1989–90 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1989–90 Oklahoma Sooners Basketball Oklahoma Sooners Logo 1979-2000.png 150 Big 8 Conference Big 8 1 1 27–5 11–3 Billy Tubbs 10th Lloyd Noble Center (Capacity: 11,528) NCAA Division I regular season championsBig 8 Conference tournament champions NCAA men's Division I tournament Second Round The 1989–90 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in competitive college basketball during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I season. The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team played its home games in the Lloyd Noble Center and was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) former Big Eight Conference at that time. The team posted a 27–5 overall record and an 11–3 conference record to finish tied for second in the Conference for head coach Billy Tubbs. This was the third Big Eight Conference tournament Championship for Tubbs and his third NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament #1 seed in a row.http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/okla-conf-championships.html Conference Championships 2010-07-06 SoonerStats.com https://web.archive.org/web/20100623042818/http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/okla-conf-championships.html 23 June 2010 dead The team earned the conference tournament championship competing in a conference in which three teams held the #1 national ranking in consecutive weeks in late February and early March. The team was led by All-Big Eight Conference First Team selection Skeeter Henry. The team won its first twelve games, while rising to the #3 ranking, before losing back to back road games to unranked Kansas State and #23 Arizona. The team then won three consecutive home games before losing to #2 Kansas on the road. It then won four games before losing to #2 Missouri. The team then won 8 contests in a row including back to back victories over #1 ranked teams (Missouri and Kansas) at the end of February as well as a rubber match victory against Kansas in the Big Eight Conference tournament semifinals.http://www.soonerstats.com/basketball/men/seasons/schedule.cfm?SeasonID=1990 1990 Men's Basketball Season 2010-07-06 SoonerStats.com The team earned the school's third consecutive #1 seed in the 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, but was eliminated in the second round by North Carolina 79–77. Terry Evans became the first Sooner to make all six of his three point shots in a game, and Jackie Jones set the school single-game record with 9 blocked shots. The team exploded for 173 points on November 29, 1989, against 1989 men USIS unknowns Alliant International University U.S. International and three nights later set another school record by defeating 1989 men Northeastern Illinois Golden Eagles Northeastern Illinois University Northeastern Illinois by 95 points (146–51). The team also established the current school record of 86 rebounds against U.S. International.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010_mbb_guide_section7.pdf Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide 2010-07-05 127 CBS Interactive 2012-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112122651/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010_mbb_guide_section7.pdf dead Roster 1989 Oklahoma Sooners y yes Skeeter Henry y 30 G 6 7 180 Sr Grand Prairie, TX Midland College Jeff Webster y 32 G 6 7 213 Fr Midwest City, OK Carl Albert Tony Martin 50 F 6 7 230 Los Angeles, CA Manual Arts Terrence Mullins 24 G 6 2 198 Jr San Francisco, CA Riordan Jason Skurcenski 11 G 6 2 172 Jr Bartlesville, OK Bartlesville Brent Price y G 6 1 165 Jr Enid, Oklahoma South Carolina yes http://soonerstats.com/basketball/men/players/roster.cfm?seasonid=1990 Billy Tubbs Mike Mims Jim Kerwin Schedule and results |- !colspan=9 style=Oklahoma Sooners| Regular season Nov 29, 1989 yes 17 U.S. International Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 173–101 1–0 Dec 2, 1989 yes 17 1989 men Northeastern Illinois Golden Eagles Northeastern Illinois Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 146–51 2–0 Dec 4, 1989 yes 12 1989 men Angelo State Rams Angelo State Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 130–62 3–0 Dec 9, 1989 yes 12 UNLV 5 Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 89–81Las Vegas Sun https://lasvegassun.com/news/1989/dec/10/stormin-norman-sooners-win-89-91/ Stormin' in Norman: Sooners win 89-81 December 10, 1989 May 6, 2023 4–0 Dec 23, 1989 yes yes 7 Loyola Marymount Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, California 136–121Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-24-sp-2219-story.html Kimble Scores 46, but Oklahoma Runs Past Cold Loyola, 136-121 December 24, 1989 May 6, 2023 5–0 Dec 27, 1989 yes 6 1989 men James Madison Dukes James Madison Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 142–109 6–0 Dec 29, 1989 yes yes 6 1989 men North Texas Mean Green North Texas Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma All-College Tournament 147–94 7–0 Dec 30, 1989 yes yes 6 1989 men Tulsa Golden Hurricane Tulsa Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma All-College Tournament 99–78 8–0 Jan 3, 1990 yes 6 1989 men Alaska Anchorage Seawolves Alaska