1990–91 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team American college basketball season
The 1990–91 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference . The team was led by fifth-year head coach Tom Davis and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena . They finished the season 21–11 overall and 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish tied for fifth place. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as #7 seed in the Midwest Region. After defeating East Tennessee State 76-73 in the first round, the Hawkeyes lost to #2 seed, and eventual National Champion, Duke 85-70 in the Round of 32.
Roster
1990–91 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Weight
Year
Hometown
G
10
Kevin Smith
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
—
Fr
Fort Worth, Texas
G
11
Troy Skinner
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
—
Jr
Palmer, Iowa
G
13
Paul Lusk
—
—
Fr
New Baden, Illinois
G/F
15
Rodell Davis
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
—
Jr
Chicago, Illinois
G
20
Val Barnes
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
—
So
Wichita, Kansas
F
23
James Winters
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
—
Fr
Joliet, Illinois
F
24
James Moses
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
—
Jr
Carson, California
F
32
Jim Bartels
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
—
Fr
Freedom, Wisconsin
F
34
Wade Lookingbill
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
—
So
Fort Dodge, Iowa
F
40
Chris Street
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
Fr
Indianola, Iowa
F
42
Jay Webb
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
—
So
San Jose, California
F
43
Brig Tubbs
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
—
Jr
DeWitt, Iowa
F/C
55
Acie Earl
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
So
Moline, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Schedule/results
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/15/1990 *
No. 19 Temple Preseason NIT
W 73–71[ 1] [ 2]
1–0
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
11/17/1990 *
at Notre Dame Preseason NIT
L 68–77[ 3]
1–1
Joyce Center South Bend, IN
11/27/1990 *
Drake Iowa Big Four
W 80–61[ 4]
2–1
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (10,248)Iowa City, IA
11/30/1990 *
Colgate Amana-Hawkeye Classic
W 80–59[ 5]
3–1
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/1/1990 *
Creighton Amana-Hawkeye Classic
W 83–77[ 6]
4–1
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)Iowa City, IA
12/4/1990 *
Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four
W 72–68[ 7]
5–1
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)Iowa City, IA
12/8/1990 *
Iowa State Rivalry
W 75–73[ 8]
6–1
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)Iowa City, IA
12/15/1990 *
UMBC
W 98–81
7–1
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/18/1990 *
Chicago State
W 93–70
8–1
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/22/1990 *
No. 5 UCLA
W 88–71[ 9]
9–1
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)Iowa City, IA
12/28/1990 *
No. 23
vs. Hawaii-Hilo Big Island Invitational
W 78–65
10–1
Hilo Civic Auditorium Hilo, HI
12/30/1990 *
No. 23
vs. Chaminade Big Island Invitational
W 104–64[ 10]
11–1
Hilo Civic Auditorium Hilo, HI
Big Ten Regular Season
1/3/1991
No. 22
at No. 6 Ohio State
L 59–63
11–2 (0–1)
St. John Arena Columbus, OH
1/5/1991
No. 22
No. 25 Michigan State
W 79–66
12–2 (1–1)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/10/1991
No. 22
Michigan
W 79–78
13–2 (2–1)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/12/1991
No. 22
at Minnesota
L 77–79[ 11]
13–3 (2–2)
Williams Arena (16,555)Minneapolis, MN
1/17/1991
No. 24
at Wisconsin
L 79–91[ 12]
13–4 (2–3)
Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
1/19/1991
No. 24
No. 3 Indiana
L 79–99[ 13]
13–5 (2–4)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)Iowa City, IA
1/28/1991
at Illinois
L 50–53[ 14]
13–6 (2–5)
Assembly Hall (14,486)Champaign, IL
1/31/1991
at Purdue
W 78–69[ 15]
14–6 (3–5)
Mackey Arena (14,123)West Lafayette, IN
2/2/1991
Northwestern
W 82–66[ 16]
15–6 (4–5)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)Iowa City, IA
2/7/1991
at No. 25 Michigan State
W 71–67[ 17]
16–6 (5–5)
Breslin Center (15,138)East Lansing, MI
2/9/1991
at Michigan
L 70–84[ 18]
16–7 (5–6)
Crisler Arena (12,644)Ann Arbor, MI
2/14/1991
Minnesota
W 82–69[ 19]
17–7 (6–6)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)Iowa City, IA
2/16/1991
Wisconsin
L 55–56[ 20]
17–8 (6–7)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)Iowa City, IA
2/21/1991
at No. 4 Indiana
W 80–79[ 21] [ 22] OT
18–8 (7–7)
Assembly Hall (16,895)Bloomington, IN
2/23/1991
Illinois
L 74–79[ 23]
18–9 (7–8)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)Iowa City, IA
3/2/1991
Purdue
L 65–70
18–10 (7–9)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
