1989-90 College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: Nevada-Las Vegas

Final Four: Arkansas, Duke, Georgia Tech and UNLV

Consensus Player of the Year: Lionel Simmons

AP Preseason #1: Nevada-Las Vegas

AP Final #1: Oklahoma

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	173	92	.653	14.89	8.87	3	5	2	Clemson	Georgia Tech
2	Big Ten Conference	10	187	115	.619	14.23	10.47	5	7	0	Michigan State
3	Big Eight Conference	8	149	99	.601	13.23	9.06	3	4	0	Missouri	Oklahoma
4	Big East Conference	9	172	110	.610	12.95	8.44	3	6	0	Connecticut, Syracuse	Connecticut
5	Southeastern Conference	10	169	139	.549	9.16	7.35	2	3	0	Georgia	Alabama
6	Pacific-10 Conference	10	169	132	.561	8.98	7.38	2	4	0	Arizona, Oregon State	Arizona
7	Western Athletic Conference	9	164	119	.580	6.59	4.46	0	3	0	Brigham Young, Colorado State	Texas-El Paso
8	Big West Conference	10	170	136	.556	6.17	5.25	2	3	1	Nevada-Las Vegas	Nevada-Las Vegas
9	Southwest Conference	9	151	123	.551	5.37	3.31	1	3	1	Arkansas	Arkansas
10	Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference	8	132	117	.530	5.24	4.30	1	2	0	Louisville	Louisville
11	Midwestern Collegiate Conference	8	126	118	.516	4.32	3.42	1	2	0	Xavier	Dayton
12	Mid-American Conference	9	144	121	.543	2.66	1.84	0	1	0	Ball State	Ball State
13	Missouri Valley Conference	8	124	123	.502	2.22	2.33	0	1	0	Southern Illinois	Illinois State
14	Sun Belt Conference	8	120	115	.511	1.78	1.07	0	2	0	Alabama-Birmingham	South Florida
15	Atlantic 10 Conference	10	147	156	.485	0.46	1.17	0	1	0	Temple	Temple
16	American South Conference	6	104	71	.594	0.28	-1.50	0	0	0	Louisiana Tech, New Orleans	New Orleans
17	Mid-Continent Conference	8	130	104	.556	0.07	-0.09	0	2	0	Missouri State	Northern Iowa
18	West Coast Conference	8	102	125	.449	-2.73	-0.67	1	1	0	Loyola Marymount
19	Southern Conference	8	126	110	.534	-3.86	-2.79	0	1	0	East Tennessee State	East Tennessee State
20	Colonial Athletic Association	8	114	125	.477	-4.99	-3.29	0	1	0	James Madison	Richmond
21	Big Sky Conference	9	133	124	.518	-5.25	-3.82	0	1	0	Idaho	Idaho
22	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	12	169	182	.481	-5.33	-3.88	1	1	0	Holy Cross (North), La Salle (South)	La Salle
23	Ohio Valley Conference	7	98	102	.490	-6.67	-4.59	0	1	0	Murray State	Murray State
24	East Coast Conference	8	118	113	.511	-6.92	-6.06	0	1	0	Hofstra, Lehigh, Towson	Towson
25	Northeast Conference	9	128	125	.506	-8.37	-7.58	0	1	0	Robert Morris	Robert Morris
26	North Atlantic Conference	7	88	113	.438	-8.75	-5.64	0	1	0	Northeastern	Boston University
27	Trans America Athletic Conference	9	123	136	.475	-9.40	-6.25	0	1	0	Centenary (LA)	Little Rock
28	Ivy Group	8	101	111	.476	-9.89	-7.47	0	1	0	Princeton
29	Independent	19	213	326	.395	-10.37	-4.40	0	1	0
30	Southwest Athletic Conference	8	104	127	.450	-10.39	-6.64	0	1	0	Southern	Texas Southern
31	Southland Conference	8	89	139	.390	-11.04	-6.78	0	1	0	Louisiana-Monroe	Louisiana-Monroe
32	Big South Conference	7	99	102	.493	-13.45	-10.36	0	0	0	Coastal Carolina	Coastal Carolina
33	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	9	119	139	.461	-13.92	-11.34	0	1	0	Coppin State	Coppin State

AP Poll Summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Conf	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
Oklahoma	Big 8	16	17	12	8	7	6	6	4	3	9	9	13	11	10	5	1	1
Nevada-Las Vegas	Big West	1	6	5	14	13	12	10	7	9	5	12	9	7	4	2	3	2
Michigan State	Big Ten	-	-	-	25	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	21	15	14	7	3
Connecticut	Big East	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	13	8	10	6	4	8	4
Kansas	Big 8	-	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	5
Syracuse	Big East	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	6	5	11	7	6	4	11	10	4	6
Arkansas	SWC	9	11	10	7	10	11	14	12	12	6	3	3	8	13	12	9	7
Georgetown	Big East	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	6	5	3	5	7	5	8
Georgia Tech	ACC	22	21	18	15	14	14	12	9	11	13	17	16	13	8	11	14	9
Purdue	Big Ten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	13	8	10	12	9	9	10	10
Missouri	Big 8	11	5	4	4	4	7	7	5	4	1	1	1	2	1	3	6	11
La Salle	MAAC	-	-	-	-	23	20	17	21	17	18	15	14	14	14	13	11	12
Michigan	Big Ten	4	10	8	6	6	5	5	3	6	7	4	7	5	7	8	13	13
Arizona	Pac-10	6	2	20	20	22	21	19	18	23	19	24	22	20	21	23	15	14
Duke	ACC	10	7	6	12	12	13	13	10	8	8	5	4	6	3	5	12	15
Louisville	Metro	12	13	11	10	9	8	8	11	10	4	10	15	18	16	21	18	16
Clemson	ACC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	20	17	17
Illinois	Big Ten	8	8	7	5	5	4	4	8	7	10	11	12	15	19	18	20	18
Louisiana State	SEC	2	9	9	9	8	9	11	14	13	16	14	11	9	12	15	16	19
Minnesota	Big Ten	20	-	-	-	-	25	24	16	22	21	19	17	17	18	17	19	20
Loyola Marymount	WCC	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	23	21	22	20	20	19	22	22	21	21
Oregon State	Pac-10	-	-	24	23	21	23	23	22	18	17	21	18	16	17	16	22	22
Alabama	SEC	-	-	21	19	20	22	22	24	25	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	23
New Mexico State	Big West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	24	24	23	24
Xavier	MW Coll	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	20	25	23	21	22	19	19	24	25
School	Conf	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
Florida	SEC	23	24	25	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia	SEC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	25	-
Indiana	Big Ten	14	14	14	11	11	10	9	13	14	12	22	25	-	25	-	-	-
Iowa	Big Ten	-	-	-	21	16	18	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Memphis	Metro	24	22	16	17	17	15	21	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Carolina	ACC	7	12	17	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Carolina State	ACC	19	25	19	16	15	19	18	17	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Notre Dame	Ind	17	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma State	Big 8	21	23	-	22	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pittsburgh	Big East	18	18	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. John's (NY)	Big East	25	20	15	18	19	17	16	15	15	15	18	24	24	-	-	-	-
Temple	A-10	15	16	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UCLA	Pac-10	13	15	13	13	18	16	15	19	16	23	16	19	23	-	-	-	-

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

Season Leaders

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