Anchorage Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 101–81 9–0 Jan 6, 1990 yes 6 1989 men Colorado Buffaloes Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, Colorado 66–61 10–0 1–0 Jan 9, 1990 yes 4 Arkansas–Little Rock Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 134–81 11–0 Jan 13, 1990 yes 4 Texas Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 103–84 12–0 Jan 16, 1990 yes 3 Kansas State Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas 51–66 12–1 1–1 Jan 20, 1990 yes yes 3 Arizona 23 McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 74–78 12–2 Jan 24, 1990 9 Iowa State Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 107–96 13–2 2–1 Jan 27, 1990 9 1989 none Oklahoma State Cowboys Oklahoma State Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 109–92 14–2 3–1 Jan 31, 1990 9 1989 men Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 105–64 15–2 4–1 Feb 3, 1990 yes 9 Kansas 2 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas 74–85 15–3 4–2 Feb 7, 1990 yes 13 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa 86–81 16–3 5–2 Feb 11, 1990 yes yes 13 1989 men Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey 89–84 17–3 Feb 13, 1990 11 Kansas State Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 85–69 18–3 6–2 Feb 16, 1990 11 Colorado Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 86–64 19–3 7–2 Feb 18, 1990 yes 11 Missouri 2 Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri 90–92 19–4 7–3 Feb 21, 1990 yes 10 Nebraska Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska 88–66 20–4 8–3 Feb 25, 1990 10 Missouri 1 Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 107–90 21–4 9–3 Feb 27, 1990 6 Kansas 1 Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma 100–78 22–4 10–3 Mar 3, 1990 yes 6 Oklahoma State Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma 107–94 23–4 11–3 |- !colspan=9 style=Oklahoma Sooners| Big Eight tournament Mar 9, 1990 yes yes 1 Nebraska Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri Quarterfinals 78–65 24–4 Mar 10, 1990 yes yes 1 Kansas 2 Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri Semifinals 95–77 25–4 Mar 11, 1990 yes yes 1 Colorado Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri Championship game 92–80 26–4 |- !colspan=9 style=Oklahoma Sooners| NCAA tournament Mar 15, 1990 yes yes 1 1 MW Towson State 16 MW Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas First round 77–68 27–4 Mar 17, 1990 yes yes 1 1 MW North Carolina 8 MW Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas Second round 77–79 27–5 AP Poll MW Midwest NCAA basketball tournament 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament The following were the team's results in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1990 1990 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket 2010-07-06 databaseSports.com West Oklahoma (1) 77, Towson State (16) 68 North Carolina (8) 79, Oklahoma 77 Rankings 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game Random House 976–977 2009 978-0-345-51392-2 Awards and honors All-Big Eight Conference first team: Skeeter Henryhttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010_mbb_guide_section7.pdf 2010-07-05 Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide 165 CBS Interactive 2012-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112122651/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010_mbb_guide_section7.pdf dead Team players drafted into the NBA No one from the Sooners was selected in the 1990 NBA draft.http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1990&lg=N 1990 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com 2009-05-07 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20100317233720/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1990&lg=N 2010-03-17 No varsity letter-winners from this team who were drafted in the NBA draft in later years:http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/sooners-in-nba-draft.html Sooners in NBA Draft 2010-07-05 CBS Interactive https://web.archive.org/web/20100718064107/http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/sooners-in-nba-draft.html 2010-07-18 deadhttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010_mbb_guide_section7.pdf 2010-07-05 Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide 168–169 CBS Interactive 2012-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112122651/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010_mbb_guide_section7.pdf dead However, Brent Price, who spent the year redshirtting was drafted in the 1992 NBA draft with the 32nd overall selection in the 2nd round by the Washington Bullets.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010_mbb_guide_section7.pdf 2010-07-05 Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide 177 CBS Interactive 2012-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112122651/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010_mbb_guide_section7.pdf dead See also Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball List of Oklahoma Sooners Men's Basketball Conference Championships 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament References 30em Category:Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball seasons Oklahoma Oklahoma