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The 1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at newly-opened Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his 14th year at Michigan State. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 28–6, 15–3 to win the Big Ten championship by two games. As the No. 3-ranked team in the country, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Southeast region. In the first round, they narrowly avoided becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose a No. 16 seed, beating Murray State in overtime. They then defeated UC Santa Barbara in the second round to earn a trip to the Sweet Sixteen, their first trip since 1986. There they lost in overtime to Georgia Tech.

1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Big Ten champions
Great Alaska Shootout champions
Oldsmobile Spartan Classic champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 3
Record28–6 (15–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
Home arenaBreslin Center
Seasons
1989–90 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Michigan State 15 – 3   .833 28 – 6   .824
No. 10 Purdue 13 – 5   .722 22 – 8   .733
No. 13 Michigan 12 – 6   .667 23 – 8   .742
No. 18 Illinois 11 – 7   .611 21 – 8   .724
No. 20 Minnesota 11 – 7   .611 23 – 9   .719
Ohio State 10 – 8   .556 17 – 13   .567
Indiana 8 – 10   .444 18 – 11   .621
Wisconsin 4 – 14   .222 14 – 17   .452
Iowa 4 – 14   .222 12 – 16   .429
Northwestern 2 – 16   .111 9 – 19   .321
Rankings from AP Poll

Ken Redfield was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.

Previous season

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The Spartans finished the 1988–89 season 18–15, 6–12 to finish in eighth place in Big Ten play. Michigan State received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament. There the Spartans beat Kent State, Wichita State, and Villanova to reach the final four at Madison Square Garden. In the semifinals, they lost to Saint Louis before losing to UAB in the third-place game.

Season summary

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The Spartans were led by junior Steve Smith (20.2 points and 7.0 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game), senior Kirk Manns (15.5 points per game), and Ken Redfield (11.6 points per game). The team also featured sophomore Mark Montgomery and freshman Dwayne Stephens who would both later become assistant coaches at Michigan State under Tom Izzo.

MSU began their season by traveling to Alaska to participate in the Great Alaska Shootout. There, they defeated Auburn, Texas A&M, and Kansas State to capture the Shootout championship. They suffered their first loss of the season at UIC after being ranked for the first time that season. Two games later, the Spartans lost at Breslin Center to Bowling Green. They finished their non-conference schedule with an 11–2 record.

Michigan State started the Big Ten season 3–0 before losing to No. 7 Illinois on the road. In a four-game stretch against ranked teams, the Spartans defeated No. 12 Indiana in Bloomington, but lost to rival No. 7 Michigan at home. A loss to No. 19 Minnesota preceded a win over No. 8 Purdue and left the Spartans at 6–3 in the Big Ten. Following the victory over Purdue, MSU entered the AP rankings at No. 23. The Spartans won their remaining nine games to finish the season on a 10-game winning streak. The streak included wins over No. 15 Illinois, No. 25 Indiana, No. 8 Michigan, No. 17 Minnesota, and No. 10 Purdue in a six-game stretch. The finish gave the Spartans the Big Ten championship by two games over Purdue with a 15–3 record and they finished the season ranked No. 3 in the country.

The Spartans received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 1 seed. In the Tournament, the Spartans narrowly defeated 16th-seeded Murray State, led by Popeye Jones, in overtime to avoid becoming the only No. 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed.[1][2] They again narrowly defeated ninth-seeded UC Santa Barbara in the second round by four points to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1986.[3] In the Sweet Sixteen, the Spartans 12-game winning streak came to end as they lost to fourth-seeded Georgia Tech. The game featured a controversial last second basket by Tech's Kenny Anderson to force overtime where the Spartans fell 80–81.[4]

Roster and statistics

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1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
No Name Pos Year Height Pts Reb Ast
22 Jeff Casler G JR 6–0 0.8 0.4 0.5
23 Jesse Hall G JR 6–3 1.0 1.1 0.4
10 Kirk Manns G SR 6–1 15.3 1.8 1.8
11 Mark Montgomery G SO 6–2 3.6 2.0 2.9
34 Dave Mueller C SR 6–9 0.3 0.5 0.0
54 Mike Peplowski C FR 6–10 5.3 5.8 0.7
20 Ken Redfield F SR 6–7 11.6 6.8 3.1
21 Steve Smith G JR 6–6 20.2 7.0 4.8
35 Matt Steigenga F SO 6–7 10.4 3.5 1.9
31 Dwayne Stephens F FR 6–7 4.3 3.0 0.8
24 Todd Wolfe G SR 6–5 2.1 1.2 0.4
25 Jon Zulauf F FR 6–6 0.7 1.0 0.2

Source[5][6]

