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 | |
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Pacific-10 Regular-Season Champions Preseason NIT Champions | |
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 7 |
AP | No. 8 |
Record | 28–7 (14–4 Pac-10) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | McKale Center (Capacity: 14,545) |
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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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Schedule and results
editDate time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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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. |
Rankings
editTeam players drafted into the NBA
editRound | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
1 | 10 | Brian Williams | Orlando Magic |
References
edit- ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ "Arizona Wins NIT With No. 1 Performance". New York Times. November 24, 1990. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ "L.S.U. Ends 7-0 Streak of No. 2 Arizona". New York Times. December 9, 1990. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ "Arizona Finally Puts Pepperdine Away". Los Angeles Times. December 28, 1990. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ "ARIZONA MISSES THREE-POINTER, AND THE HALL ADVANCES". Deseret News. March 22, 1991. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ "2019–20 Arizona Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. p. 76. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ "1991 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved May 7, 2009.