Overall: 18-11, .621 W-L% (79th of 292)
Conference: 8-10, 7th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bob Knight (18-11)
PS/G: 78.1 (81st of 292) ▪ PA/G: 70.8 (83rd of 292)
SRS: 18.64 (9th of 292) ▪ SOS: 11.37 (4th of 292)
NCAA Tournament: (#8 seed in East)
Lost East First Round (65-63) versus #9 California
| Pre | 11/27 | 12/5 | 12/12 | 12/19 | 12/26 | 1/2 | 1/9 | 1/16 | 1/23 | 1/30 | 2/6 | 2/13 | 2/20 | 2/27 | 3/6 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 25 | 25 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 25, 1989 | REG | Miami (OH) | MAC | W | 77 | 66 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 28, 1989 | REG | Kent State | MAC | W | 79 | 68 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 2, 1989 | REG | N | Kentucky | SEC | W | 71 | 69 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Tue, Dec 5, 1989 | REG | Notre Dame | Ind | W | 81 | 72 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Dec 8, 1989 | REG | South Alabama | Sun Belt | W | 96 | 67 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 9, 1989 | REG | Long Beach State | Big West | W | 92 | 75 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 16, 1989 | REG | @ | Texas-El Paso | WAC | W | 69 | 66 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 23, 1989 | REG | Iowa State | Big 8 | W | 115 | 66 | 8 | 0 | W 8 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Dec 27, 1989 | REG | N | Wichita State | MVC | W | 75 | 54 | 9 | 0 | W 9 | |
| 10 | Thu, Dec 28, 1989 | REG | N | Texas | SWC | W | 94 | 66 | 10 | 0 | W 10 | |
| 11 | Thu, Jan 4, 1990 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 67 | 69 | 10 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Mon, Jan 8, 1990 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 69 | 67 | 11 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Jan 11, 1990 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 77 | 63 | 12 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 13, 1990 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 79 | 81 | OT | 12 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Thu, Jan 18, 1990 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 83 | 79 | 13 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 16 | Wed, Jan 24, 1990 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 57 | 75 | 13 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Sun, Jan 28, 1990 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 89 | 108 | 13 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 18 | Thu, Feb 1, 1990 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 85 | 61 | 14 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sun, Feb 4, 1990 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 65 | 70 | 14 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Thu, Feb 8, 1990 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 71 | 79 | 14 | 6 | L 2 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 10, 1990 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 98 | 75 | 15 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 17, 1990 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 118 | 71 | 16 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Mon, Feb 19, 1990 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 49 | 72 | 16 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Sun, Feb 25, 1990 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 66 | 72 | 16 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 25 | Thu, Mar 1, 1990 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 70 | 75 | 16 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Mar 3, 1990 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 70 | 68 | 17 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 27 | Thu, Mar 8, 1990 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 77 | 66 | 18 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Mar 10, 1990 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 63 | 69 | 18 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Thu, Mar 15, 1990 | NCAA | N | California | Pac-10 | L | 63 | 65 | 18 | 11 | L 2 |