3/7/1991
at Northwestern
W 79–76[ 24]
19–10 (8–9)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,112)Evanston, IL
3/9/1991
No. 2 Ohio State
W 80–69[ 25] [ 26]
20–10 (9–9)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)Iowa City, IA
NCAA tournament
3/14/1991 *
(7 MW)
vs. (10 MW) No. 17 East Tennessee State First Round
W 76–73[ 27] [ 28]
21–10
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN
3/16/1991 * CBS
(7 MW)
vs. (2 MW) No. 6 Duke Second Round
L 70–85[ 29] [ 30]
21–11
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
MW=Midwest.
Rankings
References
^ "PRESEASON NIT : Iowa Knocks Off No. 19 Temple" . Los Angeles Times . November 16, 1990. Retrieved March 25, 2017 .
^ "Iowa surprises Owls" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . November 16, 1990. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Hawkeyes fall in NIT" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . November 19, 1990. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Hawkeyes win but suffer casualty" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . November 28, 1990. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Iowa 80, Colgate 59" . UPI . December 1, 1990. Retrieved March 25, 2017 .
^ "Hawkeyes apply pressure, roll in Classic" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . December 3, 1990. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Hawkeyes zero in on bragging rights" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . December 5, 1990. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Timely tip-in gives Hawkeyes 'state title' " (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . December 10, 1990. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Bruins' First Defeat Is Cold to the Touch" . Los Angeles Times . December 23, 1990. Retrieved March 25, 2017 .
^ "Iowa 104, Chaminade 64" . Detroit Free Press . December 31, 1990. p. 28. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Gophers come back on Iowa" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . January 14, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Iowa stays Big Ten roadkill" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . January 18, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Red-hot Hoosiers ice already cold Hawks" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . January 21, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Grudge match calm, but ugly" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . January 29, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Iowa kicks the habit: Purdue first road kill since '89" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . February 1, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Hawkeyes flatten already 'thin' Wildcats" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . February 4, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Hawkeyes on another tear: Take out Spartans for third straight" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . February 8, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Hawks manage a Michigan split" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . February 11, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Hawks get revenge: Even score with Gophers, 82-69" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . February 15, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Hawks find a hero but lose the game" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . February 18, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Hawks tip No. 4 Indiana, 80-79, in overtime" . Des Moines Register . February 22, 1991. Retrieved March 25, 2017 .
^ "Moses parts Red Sea: His tip-in beats No. 4 Hoosiers" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . February 22, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Hawkeyes fall short: Rally can't save them from Illini" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . February 25, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Hawks bolster NCAA hopes with win" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . March 8, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Iowa 80, No. 2 Ohio State 69" . United Press International . March 10, 1991. Retrieved March 25, 2017 .
^ "Iowa upsets Buckeyes to seal bid" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . March 11, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Iowa 76, East Tennessee State 73" . UPI . March 14, 1991. Retrieved March 25, 2017 .
^ "Iowa passes test, Duke next" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . March 15, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Duke Goes After Earl to Handle Iowa, 85-70" . Los Angeles Times . March 17, 1991. Retrieved March 25, 2017 .
^ "Duke ends Hawkeyes' NCAA run" (PDF) . The Daily Iowan . March 25, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
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