall	P.J. Carlesimo	Runner Up	3 Michigan	L 80-79
West	4	UNLV	Jerry Tarkanian	Elite Eight	3 Seton Hall	L 84-61
West	5	Memphis State	Larry Finch	Round of 64	12 DePaul	L 66-63
West	6	Oregon State	Ralph Miller	Round of 64	11 Evansville	L 94-90
West	7	UTEP	Don Haskins	Round of 32	2 Indiana	L 92-69
West	8	Saint Mary's	Lynn Nance	Round of 64	9 Clemson	L 83-70
West	9	Clemson	Cliff Ellis	Round of 32	1 Arizona	L 94-68
West	10	LSU	Dale Brown	Round of 64	7 UTEP	L 85-74
West	11	Evansville	Jim Crews	Round of 32	3 Seton Hall	L 87-73
West	12	DePaul	Joey Meyer	Round of 32	4 UNLV	L 85-70
West	13	Idaho	Kermit Davis, Jr.	Round of 64	4 UNLV	L 68-56
West	14	Southwest Missouri State	Charlie Spoonhour	Round of 64	3 Seton Hall	L 60-51
West	15	George Mason	Ernie Nestor	Round of 64	2 Indiana	L 99-85
West	16	Robert Morris	Jarrett Durham	Round of 64	1 Arizona	L 94-60

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	1	Georgetown	50
	16	Princeton	49
						1	Georgetown	81
						9	Notre Dame	74
	8	Vanderbilt	65
	9	Notre Dame	81
											1	Georgetown	69
										5	N.C. State	61
	5	N.C. State	81
	12	South Carolina	66
						5	N.C. State	102
						4	Iowa	96**
	4	Iowa	87
	13	Rutgers	73
																1	Georgetown	77
															2	Duke	85
	6	Kansas St	75
	11	Minnesota	86
						11	Minnesota	80
						14	Siena	67
	3	Stanford	78
	14	Siena	80
											11	Minnesota	70
										2	Duke	87
	7	West Virginia	84
	10	Tennessee	68
						7	West Virginia	63
						2	Duke	70
	2	Duke	90
	15	South Carolina St	69

[edit] West region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	1	Arizona	94
	16	Robert Morris	60
						1	Arizona	94
						9	Clemson	68
	8	St Mary's	70
	9	Clemson	83
											1	Arizona	67
										4	UNLV	68
	5	Memphis St	63
	12	DePaul	66
						12	DePaul	70
						4	UNLV	85
	4	UNLV	68
	13	Idaho	56
																4	UNLV	61
															3	Seton Hall	84
	6	Oregon St	90*
	11	Evansville	94
						11	Evansville	73
						3	Seton Hall	87
	3	Seton Hall	60
	14	Southwest Missouri St	51
											3	Seton Hall	78
										2	Indiana	65
	7	UTEP	85
	10	LSU	74
						7	UTEP	69
						2	Indiana	92
	2	Indiana	99
	15	George Mason	85

[edit] Southeast region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	1	Oklahoma	72
	16	East Tennessee St	71
						1	Oklahoma	124
						9	Louisiana Tech	81
	8	La Salle	74
	9	Louisiana Tech	83
											1	Oklahoma	80
										5	Virginia	86
	5	Virginia	100
	12	Providence	97
						5	Virginia	104
						13	Middle Tennessee St	88
	4	Florida St	83
	13	Middle Tennessee St	97
																5	Virginia	65
															3	Michigan	102
	6	Alabama	84
	11	South Alabama	86
						11	South Alabama	82
						3	Michigan	91
	3	Michigan	92
	14	Xavier	87
											3	Michigan	92
										2	North Carolina	87
	7	UCLA	84
	10	Iowa St	74
						7	UCLA	81
						2	North Carolina	88
	2	North Carolina	93
	15	Southern-BR	79

[edit] Midwest region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	1	Illinois	77
	16	McNeese St	71
						1	Illinois	72
						9	Ball St	60
	8	Pittsburgh	64
	9	Ball St	68
											1	Illinois	83
										4	Louisville	69
	5	Arkansas	120
	12	Loyola Marymount	101
						5	Arkansas	84
						4	Louisville	93
	4	Louisville	76
	13	Arkansas Little Rock	71
																1	Illinois	89
															2	Syracuse	86
	6	Georgia Tech	70
	11	Texas	76
						11	Texas	89
						3	Missouri	108
	3	Missouri	85
	14	Creighton	69
											3	Missouri	80
										2	Syracuse	83
	7	Florida	46
	10	Colorado St	68
						10	Colorado St	50
						2	Syracuse	65
	2	Syracuse	104
	15	Bucknell	81

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
	E2	Duke	78
	W3	Seton Hall	95
						W3	Seton Hall	79
						M3	Michigan	80
	M3	Michigan	83
	S1	Illinois	81

[edit] External links

• 1989 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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