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 24, 1989*
 vs. Auburn
Great Alaska Shootout 		W 92–79  1–0
 Sullivan Arena 
Anchorage, AK
Nov 25, 1989*
 vs. Texas A&M
Great Alaska Shootout semifinals 		W 87–75  2–0
 Sullivan Arena 
Anchorage, AK
Nov 27, 1989*
 vs. Kansas State
Great Alaska Shootout championship 		W 73–68  3–0
 Sullivan Arena 
Anchorage, AK
Nov 29, 1989*
 Nebraska W 80–69  4–0
 Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Dec 2, 1989*
 at Furman W 84–63  5–0
 Memorial Auditorium 
Greenville, SC
Dec 9, 1989*
 Austin Peay W 88–76  6–0
 Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Dec 12, 1989*
 No. 25 at UIC L 57–65  6–1
 UIC Pavilion 
Chicago, IL
Dec 16, 1989*
 No. 25 Detroit Mercy W 94–65  7–1
 Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Dec 18, 1989*
 No. 25 Bowling Green State L 79–81  7–2
 Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Dec 20, 1989*
 No. 25 at Evansville W 80–66  8–2
 Roberts Stadium 
Evansville, IN
Dec 23, 1989*
 No. 25 Eastern Michigan W 87–73  9–2
 Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Dec 29, 1989*
 San Jose State
Oldsmobile Spartan Classic semifinals 		W 88–61  10–2
 Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Dec 30, 1989*
 Princeton
Oldsmobile Spartan Classic championship 		W 51–49  11–2
 Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Big Ten regular season
Jan 6, 1990
 at Wisconsin W 64–61  12–2
(1–0) 		Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
Jan 11, 1990
 Ohio State W 78–68  13–2
(2–0) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Jan 13, 1990
 Iowa W 87–80  14–2
(3–0) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Jan 18, 1990
 at No. 7 Illinois L 64–73  14–3
(3–1) 		Assembly Hall (Illinois) 
Champaign, IL
Jan 20, 1990
 Northwestern W 91–80  15–3
(4–1) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Jan 24, 1990
 at No. 12 Indiana W 75–57  16–3
(5–1) 		Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
Jan 27, 1990
 at No. 7 Michigan
Rivalry 		L 63–65  16–4
(5–2) 		Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 1, 1990
 No. 19 Minnesota L 74–79  16–5
(5–3) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Feb 3, 1990
 at No. 8 Purdue W 64–53  17–5
(6–3) 		Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
Feb 8, 1990
 No. 23 Wisconsin W 60–57  18–5
(7–3) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Feb 10, 1990
 No. 25 at Ohio State W 84–75  19–5
(8–3) 		St. John Arena 
Columbus, OH
Feb 12, 1990
 No. 23 at Iowa W 80–70  20–5
(9–3) 		Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
Feb 17, 1990
 No. 21 No. 15 Illinois W 70–63  21–6
(10–3) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Feb 25, 1990
 No. 15 No. 25 Indiana W 72–66  22–6
(11–3) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Mar 1, 1990
 No. 14 No. 8 Michigan
Rivalry 		W 78–70  23–5
(12–3) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Mar 3, 1990
 No. 14 at No. 17 Minnesota W 75–73  24–5
(13–3) 		Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN
Mar 8, 1990
 No. 7 at Northwestern W 84–68  25–5
(14–3) 		Welsh-Ryan Arena 
Evanston, IL
Mar 11, 1990
 No. 7 No. 10 Purdue W 72–70  26–5
(15–3) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
NCAA tournament
Mar 15, 1990*
 (1 SE) No. 3 vs. (16 SE) Murray State
First Round 		W 75–71 OT 27–5
 Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, TN
Mar 17, 1990*
 (1 SE) No. 3 vs. (9 SE) UC-Santa Barbara
Second Round 		W 62–58  28–5
 Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, TN
Mar 23, 1990*
 (1 SE) No. 3 vs. (4 SE) No. 9 Georgia Tech
Sweet Sixteen 		L 80–81 OT 28–6
 Louisiana Superdome 
New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time
Source[7].

Rankings

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Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.
Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17
AP NR NR NR 25 25 NR NR NR NR NR NR 23 21 15 14 7 3

Source.[8]

Awards and honors

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  • Steve Smith – All-Big Ten First Team

References

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  1. ^ Jacobs, Barry (March 16, 1990). "Michigan State Edges Murray State in Overtime". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  2. ^ PENNER, MIKE (March 16, 1990). "NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT : SOUTHEAST REGIONAL : Popeye Can't Finish Off Michigan State". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  3. ^ "Michigan State Not Trying To Look Good, And Succeeding". Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  4. ^ PENNER, MIKE (March 24, 1990). "NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT : SOUTHEAST REGIONALS : Georgia Tech Beats Clock (?), Michigan State in Overtime". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  5. ^ "1990-91 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results".
  6. ^ "2015-2016 Michigan State Spartans Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2018.
  7. ^ "1989-90 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results".
  8. ^ "1993 Michigan State Spartans". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
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