Overall: 35-5, .875 W-L% (2nd of 292)
Conference: 16-2, 1st in Big West (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jerry Tarkanian (35-5)
PS/G: 93.5 (7th of 292) ▪ PA/G: 78.5 (207th of 292)
SRS: 24.45 (3rd of 292) ▪ SOS: 9.43 (17th of 292)
NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in West)
Won West First Round (102-72) versus #16 Arkansas-Little Rock
Won West Second Round (76-65) versus #8 Ohio State
Won West Regional Semifinal (69-67) versus #12 Ball State
Won West Regional Final (131-101) versus #11 Loyola Marymount
Won National Semifinal (90-81) versus #4 Georgia Tech
Won National Final (103-73) versus #3 Duke
| 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 |
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| 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Nov 15, 1989 | REG | Loyola Marymount | WCC | W | 102 | 91 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Thu, Nov 16, 1989 | REG | California | Pac-10 | W | 101 | 81 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Nov 17, 1989 | REG | N | Kansas | Big 8 | L | 77 | 91 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Sat, Nov 18, 1989 | REG | N | DePaul | Ind | W | 88 | 53 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 9, 1989 | REG | @ | Oklahoma | Big 8 | L | 81 | 89 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 16, 1989 | REG | @ | Pacific | Big West | W | 79 | 65 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 23, 1989 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 97 | 80 | 5 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Dec 26, 1989 | REG | Long Beach State | Big West | W | 78 | 58 | 6 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 9 | Mon, Jan 1, 1990 | REG | Arkansas | SWC | W | 101 | 93 | 7 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Jan 3, 1990 | REG | Cal State Fullerton | Big West | W | 94 | 66 | 8 | 2 | W 5 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 6, 1990 | REG | @ | San Jose State | Big West | W | 100 | 80 | 9 | 2 | W 6 | |
| 12 | Mon, Jan 8, 1990 | REG | @ | New Mexico State | Big West | L | 82 | 83 | 9 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 13, 1990 | REG | @ | Temple | A-10 | W | 82 | 76 | 10 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Mon, Jan 15, 1990 | REG | @ | Fresno State | Big West | W | 84 | 75 | 11 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 15 | Thu, Jan 18, 1990 | REG | California-Irvine | Big West | W | 103 | 67 | 12 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 16 | Mon, Jan 22, 1990 | REG | @ | Long Beach State | Big West | W | 86 | 77 | 13 | 3 | W 4 | |
| 17 | Thu, Jan 25, 1990 | REG | California-Santa Barbara | Big West | W | 69 | 67 | 14 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 18 | Sun, Jan 28, 1990 | REG | @ | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 105 | 107 | 14 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Thu, Feb 1, 1990 | REG | Utah State | Big West | W | 124 | 90 | 15 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 3, 1990 | REG | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 88 | 82 | 16 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 21 | Mon, Feb 5, 1990 | REG | San Jose State | Big West | W | 105 | 69 | 17 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Feb 8, 1990 | REG | Pacific | Big West | W | 116 | 76 | 18 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 10, 1990 | REG | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | W | 100 | 84 | 19 | 4 | W 5 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Feb 12, 1990 | REG | Fresno State | Big West | W | 69 | 64 | 20 | 4 | W 6 | ||
| 25 | Thu, Feb 15, 1990 | REG | New Mexico State | Big West | W | 109 | 86 | 21 | 4 | W 7 | ||
| 26 | Sun, Feb 18, 1990 | REG | Arizona | Pac-10 | W | 95 | 87 | 22 | 4 | W 8 | ||
| 27 | Thu, Feb 22, 1990 | REG | @ | California-Irvine | Big West | W | 99 | 77 | 23 | 4 | W 9 | |
| 28 | Sat, Feb 24, 1990 | REG | Louisville | Metro | W | 91 | 81 | 24 | 4 | W 10 | ||
| 29 | Mon, Feb 26, 1990 | REG | @ | California-Santa Barbara | Big West | L | 70 | 78 | 24 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 30 | Thu, Mar 1, 1990 | REG | @ | Utah State | Big West | W | 84 | 82 | 25 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 31 | Sat, Mar 3, 1990 | REG | @ | Cal State Fullerton | Big West | W | 103 | 85 | 26 | 5 | W 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 32 | Thu, Mar 8, 1990 | CTOURN | N | Cal State Fullerton | Big West | W | 115 | 93 | 27 | 5 | W 3 | |
| 33 | Fri, Mar 9, 1990 | CTOURN | N | Pacific | Big West | W | 99 | 72 | 28 | 5 | W 4 | |
| 34 | Sat, Mar 10, 1990 | CTOURN | @ | Long Beach State | Big West | W | 92 | 74 | 29 | 5 | W 5 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 35 | Thu, Mar 15, 1990 | NCAA | N | Arkansas-Little Rock | A-Sun | W | 102 | 72 | 30 | 5 | W 6 | |
| 36 | Sat, Mar 17, 1990 | NCAA | N | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 76 | 65 | 31 | 5 | W 7 | |
| 37 | Fri, Mar 23, 1990 | NCAA | N | Ball State | MAC | W | 69 | 67 | 32 | 5 | W 8 | |
| 38 | Sun, Mar 25, 1990 | NCAA | N | Loyola Marymount | WCC | W | 131 | 101 | 33 | 5 | W 9 | |
| 39 | Sat, Mar 31, 1990 | NCAA | N | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 90 | 81 | 34 | 5 | W 10 | |
| 40 | Mon, Apr 2, 1990 | NCAA | N | Duke | ACC | W | 103 | 73 | 35 | 5 | W 11 |