1989–90 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

1989–90 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
1989–90 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
Maui Invitational champions; Big Eight Regular Season Champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 11
Record	26–6 (12–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Norm Stewart (23rd season);
Assistant coach	Bob Sundvold (12th season)
Home arena	Hearnes Center
	Seasons ← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1989–90 NCAA men's basketball season. Led by head coach Norm Stewart, the Tigers won the Big Eight regular season title and were the No. 1 ranked team in the country before an upset by Colorado in the Big Eight Conference Tourney and a stunning loss to 14-seed Northern Iowa in the first round of the NCAA Tourney NCAA tournament.^[1] The Tigers finished with an overall record of 26–6 (12–2 Big Eight).

1989–90 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 11 Missouri	12	–	2	.857	26	–	6	.813
No. 1 Oklahoma †	11	–	3	.786	27	–	5	.844
No. 5 Kansas	11	–	3	.786	30	–	5	.857
Kansas State	7	–	7	.500	17	–	15	.531
Oklahoma State	6	–	8	.429	17	–	14	.548
Iowa State	4	–	10	.286	10	–	18	.357
Nebraska	3	–	11	.214	10	–	18	.357
Colorado	2	–	12	.143	12	–	18	.400

† 1990 Big Eight tournament winner As of March 3, 2012 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	4	Lee Coward	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Sr
G	5	Travis Ford	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	—	Fr	Madisonville, Kentucky
F	34	Doug Smith	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Detroit, Michigan
G	44	Anthony Peeler	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Kansas City, Missouri

Head coach

Norm Stewart (Missouri)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 24, 1989*	No. 11	vs. Evansville Maui Invitational	W 68–53	1–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI
Nov 25, 1989*	No. 11	vs. No. 12 Louisville Maui Invitational	W 82–79	2–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI
Nov 26, 1989*	No. 11	vs. No. 7 North Carolina Maui Invitational Championship	W 80–73^[2]	3–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI
Dec 2, 1989*	No. 5	Tennessee-Martin	W 78–58	4–0	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Dec 4, 1989*	No. 5	Creighton	W 86–79	5–0	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Dec 6, 1989*	No. 4	Hawaii-Loa	W 106–48	6–0	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Dec 9, 1989*	No. 4	at Old Dominion	W 88–75	7–0	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, VA
Dec 12, 1989*	No. 4	at No. 7 Arkansas	W 89–88	8–0	Barnhill Arena (9,486) Fayetteville, AR
Dec 16, 1989*	No. 4	Bradley	W 86–77	9–0	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Dec 20, 1989*	No. 4	vs. No. 5 Illinois Braggin' Rights	L 93–101	9–1	St. Louis Arena (18,398) St. Louis, MO
Dec 27, 1989*	No. 7	at No. 15 Memphis State	W 71–65	10–1	Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, TN
Dec 30, 1989*	No. 4	Nebraska–Kearney	W 86–77	11–1	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Jan 2, 1990*	No. 7	Austin Peay	W 84–48	12–1	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Jan 6, 1990	No. 7	Oklahoma State	W 78–68	13–1 (1–0)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Jan 10, 1990*	No. 5	Southern	W 106–87	14–1	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Jan 13, 1990	No. 5	at Nebraska	W 111–95	15–1 (2–0)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
Jan 16, 1990	No. 4	at Oklahoma State	W 72–71	16–1 (3–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
Jan 20, 1990	No. 4	No. 1 Kansas Border War	W 95–87	17–1 (4–0)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Jan 23, 1990*	No. 1	Rutgers	W 89–84	18–1	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Jan 27, 1990	No. 1	at Colorado	W 104–89	19–1 (5–0)	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Jan 31, 1990	No. 1	at Iowa State	W 95–93	20–1 (6–0)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Feb 4, 1990	No. 1	Colorado	W 93–69	21–1 (7–0)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Feb 8, 1990	No. 1	at Kansas State	L 58–65	21–2 (7–1)	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
Feb 10, 1990	No. 1	Nebraska	W 107–85	22–2 (8–1)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Feb 13, 1990	No. 2	at No. 1 Kansas Border War	W 77–71	23–2 (9–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
Feb 18, 1990	No. 2	No. 11 Oklahoma	W 92–90	24–2 (10–1)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Feb 21, 1990	No. 1	Iowa State	W 89–85	25–2 (11–1)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Feb 25, 1990	No. 1	at No. 10 Oklahoma	L 90–107	25–3 (11–2)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
Feb 28, 1990	No. 3	Kansas State	W 65–60	26–3 (12–2)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Mar 3, 1990*	No. 3	at Notre Dame	L 67–98	26–4	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
Big Eight Conference tournament
Mar 9, 1990*	(1) No. 6	vs. (8) Colorado Big Eight tournament Quarterfinal	L 88–92 ^OT	26–5	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 1990*	(3 SE) No. 11	vs. (14 SE) Northern Iowa First Round	L 71–74^[1]	26–6	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Central.

Rankings

Awards

Doug Smith – Big Eight Player of the Year, Consensus Second-Team All-American

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References

^ ^a ^b "N.C.A.A.: Southeast Regional; Northern Iowa Stuns Missouri with 3-Pointer". The New York Times. March 17, 1990. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
^ "Missouri Gift to Coach: Capturing Maui Classic". Los Angeles Times. November 27, 1989. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
^ 2017-18 Missouri Tigers men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2019-Mar-29.

[ncaa-1] "N.C.A.A.: Southeast Regional; Northern Iowa Stuns Missouri with 3-Pointer". The New York Times. March 17, 1990. Retrieved May 6, 2023.

[2] "Missouri Gift to Coach: Capturing Maui Classic". Los Angeles Times. November 27, 1989. Retrieved March 29, 2019.

[3] 2017-18 Missouri Tigers men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2019-Mar-29.

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1989–90 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
Maui Invitational champions Big Eight Regular Season Champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 11
Record	26–6 (12–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Norm Stewart (23rd season)
Assistant coach	Bob Sundvold (12th season)
Home arena	Hearnes Center
Seasons ← 1988–89 1990–91 →