1988–89 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team

The 1988–89 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represented Boise State University during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncos were led by sixth-year head coach Bobby Dye and played their home games on campus at the BSU Pavilion in Boise, Idaho.

1988–89 Boise State Broncos men's basketball
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record23–7 (13–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coachRod Jensen
Home arenaBSU Pavilion
1988–89 Big Sky men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Boise State133 .813237  .767
Idaho133 .813256  .806
Montana115 .6882011  .645
Nevada106 .6251612  .571
Weber State97 .5631711  .607
Montana State610 .3751516  .484
Eastern Washington511 .313822  .267
Idaho State412 .250918  .333
Northern Arizona115 .063225  .074
Conference tournament winner

They finished the regular season at 22–5 overall, with a 13–3 record in the Big Sky Conference, tied for first in the standings with rival Idaho. In the conference tournament at home in Boise, the top-seeded Broncos again received a bye into the semifinals and defeated Weber State by eleven points. They met second-seeded Idaho in the final and fell by seven.

With the NCAA tournament on their home floor, BSU was invited to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), and traveled to Stillwater, Oklahoma, where they lost by fourteen points to the Oklahoma State Cowboys of the Big Eight Conference.

The Broncos were led on the court by senior guard Chris Childs, who went on to a lengthy professional career, ending with nine years in the NBA.

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