The 1990–91 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represented Xavier University from Cincinnati, Ohio in the 1990–91 season. Led by head coach Pete Gillen, the Musketeers finished with a 22–10 record (11–3 MCC), won the MCC regular season and conference tournament titles, and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the #14 seed in the Midwest region. In the NCAA tournament, the Musketeers defeated #3 seed Nebraska,[1] then lost to #11 seed Connecticut in the second round.
1990–91 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball | |
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MCC Regular season champions MCC tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, second round | |
Conference | Midwestern Collegiate Conference |
Record | 22–10 (11–3 MCC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Dino Gaudio (4th season) |
Home arena | Cincinnati Gardens |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier † | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evansville | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marquette | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (IL) | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit Mercy | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1991 MCC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 24, 1990* | Mount St. Mary's | W 103–96 | 1–0 | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Nov 26, 1990* | Bethune-Cookman | W 82–56 | 2–0 | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Nov 28, 1990* | Ball State | L 94–100 | 2–1 | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Dec 1, 1990* | at Canisius | W 62–59 | 3–1 | Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, New York | |||||||
Dec 5, 1990* | Loyola (MD) | W 87–68 | 4–1 | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Dec 8, 1990* | Miami (OH) | L 95–100 | 4–2 | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Dec 22, 1990* | Winthrop | W 83–53 | 5–2 | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Dec 30, 1990 | Detroit | W 91–66 | 6–2 (1–0) | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Jan 2, 1991* | New Hampshire | W 75–54 | 7–2 | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Jan 5, 1991* | at Fordham | L 74–87 | 7–3 | Rose Hill Gym Bronx, New York | |||||||
Jan 10, 1991 | at Marquette | W 98–93 | 8–3 (2–0) | Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |||||||
Jan 12, 1991 | at Loyola (IL) | W 81–74 | 9–3 (3–0) | Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois | |||||||
Jan 14, 1991* | UMass | W 71–66 | 10–3 | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Jan 17, 1991 | Evansville | W 100–85 | 11–3 (4–0) | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Jan 19, 1991 | Saint Louis | L 56–58 | 11–4 (4–1) | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Jan 24, 1991 | at Detroit | W 69–67 | 12–4 (5–1) | Calihan Hall Detroit, Michigan | |||||||
Jan 26, 1991* | at South Florida | L 88–92 | 12–5 | Sun Dome Tampa, Florida | |||||||
Jan 30, 1991* | at Cincinnati | L 56–69 | 12–6 | Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Feb 2, 1991 | at Saint Louis | L 74–95 | 12–7 (5–2) | Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Feb 7, 1991 | Marquette | W 71–66 | 13–7 (6–2) | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Feb 9, 1991 | Loyola (IL) | W 87–74 | 14–7 (7–2) | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Feb 12, 1991 | Butler | W 80–73 | 15–7 (8–2) | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Feb 14, 1991 | at Evansville | W 69–56 | 16–7 (9–2) | Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana | |||||||
Feb 17, 1991 | at Dayton | L 79–83 | 16–8 (9–3) | UD Arena Dayton, Ohio | |||||||
Feb 19, 1991 | at Wright State | L 83–91 | 16–9 | Ervin J. Nutter Center Fairborn, Ohio | |||||||
Feb 23, 1991 | at Butler | W 105–93 | 17–9 (10–3) | Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana | |||||||
Mar 2, 1991 | Dayton | W 102–79 | 18–9 (11–3) | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Midwestern Collegiate Conference tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 7, 1991* | (1) | vs. (8) Detroit Quarterfinals | W 66–59 | 19–9 | UD Arena Dayton, Ohio | ||||||
Mar 8, 1991* | (1) | at (4) Dayton Semifinals | W 90–71 | 20–9 | UD Arena Dayton, Ohio | ||||||
Mar 9, 1991* | (1) | vs. (2) Saint Louis Championship | W 81–65 | 21–9 | UD Arena Dayton, Ohio | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 14, 1991* | (14 MW) | vs. (3 MW) No. 11 Nebraska First Round | W 89–84[1] | 22–9 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||||||
Mar 16, 1991* | (14 MW) | vs. (11 MW) Connecticut Second Round | L 50–66 | 22–10 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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