1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Big Ten Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1989–90 record	28–6 (15–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jud Heathcote (14th year)
Assistant coach	Tom Izzo
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 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 as a #1 seed to the NCAA Tournament defeating Murray State and UC Santa Barbara to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they lost to Georgia Tech.

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 UAB in the third place game.

Roster

1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
Name	Summary
Steve Smith	20.2 Pts, 7.0 Reb, 4.8 Ast
Kirk Manns	15.3 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Ken Redfield	11.6 Pts, 6.8 Reb, 3.1 Ast
Matt Steigenga	10.4 Pts, 3.5 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Parish Hickman	6.3 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Mike Peplowski	5.3 Pts, 5.8 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Dwayne Stephens	4.3 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Mark Montgomery	3.6 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 2.9 Ast
Todd Wolfe	2.1 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Jesse Hall	1.0 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Jeff Casler	0.8 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Jon Zulauf	0.7 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Dave Mueller	0.3 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Source^[1]

Schedule

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	W 87–75	2–0	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK
Nov 27, 1989*		Kansas State Great Alaska Shootout	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*	#25	at UIC	L 57–65	6–1	UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
Dec 16, 1989*	#25	Detroit	W 94–65	7–1	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 18, 1989*	#25	Bowling Green State	W 79–81	7–2	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 20, 1989*	#25	at Evansville	W 80–66	8–2	Roberts Stadium Evansville, IN
Dec 23, 1989*	#25	Eastern Michigan	W 87–73	9–2	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 29, 1989*		San Jose State	W 88–61	10–2	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 30, 1989*		Princeton	W 51–49	11–2	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Big Ten Regular season

Jan 6, 1990	#25	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 #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 #12 Indiana	W 75–57	16–3 (5–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Jan 27, 1990		at #7 Michigan Rivalry	L 63–65	16–4 (5–2)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 1, 1990		#19 Minnesota	L 74–79	16–5 (5–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 3, 1990		#8 Purdue	W 64–53	17–5 (6–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Feb 8, 1990	#23	Wisconsin	W 60–57	18–5 (7–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 10, 1990	#25	at Ohio State	W 84–75	19–5 (8–3)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
Feb 12, 190	#23	at Iowa	W 80–70	20–5 (9–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Feb 17, 1990	#21	#15 Illinois	W 70–63	21–6 (10–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 25, 1990	#15	#25 Indiana	W 72–66	22–6 (11–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Mar 1, 1990	#14	#8 Michigan Rivalry	W 78–70	23–5 (12–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Mar 3, 1990	#14	at #7 Minnesota	W 75–73	24–5 (13–3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Mar 8, 1990	#7	at Northwestern	W 84–68	25–5 (14–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Mar 11, 1990	#7	#10 Purdue	W 72–70	26–5 (15–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 1990*	(1 SE) #3	vs. (16 SE) Murray State First Round	W 75–71 ^OT	27–5	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
Mar 17, 1990*	(1 SE) #3	vs. (9 SE) UC-Santa Barbara Second Round	W 62–58	28–5	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
Mar 23, 1990*	(1 SE) #3	vs. (4 SE) #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^[2].

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.^[3]

References

↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/michigan-state/1991-schedule.html
↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/michigan-state/1990-schedule.html
↑ "1993 Michigan State Spartans". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Venues	Armory (1899–1918) IM Circle (1918–1930) Demonstration Hall (1930-1940) Jenison Fieldhouse (1940–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)

Rivalries	Michigan

Culture & lore	Basketbowl Champions Classic "The Flintstones" Izzone Michigan State student riots

People	Head coaches Retired numbers

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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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