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1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

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1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 13
Record	23–8 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Fisher
Assistant coaches	Mike Boyd Brian Dutcher Jay Smith
MVP	Rumeal Robinson
Captains	Terry Mills Rumeal Robinson
Home arena	Crisler Arena
Seasons ← 1988–89 1990–91 →

1989–90 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No.3Michigan State	15	–	3	.833	28	–	6	.824
No.10Purdue	13	–	5	.722	22	–	8	.733
No.13Michigan	12	–	6	.667	23	–	8	.742
No.18Illinois	11	–	7	.611	21	–	8	.724
No.20Minnesota	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 Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1989–90 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler ArenainAnn Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Head coach Steve Fisher led the team to a third-place finish in the Big Ten Conference.^[1] The team earned the number three seed in the 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.^[2] For the third consecutive year, the team was ranked every week of the season in the AP Poll, which expanded from a top twenty poll to a top twenty-five poll that year. It began the season at number four, ended at number thirteen and peaked at number three.^[3] and it ended the season ranked fifteenth in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.^[4]

Terry Mills and Rumeal Robinson served as team co-captains and shared team co-MVP honors.^[5] The team's leading scorers were Robinson (575 points), Mills (562 points), and Loy Vaught (480 points). The leading rebounders were Vaught (346), Mills (247), and Robinson (127).^[6]

Robinson earned consensus All-American recognition.^[7]

The team established the current Big Ten Conference single-game field goals made record against Iowa on March 10, 1990, when it made 55.^[8] The team earned numerous conference statistical championships. Loy Vaught won the rebounding championship for conference games with a 10.7 average and all games with an 11.2 average, while Robinson won the assists title for all games.^[9]^[10] This was the first year that the conference recognized both conference games and all games statistical champions.^[9]^[10]

Vaught also set the Michigan career field goal percentage record at 67.1%. The record would stand until 1998.^[11] On March 8, 1990, against Wisconsin, the team tied the school's February 21, 1987, single-game free throw percentage record by making all fifteen of its free throws, a mark that has only been outdone by the March 2, 2002 16-for-16 performance.^[12] Robinson set the current school career assist average of 5.75 per game, surpassing Gary Grant's 1988 mark.^[13] Loy Vaught ended his career with 135 games played, which surpassed Glen Rice's 1989 school record of 134 games to establish the record.^[14] In 2012, Stu Douglass finished his career with 136 games.^[15]

In the 64-team NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, number three seeded Michigan advanced one round by defeating the fourteen-seeded Illinois State 76–70 before losing to the eleven-seeded Loyola Marymount 149–115.^[2] The March 18, 1990 264-point contest with Loyola Marymount stands as the highest scoring single game in NCAA tournament history.^[16] It is also the highest combined total in Michigan history.^[17]

Roster[edit]

1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	13	Demetrius Calip	6ft1in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Flint Northern	Flint, MI
G	21	Rumeal Robinson	6ft2in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Cambridge Rindge and Latin	Cambridge, MA
F	24	Sean Higgins	6ft9in (2.06 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Fairfax	Los Angeles, CA
G	25	Rob Pelinka	6ft5in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Fr	Lake Forest	Lake Bluff, IL
F	35	Loy Vaught	6ft9in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Sr	East Kentwood	Grand Rapids, MI
C	42	Eric Riley	7ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	St. Joseph	Cleveland, OH
F	52	Terry Mills	6ft10in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Romulus	Romulus, MI

Head coach

Steve Fisher

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Regular season[edit]

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Rankings[edit]

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 Poll^[3]	4	10	8	6	6	5	5	3	6	7	4	7	5	7	8	13	13

Team players drafted into the NBA[edit]

Five players from this team were selected in the NBA draft.^[18]^[19]

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	NBA Club
1990	1	10	10	Rumeal Robinson	Atlanta Hawks
1990	1	13	13	Loy Vaught	Los Angeles Clippers
1990	1	16	16	Terry Mills	Milwaukee Bucks
1990	2	27	54	Sean Higgins	San Antonio Spurs
1993	2	6	33	Eric Riley	Dallas Mavericks

References[edit]

^ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 68. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2010.

^ ^a ^b "NCAA Tournament History". University of Michigan. 2010. p. 3. Archived from the original on October 1, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2010.

^ ^a ^b "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 68–83. Retrieved August 28, 2010.

^ "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 87. Retrieved August 28, 2010.

^ "All-Time Accolades". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. pp. 9–10. Archived from the original on September 1, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2010.

^ "Men's Basketball Statistic Archive Query Page". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 18, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2010.

^ "All-Time Accolades". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. pp. 4–7. Archived from the original on September 1, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2010.

^ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 28. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2010.

^ ^a ^b "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 34. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2010.

^ ^a ^b "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 35. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2010.

^ "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 10. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2010.

^ "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 14. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2010.

^ "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 16. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2010.

^ "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 20. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2010.

^ "Postgame Notes: Ohio 65, #13 Michigan 60". MGoBlue. CBS Interactive. March 16, 2012. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2012.

^ "Division I Championship" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 4. Retrieved August 29, 2010.

^ "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 2. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2010.

^ "1990 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2014.

^ "1993 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2014.

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

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