1988-89 Women's College Basketball Season
NCAA Tournament
As originally written by Jimmy Delach
Wednesday 3/15 (first round)
9 Holy Cross @ 8 Temple, 7 pm
7 Vanderbilt @ 10 St. Joseph's, 7 pm
12 Arkansas @ 5 Purdue, 7:30 pm
12 Chattanooga @ 5 Georgia, 7:30 pm
8 Cincinnati @ 9 Bowling Green, 7:30 pm
9 La Salle @ 8 Connecticut, 7:30 pm
11 Providence @ 6 James Madison, 7:30 pm
10 Southern Miss @ 7 Rutgers, 7:30 pm
11 Tennessee Tech @ 6 South Carolina, 7:30 pm
11 Villanova @ 6 Old Dominion, 7:30 pm
12 West Virginia @ 5 Western Kentucky, 8 pm
8 Miami (Fla.) @ 9 Oklahoma State, 8:30 pm
10 Northwestern State @ 7 Illinois State, 8:30 pm
7 Cal St.-Fullerton @ 10 Montana, 9:30 pm
12 Hawaii @ 5 Washington, 10:30 pm
11 Utah @ 6 UNLV, 10:30 pm
Saturday 3/18 (second round)
11 Tennessee Tech @ 3 Iowa, 12:30 pm
7 Rutgers @ 2 NC State, 2 pm
9 Bowling Green @ 1 Maryland, 7:30 pm
5 Clemson @ 4 Georgia, 7:30 pm
9 La Salle @ 1 Tennessee, 7:30 pm
5 Washington @ 4 Stephen F. Austin, 8 pm
10 Montana @ 2 Texas, 8:30 pm
6 UNLV @ 3 Colorado, 9:30 pm
7 Illinois State @ 2 Stanford, 10:30 pm
Sunday 3/19 (second round)
6 James Madison @ 3 Ohio State, 2 pm
4 LSU @ 5 Purdue, 2 pm
12 West Virginia @ 4 Virginia, 2 pm
9 Oklahoma State @ 1 Louisiana Tech, 3 pm
8 Temple @ 1 Auburn, 3 pm
6 Old Dominion @ 3 Ole Miss, 3:30 pm
10 St. Joseph's @ 2 Long Beach State, 5 pm
Thursday 3/23 (regional semifinals)
3 Iowa vs 2 Stanford (at Ruston LA), 7 pm
4 Stephen F. Austin vs 1 Maryland (at Austin), 7 pm
3 Ohio State vs 2 Long Beach State (at Bowling Green KY), 7 pm
3 Ole Miss vs 2 NC State (at Auburn), 7 pm
4 Clemson vs 1 Auburn (at Auburn), 9:30 pm
4 LSU vs 1 Louisiana Tech (at Ruston LA), 9:30 pm
6 UNLV vs 2 Texas (at Austin), 9:30 pm
4 Virginia vs 1 Tennessee (at Bowling Green KY), 9:30 pm
Saturday 3/25 (regional finals)
2 Long Beach State vs 1 Tennessee (at Bowling Green KY), ESPN, 12 pm, Roger Twibell, Mimi Griffin
3 Ole Miss vs 1 Auburn (at Auburn), ESPN, 6 pm, Leandra Reilly, Ann Meyers
2 Stanford vs 1 Louisiana Tech (at Ruston LA), ESPN, 8 pm, John Saunders, Nancy Lieberman-Cline
2 Texas vs 1 Maryland (at Austin), ESPN, 10 pm, Steve Physioc, Cheryl Miller [1]
Friday 3/31 (Final Four)
1 Auburn vs 1 Louisiana Tech (at Tacoma), ESPN, 9 pm, Steve Physioc, Cheryl Miller [2]
1 Tennessee vs 1 Maryland (at Tacoma), ESPN, 11:30 pm, Steve Physioc, Cheryl Miller [3]
Sunday 4/2 (championship)
1 Auburn vs 1 Tennessee (at Tacoma), CBS, 4 pm, Tim Brant, Mimi Griffin [4]
- The field expanded from 40 to 48 teams thus giving the Top 4 seeds in each region a first-round bye
Men: 1949-50 | 1950-51 | 1951-52 | 1952-53 | 1953-54 | 1954-55 | 1955-56 | 1956-57 | 1957-58 | 1958-59 | 1959-60 | 1960-61 | 1961-62 | 1962-63 | 1963-64 | 1964-65 | 1965-66 | 1966-67 | 1967-68 | 1968-69 | 1969-70 | 1970-71 | 1971-72 | 1972-73 | 1973-74 | 1974-75 | 1975-76 | 1976-77 | 1977-78 | 1978-79 | 1979-80 | 1980-81 | 1981-82 | 1982-83 | 1983-84 | 1984-85 | 1985-86 | 1986-87 | 1987-88 | 1988-89 | 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 (Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, conference tournaments, NCAA tournament, other postseason, lower divisions) | 2024-25 (Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb)
Women: 1981-82 | 1982-83 | 1983-84 | 1984-85 | 1985-86 | 1986-87 | 1987-88 | 1988-89 | 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25