1989–90 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

1989–90 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
Maui Invitational champions Big Eight Regular Season Champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 11
Record	26–6 (12–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Norm Stewart (23rd season)
Assistant coach	Bob Sundvold (12th season)
Home arena	Hearnes Center

1989–90 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 11 Missouri	12	–	2		.857			26	–	6		.813
No. 1 Oklahoma †	11	–	3		.786			27	–	5		.844
No. 5 Kansas	11	–	3		.786			30	–	5		.857
Kansas State	7	–	7		.500			17	–	15		.531
Oklahoma State	6	–	8		.429			17	–	14		.548
Iowa State	4	–	10		.286			10	–	18		.357
Nebraska	3	–	11		.214			10	–	18		.357
Colorado	2	–	12		.143			12	–	18		.400
† 1990 Big Eight tournament winner As of March 3, 2012 Rankings from AP poll

The 1989–90 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1989–90 NCAA men's basketball season. Led by head coach Norm Stewart, the Tigers won the Big Eight regular season title and were the No. 1 ranked team in the country before an upset by Colorado in the Big Eight Conference Tourney and a stunning loss to 14-seed Northern Iowa in the first round of the NCAA Tourney NCAA tournament.[1] The Tigers finished with an overall record of 26–6 (12–2 Big Eight).

Roster

1989–90 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 4 Lee Coward 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Sr G 5 Travis Ford 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) — Fr Madisonville, Kentucky F 34 Doug Smith 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Detroit, Michigan G 44 Anthony Peeler 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Kansas City, Missouri	Head coach Norm Stewart (Missouri) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 24, 1989*	No. 11	vs. Evansville Maui Invitational	W 68–53	1–0	Lahaina Civic Center  Lahaina, HI
Nov 25, 1989*	No. 11	vs. No. 12 Louisville Maui Invitational	W 82–79	2–0	Lahaina Civic Center  Lahaina, HI
Nov 26, 1989*	No. 11	vs. No. 7 North Carolina Maui Invitational Championship	W 80–73[2]	3–0	Lahaina Civic Center  Lahaina, HI
Dec 2, 1989*	No. 5	Tennessee-Martin	W 78–58	4–0	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Dec 4, 1989*	No. 5	Creighton	W 86–79	5–0	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Dec 6, 1989*	No. 4	Hawaii-Loa	W 106–48	6–0	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Dec 9, 1989*	No. 4	at Old Dominion	W 88–75	7–0	Norfolk Scope  Norfolk, VA
Dec 12, 1989*	No. 4	at No. 7 Arkansas	W 89–88	8–0	Barnhill Arena (9,486) Fayetteville, AR
Dec 16, 1989*	No. 4	Bradley	W 86–77	9–0	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Dec 20, 1989*	No. 4	vs. No. 5 Illinois Braggin' Rights	L 93–101	9–1	St. Louis Arena (18,398) St. Louis, MO
Dec 27, 1989*	No. 7	at No. 15 Memphis State	W 71–65	10–1	Mid-South Coliseum  Memphis, TN
Dec 30, 1989*	No. 4	Nebraska–Kearney	W 86–77	11–1	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Jan 2, 1990*	No. 7	Austin Peay	W 84–48	12–1	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Jan 6, 1990	No. 7	Oklahoma State	W 78–68	13–1 (1–0)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Jan 10, 1990*	No. 5	Southern	W 106–87	14–1	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Jan 13, 1990	No. 5	at Nebraska	W 111–95	15–1 (2–0)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, NE
Jan 16, 1990	No. 4	at Oklahoma State	W 72–71	16–1 (3–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
Jan 20, 1990	No. 4	No. 1 Kansas Border War	W 95–87	17–1 (4–0)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Jan 23, 1990*	No. 1	Rutgers	W 89–84	18–1	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Jan 27, 1990	No. 1	at Colorado	W 104–89	19–1 (5–0)	CU Events Center  Boulder, CO
Jan 31, 1990	No. 1	at Iowa State	W 95–93	20–1 (6–0)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
Feb 4, 1990	No. 1	Colorado	W 93–69	21–1 (7–0)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Feb 8, 1990	No. 1	at Kansas State	L 58–65	21–2 (7–1)	Bramlage Coliseum  Manhattan, KS
Feb 10, 1990	No. 1	Nebraska	W 107–85	22–2 (8–1)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Feb 13, 1990	No. 2	at No. 1 Kansas Border War	W 77–71	23–2 (9–1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
Feb 18, 1990	No. 2	No. 11 Oklahoma	W 92–90	24–2 (10–1)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Feb 21, 1990	No. 1	Iowa State	W 89–85	25–2 (11–1)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Feb 25, 1990	No. 1	at No. 10 Oklahoma	L 90–107	25–3 (11–2)	Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, OK
Feb 28, 1990	No. 3	Kansas State	W 65–60	26–3 (12–2)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Mar 3, 1990*	No. 3	at Notre Dame	L 67–98	26–4	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
Big Eight Conference tournament
Mar 9, 1990*	(1) No. 6	vs. (8) Colorado Big Eight tournament Quarterfinal	L 88–92 ^OT	26–5	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 1990*	(3 SE) No. 11	vs. (14 SE) Northern Iowa First Round	L 71–74[1]	26–6	Richmond Coliseum  Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Central.

Rankings

Main article: 1989-90 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Awards

• Doug Smith – Big Eight Player of the Year, Consensus Second-Team All-American

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References

1. "N.C.A.A.: Southeast Regional; Northern Iowa Stuns Missouri with 3-Pointer". The New York Times. March 17, 1990. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
2. "Missouri Gift to Coach: Capturing Maui Classic". Los Angeles Times. November 27, 1989. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
3. 2017-18 Missouri Tigers men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2019-Mar-29.