1989–90 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team

1989–90 Syracuse Orangemen basketball
1989–90 Syracuse Orangemen basketball
Big East Regular season co-champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)\|Big East
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
Record	26–7 (12–4 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Boeheim (14th season);
Assistant coaches	Bernie Fine (14th season); Wayne Morgan (6th season);
Home arena	Carrier Dome

The 1989–90 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team represented Syracuse University in the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Head coach was Jim Boeheim, serving for his 14th year. The team played home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. The team finished with a 26–7 (12–4) record, was Big East regular season champions, and advanced to the Southeast Regional semifinal of the NCAA tournament.

1989–90 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Connecticut†	12	–	4	.750	31	–	6	.838
No. 6 Syracuse	12	–	4	.750	26	–	7	.788
No. 8 Georgetown	11	–	5	.688	24	–	7	.774
St. John's	10	–	6	.625	24	–	10	.706
Villanova	8	–	8	.500	18	–	15	.545
Providence	8	–	8	.500	17	–	12	.586
Seton Hall	5	–	11	.313	12	–	16	.429
Pittsburgh	5	–	11	.313	12	–	17	.414
Boston College	1	–	15	.063	8	–	20	.286

† 1990 Big East tournament winner As of April 2, 1990[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The team was led by Big East Player of the Year Derrick Coleman and sophomore Billy Owens.

Roster

1989–90 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
SF	4	Dave Johnson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Morgan City, Louisiana
PF	13	Conrad McRae	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Brooklyn, New York
G	21	Matt Roe	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Manlius, New York
PF	25	LeRon Ellis	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Los Angeles, California
SF	30	Billy Owens	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Carlisle, Pennsylvania
G	32	Stephen Thompson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Los Angeles, California
G	33	Mike Hopkins	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr	San Mateo, California
C	34	Rich Manning	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	Tacoma, Washington
C	41	Erik Rogers	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Temple City, California
F	44	Derrick Coleman	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Detroit, Michigan

Head coach

Jim Boeheim (Syracuse)

Assistant coach(es)

Bernie Fine (Syracuse)
Wayne Morgan (St. Lawrence)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2020-Jan-25

