1990–91 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

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1990–91 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Oldsmobile Spartan Classic champions
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record19–11 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
Home arena
Breslin Center
Seasons
1990–91 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
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

The 1990–91 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his 15th year at Michigan State. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 19–11, 11–7 to finish in third place in Big Ten play. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 5 seed in the Midwest region where they beat Green Bay on a buzzer beater by Steve Smith.[1] In the Second Round, they lost to No. 10 Utah in double overtime, 85–84.[2]

The game marked the end of First Team All-American senior Steve Smith's career at Michigan State.

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 1989–90 season with a record of 28–6, 15–3 to win the Big Ten Championship. Michigan State received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Southeast region. They beat Murray State and UC Santa Barbara to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they were upset by Georgia Tech in overtime.

Roster

1990–91 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
No Name Pos Year Height Pts Reb Ast
22 Jeff Casler G SR 6–0 0.4 0.4 0.2
45 Ron Haley F SO 6–6 0.4 0.0 0.2
44 Matt Hofkamp C FR 6–10 0.8 0.4 0.0
11 Mark Montgomery G JR 6–2 7.3 3.3 5.9
12 Andy Penick G FR 6–2 4.1 0.6 0.8
54 Mike Peplowski C SO 6–10 7.4 6.5 0.4
24 Shawn Respert G FR 6–3 0.0 0.0 0.0
21 Steve Smith G SR 6–7 25.2 6.0 3.7
35 Matt Steigenga F JR 6–7 12.8 4.9 2.2
31 Dwayne Stephens F SO 6–7 5.2 4.3 1.3
3 Kris Weshinskey G FR 6–3 2.8 1.1 0.7
25 Jon Zulauf F SO 6–6 1.3 1.7 0.1

Source[3][4]

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 23, 1990*
 No. 4 Furman W 78–73  1–0
East Lansing, MI
Nov 28, 1990*
 No. 5 at Nebraska L 69–71  1–1
Lincoln, NE
Dec 1, 1990*
 No. 5 at Bowling Green State L 85–98  1–2
Bowling Green, OH
Dec 8, 1990*
 No. 19 at 
Detroit
 		W 83–61  2–2
Detroit, MI
Dec 13, 1990*
 No. 21 at Cincinnati W 83–74  3–2
Cincinnati, OH
Dec 15, 1990*
 No. 21 vs. No. 1 
UNLV
 		L 75–95  3–3
Auburn Hills, MI
Dec 18, 1990*
 No. 24 Evansville W 81–76  4–3
 Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Dec 20, 1990*
 No. 24 Central Michigan W 74–61  5–3
 Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Dec 28, 1990*
 No. 25 George Mason
Oldsmobile Spartan Classic semifinals 		W 97–72  6–3
 Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Dec 29, 1990*
 No. 25 Louisiana Tech
Oldsmobile Spartan Classic championship 		W 77–62  7–3
 Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Big Ten regular season
Jan 3, 1991
 No. 25
Rivalry
 		W 85–70  8–3
(1–0) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Jan 5, 1991
 No. 25 at No. 22 Iowa L 66–79  8–4
(1–1)
Iowa City, IA
Jan 10, 1991
 Wisconsin W 65–50  9–4
(2–1) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Jan 12, 1991
 Northwestern W 66–59  10–4
(3–1) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Jan 17, 1991
 at Illinois W 71–68  11–4
(4–1)
Champaign, IL
Jan 19, 1991
 Minnesota W 73–64  12–4
(5–1) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Jan 23, 1991
 at Purdue L 51–62  12–5
(5–2)
West Lafayette, IN
Jan 26, 1991
 No. 22 at No. 3 Indiana L 63–97  12–6
(5–3)
Bloomington, IN
Jan 31, 1992
 No. 3 Ohio State W 75–61  13–6
(6–3) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Feb 7, 1991
 No. 25 Iowa L 67–71  13–7
(6–4) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Feb 9, 1991
 No. 25 at Wisconsin L 78–84  13–8
(6–5)
Madison, WI
Feb 14, 1991
 at Northwestern W 55–53  14–8
(7–5)
Evanston, IL
Feb 16, 1991
 Illinois W 62–58  15–8
(8–5) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Feb 23, 1991
 Purdue W 75–58  16–8
(9–5) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Feb 25, 1991
 at Minnesota W 74–72  17–8
(10–5)
Minneapolis, MN
Mar 3, 1991
 No. 5 Indiana L 56–62  17–9
(10–6) 		Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Mar 3, 1991
 at No. 2 Ohio State L 64–65  17–10
(10–7)
Columbus, OH
Mar 9, 1991
 at Michigan
Rivalry 		W 66–59  18–10
(11–7)
Ann Arbor, MI
NCAA tournament
Mar 15, 1991*
 (5 W) vs. (12 W) Green Bay
First Round 		W 60–58  19–10
Tucson, AZ
Mar 17, 1991*
 (5 W) vs. (4 W) No. 10 Utah
Second Round 		L 84–85 2OT 19–11
 McKale Center 
Tucson, AZ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time
Source[5]
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Rankings

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 4 5 19 21 24 25 25 NR NR 22 NR 25 NR NR NR NR NR

Source.[6]

Awards and honors

  • Steve Smith – All-Big Ten First Team

References

  1. ISSN 0458-3035
    . Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  2. ISSN 0458-3035
    . Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  3. ^ "1990-91 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results".
  4. ^ "2015-2016 Michigan State Spartans Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2018.
  5. ^ "1990-91 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results".
  6. ^ "1993 Michigan State Spartans". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
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