1990–91 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1990–91 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1990–91 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	17–12 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Bruce Weber (11th season); Tom Reiter (5th season); Steve Lavin (3rd season);
Home arena	Mackey Arena
	Seasons ← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1990–91 college basketball season. Led by head coach Gene Keady, the Boilermakers earned the #7 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA tournament, but were defeated in the first round by Temple, finishing the season with a 17–12 record (9–9 Big Ten).

1990–91 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Ohio State	15	–	3	.833	27	–	4	.871
No. 3 Indiana	15	–	3	.833	29	–	5	.853
Illinois	11	–	7	.611	21	–	10	.677
Michigan State	11	–	7	.611	19	–	11	.633
Iowa	9	–	9	.500	21	–	11	.656
Purdue	9	–	9	.500	17	–	12	.586
Wisconsin	8	–	10	.444	15	–	15	.500
Michigan	7	–	11	.389	14	–	15	.483
Minnesota	5	–	13	.278	12	–	16	.429
Northwestern	0	–	18	.000	5	–	23	.179

Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	12	Matt Painter	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So	Ft. Wayne, Indiana
G/F	32	Jimmy Oliver	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Morrilton, Arkansas

Head coach

Gene Keady (Kansas State)

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 city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 24, 1990*		Stetson	L 56–58	0–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 26, 1990*		UMass	W 64–53	1–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 30, 1990*		East Carolina	W 78–49	2–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 1, 1990*		Indiana State	W 77–56	3–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 6, 1990*		at California	W 66–65	4–1	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Dec 8, 1990*		at Saint Louis	W 97–77	5–1	Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 15, 1990*		Furman	W 64–51	6–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 20, 1990*		Butler	W 97–81	7–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 22, 1990*		No. 8 North Carolina	L 74–86	7–2	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 29, 1990*		at No. 17 Georgia	W 64–63	8–2	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia
Big Ten Regular Season
Jan 3, 1991		at Northwestern	W 73–70	9–2 (1–0)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Jan 14, 1991		No. 3 Indiana Rivalry	L 62–65	10–4 (2–2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 10, 1991		at No. 4 Indiana Rivalry	L 63–81	11–10 (3–8)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
Mar 9, 1991		Northwestern	W 77–48	17–11 (9–9)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1991*	(7 E)	vs. (10 E) Temple First Round	L 63–80	17–12	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

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Rankings

Team players drafted into the NBA

For the second consecutive year, a Purdue player was taken with the 39th overall pick.

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	39	Jimmy Oliver	Cleveland Cavaliers

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References

^ "2019-20 Purdue Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
^ "1991 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

[1] "2019-20 Purdue Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

[2] "1991 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

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