1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
Great Alaska Shootout Champions
Oldsmobile Spartan Classic Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 7
AP No. 3
1989–90 record 28–6 (15–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Jud Heathcote (14th year)
Assistant coach Tom Izzo
Assistant coach Herb Williams
Assistant coach Jim Boylen
Captain Steve Smith
Captain Ken Redfield
Home arena Breslin Center
1989–90 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 Michigan State 15 3   .833     28 6   .824
#10 Purdue 13 5   .722     22 8   .733
#13 Michigan 12 6   .667     23 8   .742
#18 Illinois 11 7   .611     21 8   .724
#20 Minnesota 11 7   .611     23 9   .719
Ohio State 10 8   .556     17 13   .567
Indiana 8 10   .444     18 11   .621
Wisconsin 4 14   .222     14 17   .452
Iowa 4 14   .222     12 16   .429
Northwestern 2 16   .111     9 19   .321
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Breslin Center for the first time in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his 14th year at Michigan State. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 28–6, 15–3 to win the Big Ten Championship. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 1 seed.

In the Tournament, the Spartans narrowly defeated 16th-seeded Murray State, led by Popeye Jones, in overtime to avoid becoming the only No. 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed.[1][2] They again narrowly defeated ninth-seeded UC Santa Barbara in the Second Round by four points to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1986.[3] There they lost to fourth-seeded Georgia Tech that featured a controversial last second basket by Kenny Anderson to force overtime where the Spartans fell 80–81.[4]

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 1988–89 season with an overall record of 18–15, 6–12 to finish in 8th place in Big Ten play. Michigan State received a bid to the NIT. They beat Kent State, Wichita State, and Villanova to reach the final four at Madison Square Garden. There they lost to Saint Louis and to UAB in the third place game.

Roster

1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
No Name Pos Year Height Pts Reb Ast
22 Jeff Casler G JR 6–0 0.8 0.4 0.5
23 Jesse Hall G JR 6–3 1.0 1.1 0.4
42 Parish Hickman F SO 6–7 6.3 4.4 0.7
10 Kirk Manns G SR 6–1 15.3 1.8 1.8
11 Mark Montgomery G SO 6–2 3.6 2.0 2.9
34 Dave Mueller C SR 6–9 0.3 0.5 0.0
54 Mike Peplowski C FR 6–10 5.3 5.8 0.7
20 Ken Redfield F SR 6–7 11.6 6.8 3.1
21 Steve Smith G JR 6–6 20.2 7.0 4.8
35 Matt Steigenga F SO 6–7 10.4 3.5 1.9
31 Dwayne Stephens F FR 6–7 4.3 3.0 0.8
24 Todd Wolfe G SR 6–5 2.1 1.2 0.4
25 Jon Zulauf F FR 6–6 0.7 1.0 0.2

Source[5][6]

Schedule and results

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Non-conference regular season

Nov 24, 1989*
vs. Auburn
Great Alaska Shootout
W 92–79  1–0
Sullivan Arena 
Anchorage, AK

Nov 25, 1989*
vs. Texas A&M
Great Alaska Shootout semifinals
W 87–75  2–0
Sullivan Arena 
Anchorage, AK

Nov 27, 1989*
Kansas State
Great Alaska Shootout championship
W 73–68  3–0
Sullivan Arena 
Anchorage, AK

Nov 29, 1989*
Nebraska W 80–69  4–0
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI

Dec 2, 1989*
at Furman W 84–63  5–0
Memorial Auditorium 
Greenville, SC

Dec 9, 1989*
Austin Peay W 88–76  6–0
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI

Dec 12, 1989*
No. 25 at UIC L 57–65  6–1
UIC Pavilion 
Chicago, IL

Dec 16, 1989*
No. 25 Detroit Mercy W 94–65  7–1
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI

Dec 18, 1989*
No. 25 Bowling Green State W 79–81  7–2
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI

Dec 20, 1989*
No. 25 at Evansville W 80–66  8–2
Roberts Stadium 
Evansville, IN

Dec 23, 1989*
No. 25 Eastern Michigan W 87–73  9–2
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI

Dec 29, 1989*
San Jose State
Oldsmobile Spartan Classic semifinals
W 88–61  10–2
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI

Dec 30, 1989*
Princeton
Oldsmobile Spartan Classic championship
W 51–49  11–2
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
Big Ten regular season

Jan 6, 1990
at Wisconsin W 64–61  12–2
(1–0)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI

Jan 11, 1990
Ohio State W 78–68  13–2
(2–0)
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI

Jan 13, 1990
Iowa W 87–80  14–2
(3–0)
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI

Jan 18, 1990
at No. 7 Illinois L 64–73  14–3
(3–1)
Assembly Hall (Illinois) 
Champaign, IL

Jan 20, 1990
Northwestern W 91–80  15–3
(4–1)
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI

Jan 24, 1990
at No. 12 Indiana W 75–57  16–3
(5–1)
Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN

Jan 27, 1990
at No. 7 Michigan
Rivalry
L 63–65  16–4
(5–2)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, MI

Feb 1, 1990
No. 19 Minnesota L 74–79  16–5
(5–3)
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI

Feb 3, 1990
No. 8 Purdue W 64–53  17–5
(6–3)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN

Feb 8, 1990
No. 23 Wisconsin W 60–57  18–5
(7–3)
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI

Feb 10, 1990
No. 25 at Ohio State W 84–75  19–5
(8–3)
St. John Arena 
Columbus, OH

Feb 12, 190
No. 23 at Iowa W 80–70  20–5
(9–3)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA

Feb 17, 1990
No. 21 No. 15 Illinois W 70–63  21–6
(10–3)
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI

Feb 25, 1990
No. 15 No. 25 Indiana W 72–66  22–6
(11–3)
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI

Mar 1, 1990
No. 14 No. 8 Michigan
Rivalry
W 78–70  23–5
(12–3)
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI

Mar 3, 1990
No. 14 at No. 7 Minnesota W 75–73  24–5
(13–3)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN

Mar 8, 1990
No. 7 at Northwestern W 84–68  25–5
(14–3)
Welsh-Ryan Arena 
Evanston, IL

Mar 11, 1990
No. 7 No. 10 Purdue W 72–70  26–5
(15–3)
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
NCAA Tournament

Mar 15, 1990*
(1 SE) No. 3 vs. (16 SE) Murray State
First Round
W 75–71 OT 27–5
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, TN

Mar 17, 1990*
(1 SE) No. 3 vs. (9 SE) UC-Santa Barbara
Second Round
W 62–58  28–5
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, TN

Mar 23, 1990*
(1 SE) No. 3 vs. (4 SE) No. 9 Georgia Tech
Sweet Sixteen
L 80–81 OT 28–6
Louisiana Superdome 
New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time
Source[7].

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 NR NR NR 25 25 NR NR NR NR NR NR 23 21 15 14 7 3

Source.[8]

References

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