1990–91 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

1990–91 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
1990–91 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1990–91 record	19–11 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jud Heathcote (15th year)
Assistant coach	Tom Izzo
Home arena	Breslin Center
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The 1990–91 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his 15th year at Michigan State. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 19–11, 11–7 to finish in third place in Big Ten play. They received an at-large bid as a #5 seed to the NCAA Tournament where they beat Green Bay before losing to Utah in the Second Round.

The Spartans were led by Steve Smith and Matt Steigenga.

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 1989–90 season with an overall record of 28–6, 15–3 to win the Big Ten Championship. Michigan State received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a #1 seed. They beat Murray State and UC-Santa Barbara to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they lost to Georgia Tech.

Roster

1990–91 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
Name	Summary
Jeff Casler	0.4 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Ron Haley	0.4 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Parish Hickman	6.2 Pts, 3.9 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Matt Hofkamp	0.8 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Mark Montgomery	7.3 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 5.7 Ast
Andy Penick	4.1 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Mike Peplowski	7.4 Pts, 6.5 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Shawn Respert (redshirt)
Steve Smith	15.6 Pts, 6.0 Reb, 3.7 Ast
Matt Steigenga	12.8 Pts, 4.9 Reb, 2.2 Ast
Dwayne Stephens	5.2 Pts, 4.3 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Kris Weshinskey	2.8, 1.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Jon Zulauf	1.3 Pts, 1.7Reb, 0.1 Ast
Source^[1]

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Non-conference Regular season
Nov 23, 1990*	#4	Furman	W 78–73	1–0	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Nov 28, 1990*	#5	at Nebraska	L 69–71	1–1	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
Dec 1, 1990*	#5	at Bowling Green State	L 85–98	1–2	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
Dec 8, 1990*	#19	at Detroit	W 83–61	2–2	Calihan Hall Detroit, MI
Dec 13, 1990*	#21	at Cincinnati	W 83–74	3–2	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
Dec 15, 1990*	#21	vs. #1 UNLV	L 75–95	3–3	The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI
Dec 18, 1990*	#24	Evansville	W 81–76	4–3	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 20, 1990*	#24	Central Michigan	W 74–61	5–3	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 28, 1990*	#25	George Mason	W 97–72	6–3	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 29, 1990*	#25	Louisiana Tech	W 77–62	7–3	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Big Ten Regular season
Jan 3, 1991	#25	Michigan Rivalry	W 85–70	8–3 (1–0)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 5, 1991	#25	at #22 Iowa	L 66–79	8–4 (1–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Jan 10, 1991		Wisconsin	W 65–50	9–4 (2–1)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 12, 1991		Northwestern	W 66–59	10–4 (3–1)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 17, 1991		at Illinois	W 71–68	11–4 (4–1)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
Jan 19, 1991		Minnesota	W 73–64	12–4 (5–1)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 23, 1991		at Purdue	L 51–62	12–5 (5–2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Jan 26, 1991	#22	at #3 Indiana	L 63–97	12–6 (5–3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Jan 31, 1992		#3 Ohio State	W 75–61	13–6 (6–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 7, 1991	#25	Iowa	L 67–71	13–7 (6–4)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 9, 1991	#25	at Wisconsin	L 78–84	13–8 (6–5)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
Feb 14, 1991		at Northwestern	W 55–53	14–8 (7–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Feb 16, 1991		Illinois	W 62–58	15–8 (8–5)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 23, 1991		Purdue	W 75–58	16–8 (9–5)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 25, 1991		at Minnesota	W 74–72	17–8 (10–5)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Mar 3, 1991		#5 Indiana	L 56–62	17–9 (10–6)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Mar 3, 1991		at #2 Ohio State	L 64–65	17–10 (10–7)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
Mar 9, 1991		at Michigan	W 66–59	18–10 (11–7)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 1991*	(5 W)	vs. (12 W) Green Bay First Round	W 60–58	19–10	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Mar 17, 1991*	(5 W)	vs. (4 W) #10 Utah Second Round	L 84–85 ^OT	19–11	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time Source^[2].

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17
AP	4	5	19	21	24	25	25	NR	NR	22	NR	25	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Source.^[3]

References

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1990–91 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#5 Ohio State	15	–	3	.833	27	–	4	.871
#3 Indiana	15	–	3	.833	29	–	5	.853
Illinois	11	–	7	.611	21	–	10	.677
Michigan State	11	–	7	.611	19	–	11	.633
Iowa	9	–	9	.500	21	–	11	.656
Purdue	9	–	9	.500	17	–	12	.586
Wisconsin	8	–	10	.444	15	–	15	.500
Michigan	7	–	11	.389	14	–	15	.483
Minnesota	5	–	13	.278	12	–	16	.429
Northwestern	0	–	18	.000	5	–	23	.179

Rankings from AP Poll