1988–89 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

The 1988–89 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona. The head coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. In the Pac-10 Basketball Tournament, Arizona beat Stanford by a score of 73–51 to claim its second consecutive Pac-10 title.

Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Pac-10 Tournament

!colspan=9 style=| NCAA Tournament

NCAA basketball tournament
Seeding in brackets
 * West
 * Arizona (1) 94, Robert Morris (16) 60
 * Arizona 94, Clemson (9) 68
 * UNLV (4) 68, Arizona 67

Rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

Awards and honors

 * Sean Elliott, Pacific-10 Player of the Year
 * Sean Elliott, Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament Most Valuable Player
 * Sean Elliott, Adolph Rupp Trophy
 * Sean Elliott, Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year
 * Sean Elliott, John R. Wooden Award
 * Sean Elliott, State Farm Division I Player of the Year Award