1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
A blue block M with maize-colored borders and the word Michigan across the middle.
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 14
AP No. 13
1989–90 record 23-8 (12-6 Big Ten)
Head coach Steve Fisher
Assistant coach Mike Boyd
Assistant coach Brian Dutcher
Assistant coach Jay Smith
MVP Rumeal Robinson
Captain Terry Mills
Captain Rumeal Robinson
Home arena Crisler Arena
1989–90 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 3 Michigan State15–3 .833  28–6  .824
No. 10 Purdue13–5 .722  22–8  .733
No. 13 Michigan12–6 .667  23–8  .742
No. 18 Illinois11–7 .611  21–8  .724
No. 20 Minnesota11–7 .611  23–9  .719
Ohio State10–8 .556  17–13  .567
Indiana8–10 .444  18–11  .621
Wisconsin4–14 .222  14–17  .452
Iowa4–14 .222  12–16  .429
Northwestern2–16 .111  9–19  .321
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1989–90 season.The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Head coach Steve Fisher led the team to a third-place finish in the Big Ten Conference.[1] The team earned the number three seed in the 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.[2] For the third consecutive year, the team was ranked every week of the season in the AP Poll, which expanded from a top twenty poll to a top twenty-five poll that year. It began the season at number four, ended at number thirteen and peaked at number three.[3] and it ended the season ranked fifteenth in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.[4]

Terry Mills and Rumeal Robinson served as team co-captains and shared team co-MVP honors.[5] The team's leading scorers were Robinson (575 points), Mills (562 points), and Loy Vaught (480 points). The leading rebounders were Vaught (346), Mills (247), and Robinson (127).[6]

Robinson earned consensus All-American recognition.[7]

The team established the current Big Ten Conference single-game field goals made record against Iowa on March 10, 1990, when it made 55.[8] The team earned numerous conference statistical championships. Loy Vaught won the rebounding championship for conference games with a 10.7 average and all games with an 11.2 average, while Robinson won the assists title for all games.[9][10] This was the first year that the conference recognized both conference games and all games statistical champions.[9][10]

Vaught also set the Michigan career field goal percentage record at 67.1%. The record would stand until 1998.[11] On March 8, 1990, against Wisconsin, the team tied the school's February 21, 1987, single-game free throw percentage record by making all fifteen of its free throws, a mark that has only been outdone by the March 2, 2002 16-for-16 performance.[12] Robinson set the current school career assist average of 5.75 per game, surpassing Gary Grant's 1988 mark.[13] Loy Vaught ended his career with 135 games played, which surpassed Glen Rice's 1989 school record of 134 games to establish the record.[14] In 2012, Stu Douglass finished his career with 136 games.[15]

In the 64-team NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, number three seeded Michigan advanced one round by defeating the fourteen-seeded Illinois State 76–70 before losing to the eleven-seeded Loyola Marymount 149–115.[2] The March 18, 1990 264-point contest with Loyola Marymount stands as the highest scoring single game in NCAA tournament history.[16] It is also the highest combined total in Michigan history.[17]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP Poll[3] 4 10 8 6 6 5 5 3 6 7 4 7 5 7 8 13 13

Team players drafted into the NBA

Five players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.[18][19]

YearRoundPickOverallPlayerNBA Club
199011010Rumeal RobinsonAtlanta Hawks
199011313Loy VaughtLos Angeles Clippers
199011616Terry MillsMilwaukee Bucks
199022754Sean HigginsSan Antonio Spurs
19932633Eric RileyDallas Mavericks

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 68. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "NCAA Tournament History". University of Michigan. 2010. p. 3.
  3. 1 2 "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 68&ndash, 83. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 87. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  5. ↑ "All-Time Accolades". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. pp. 9&ndash, 10.
  6. ↑ "Men's Basketball Statistic Archive Query Page". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 18, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  7. ↑ "All-Time Accolades". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. pp. 4&ndash, 7.
  8. ↑ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 28. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
  9. 1 2 "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 34. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
  10. 1 2 "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 35. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
  11. ↑ "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 10. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  12. ↑ "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 14. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  13. ↑ "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 16. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  14. ↑ "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 20. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  15. ↑ "Postgame Notes: Ohio 65, #13 Michigan 60". MGoBlue. CBS Interactive. March 16, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Division I Championship" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 4. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  17. ↑ "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 2. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  18. ↑ "1990 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  19. ↑ "1993 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
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