1990–91 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

The 1990–91 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference during the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Lute Olson, the team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona. Arizona won the Pac-10 regular season title by 3 games over second-place UCLA.

1990–91 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
Pacific-10 Regular-Season Champions
Preseason NIT Champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 8
Record28–7 (14–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home arenaMcKale Center (Capacity: 14,545)
Seasons
1990–91 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Arizona 14 4   .778 28 7   .800
No. 16 UCLA 11 7   .611 23 9   .719
Arizona State 10 8   .556 20 10   .667
USC 10 8   .556 19 10   .655
Stanford 8 10   .444 20 13   .606
Washington State 8 10   .444 16 12   .571
Oregon State 8 10   .444 14 14   .500
Oregon 8 10   .444 13 15   .464
California 8 10   .444 13 15   .464
Washington 5 13   .278 14 14   .500
As of April 15, 1991[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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1990–91 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
C 45 Sean Rooks 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Jr Fontana HS New York, NY
C 21 Brian Williams 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Saint Monica Catholic HS Fresno, CA
PG 12 Matt Othick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Bishop Gorman HS Clovis, NM
C 41 Ed Stokes 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Fr St. Bernard Los Angeles, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
Nov 14, 1990*
No. 3 Austin Peay
Preseason NIT
W 122–80  1–0
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Nov 16, 1990*
No. 3 East Tennessee State
Preseason NIT
W 88–79  2–0
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Nov 21, 1990*
No. 3 vs. Notre Dame
Preseason NIT
W 91–61  3–0
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
Nov 23, 1990*
No. 3 vs. No. 2 Arkansas
Preseason NIT
W 89–77[2]  4–0
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
Nov 26, 1990*
No. 3 Western Illinois W 90–51  5–0
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Dec 1, 1990*
No. 2 Long Beach State W 95–68  6–0
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Dec 5, 1990*
No. 2 at Northern Arizona W 100–64  7–0
Walkup Skydome 
Flagstaff, Arizona
Dec 8, 1990*
No. 2 at No. 18 LSU L 82–92[3]  7–1
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dec 23, 1990*
No. 4 Providence W 99–87  8–1
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Dec 27, 1990*
No. 4 Pepperdine
Fiesta Bowl Classic
W 80–66[4]  9–1
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Dec 28, 1990*
No. 4 Iowa State
Fiesta Bowl Classic
W 102–77  10–1
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Jan 3, 1991
No. 4 at Washington L 56–70  10–2
(0–1)
Bank of America Arena 
Seattle, Washington
Jan 5, 1991
No. 4 at Washington State W 84–69  11–2
(1–1)
Friel Court 
Pullman, Washington
Jan 10, 1991
No. 6 USC W 87–85  12–2
(2–1)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Jan 12, 1991
No. 6 No. 7 UCLA W 82–77  13–2
(3–1)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Jan 16, 1991
No. 6 at Arizona State W 74–71  14–2
(4–1)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
Jan 19, 1991*
No. 6 at Villanova W 72–64  15–2
The Pavilion 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 24, 1991
No. 5 at Stanford W 78–76  16–2
(5–1)
Maples Pavilion 
Stanford, California
Jan 26, 1991
No. 5 at California L 78–85  16–3
(5–2)
Harmon Gym 
Berkeley, California
Jan 31, 1991
No. 6 Washington State W 84–71  17–3
(6–2)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Feb 2, 1991
No. 6 Washington W 85–56  18–3
(7–2)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Feb 7, 1991
No. 5 at USC L 83–87  18–4
(7–3)
L.A. Sports Arena 
Los Angeles, California
Feb 10, 1991
No. 5 at No. 14 UCLA W 105–94  19–4
(8–3)
Pauley Pavilion 
Los Angeles, California
Feb 13, 1991
No. 6 Arizona State W 71–50  20–4
(9–3)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Feb 17, 1991*
No. 6 vs. Georgia Tech L 56–62  20–5
Meadowlands Arena 
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Feb 21, 1991
No. 9 California W 100–63  21–5
(10–3)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Feb 24, 1991*
No. 9 No. 7 Duke W 103–96 2OT 22–5
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Feb 26, 1991
No. 7 Stanford W 89–51  23–5
(11–3)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Feb 28, 1991
No. 7 at Oregon State W 103–65  24–5
(12–3)
Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, Oregon
Mar 2, 1991
No. 7 at Oregon L 58–62  24–6
(12–4)
McArthur Court 
Eugene, Oregon
Mar 7, 1991
No. 9 Oregon State W 82–67  25–6
(13–4)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Mar 9, 1991
No. 9 Oregon W 107–65  26–6
(14–4)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1991*
(2 W) No. 8 vs. (15 W) Saint Francis W 93–80  27–6
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar 16, 1991*
(2 W) No. 8 vs. (10 W) BYU W 76–61  28–6
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar 21, 1991*
(2 W) No. 8 vs. (3 W) No. 13 Seton Hall L 77–81[5]  28–7
Kingdome 
Seattle, Washington
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West.

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Rankings

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
1 10 Brian Williams Orlando Magic

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References

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  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "Arizona Wins NIT With No. 1 Performance". New York Times. November 24, 1990. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  3. ^ "L.S.U. Ends 7-0 Streak of No. 2 Arizona". New York Times. December 9, 1990. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  4. ^ "Arizona Finally Puts Pepperdine Away". Los Angeles Times. December 28, 1990. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "ARIZONA MISSES THREE-POINTER, AND THE HALL ADVANCES". Deseret News. March 22, 1991. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "2019–20 Arizona Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. p. 76. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  7. ^ "1991 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved May 7, 2009.