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Nov 27, 1989*	No. 1	Rutgers	W 95–79	1–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Nov 29, 1989*	No. 1	Cornell	W 108–56	2–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Dec 1, 1989*	No. 1	VCU Carrier Classic	W 100–73	3–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Dec 2, 1989*	No. 1	No. 16 Temple Carrier Classic	W 73–56	4–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Dec 6, 1989*	No. 1	vs. No. 6 Duke ACC–Big East Challenge	W 78–76[2]	5–0	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
Dec 9, 1989*	No. 1	at Canisius	W 92–72	6–0	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY
Dec 16, 1989*	No. 1	Towson State	W 105–75	7–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Dec 19, 1989*	No. 1	C. W. Post	W 129–72	8–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Dec 28, 1989*	No. 1	Lafayette	W 85–64	9–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Jan 3, 1990*	No. 1	at Pittsburgh	W 80–78	10–0 (1–0)	Civic Arena Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 6, 1990*	No. 1	Villanova	L 74–93	10–1 (1–1)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Jan 10, 1990*	No. 6	No. 15 St. John's	W 81–72	11–1 (2–1)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Jan 13, 1990*	No. 6	at Boston College	W 81–66	12–1 (3–1)	Silvio O. Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA
Jan 15, 1990*	No. 6	at Connecticut Rivalry	L 59–70	12–2 (3–2)	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
Jan 20, 1990*	No. 5	Providence	L 86–87	12–3 (3–3)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Jan 23, 1990*	No. 11	Pittsburgh	W 83–74	13–3 (4–3)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Jan 27, 1990*	No. 11	at No. 3 Georgetown	W 95–76	14–3 (5–3)	Capital Centre Landover, MD
Jan 29, 1990*	No. 11	at No. 15 St. John's	W 70–65	15–3 (6–3)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
Feb 3, 1990*	No. 7	vs. Florida State	W 90–69[3]	16–3	Orlando Arena Orlando, FL
Feb 5, 1990*	No. 7	Seton Hall	W 74–65	17–3 (7–3)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Feb 10, 1990*	No. 6	No. 8 Connecticut Rivalry	W 90–86[4]	18–3 (8–3)	Carrier Dome (32,820) Syracuse, NY
Feb 12, 1990*	No. 6	at Villanova	L 56–60	18–4 (8–4)	The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA
Feb 17, 1990*	No. 4	Notre Dame	L 65–66[5]	18–5	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Feb 20, 1990*	No. 11	Boston College	W 105–69	19–5 (9–4)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Feb 25, 1990*	No. 11	at Providence	W 93–89	20–5 (10–4)	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
Feb 28, 1990*	No. 10	at Seton Hall	W 71–69	21–5 (11–4)	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, NJ
Mar 4, 1990*	No. 10	No. 7 Georgetown	W 89–87[6]	22–5 (12–4)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Big East tournament
Mar 9, 1990*	No. 4	vs. Pittsburgh Big East tournament quarterfinal	W 58–55	23–5	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
Mar 10, 1990*	No. 4	vs. Villanova Big East tournament semifinal	W 73–61	24–5	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
Mar 11, 1990*	No. 4	vs. No. 8 Connecticut Big East tournament championship / Rivalry	L 75–78[7]	24–6	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 1990* CBS	(2 SE) No. 6	vs. (15 SE) Coppin State First round	W 70–48	25–6	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
Mar 18, 1990* CBS	(2 SE) No. 6	vs. (7 SE) Virginia Second Round	W 63–61	26–6	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
Mar 23, 1990* CBS	(2 SE) No. 6	vs. (6 SE) No. 20 Minnesota Southeast Regional semifinal	L 75–82[8]	26–7	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in EST.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	6	5	11	7	6	4	11	10	4	6
Coaches	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	6	5	10	7	6	3	9	9	4	6

Awards and honors

Derrick Coleman – Big East Player of the Year

1990 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	1	Derrick Coleman	New Jersey Nets

[9]

References

"1989-90 Big East Conference Season Summary". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
"Syracuse Overcomes Error to Defeat Duke". New York Times. December 7, 1989. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
"Easy Victory for Syracuse". New York Times. February 4, 1990. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
"COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Syracuse Pleases Packed House". New York Times. February 11, 1990. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
"COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Irish Jolt Orangemen on Shot at Buzzer". New York Times. February 18, 1990. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
"Hoya Coach Ejected as Orange Wins". New York Times. March 5, 1990. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
"UConn Beats Syracuse for Big East Title". New York Times. March 12, 1990. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
"Southeast Regional; Hot 2nd Half Propels Minnesota". New York Times. March 24, 1990. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
"1990 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

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[1] "1989-90 Big East Conference Season Summary". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.

[2] "Syracuse Overcomes Error to Defeat Duke". New York Times. December 7, 1989. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

[3] "Easy Victory for Syracuse". New York Times. February 4, 1990. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

[4] "COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Syracuse Pleases Packed House". New York Times. February 11, 1990. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

[5] "COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Irish Jolt Orangemen on Shot at Buzzer". New York Times. February 18, 1990. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

[6] "Hoya Coach Ejected as Orange Wins". New York Times. March 5, 1990. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

[7] "UConn Beats Syracuse for Big East Title". New York Times. March 12, 1990. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

[8] "Southeast Regional; Hot 2nd Half Propels Minnesota". New York Times. March 24, 1990. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

[9] "1990 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

Syracuse Orange men's basketball
Venues	Archbold Gymnasium (1908–1947; 1952–1955) State Fair Coliseum (1947–1951) Onondaga County War Memorial (1951–1952; 1955–1962) Manley Field House (1962–1980) JMA Wireless Dome (1980–present) Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center (practice)
Rivalries	UConn Georgetown Villanova
Culture & lore	"McNamara's Band" Otto the Orange Scandal 6-overtime game Syracuse ISP Sports Network
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics