1989–90 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team
1989–90 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball | |
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Mid-Con tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, Second round | |
Conference | Mid-Continent Conference |
Record | 23–9 (6–6 Mid-Con) |
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Home arena | UNI-Dome |
Seasons ← 1988–89 1990–91 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwest Missouri State | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | 22 | – | 7 | .759 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Green Bay | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Iowa † | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valparaiso | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 4 | – | 24 | .143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1990 Mid-Con Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1989–90 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Mid-Continent Conference during the 1989-90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Eldon Miller and played their home games at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The Panthers won the Mid-Con tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament — the school’s first trip to the "Big Dance." In the first round, UNI upset No. 3 seed Missouri, 74–71. The Panthers fell to No. 6 seed Minnesota, 81–78, in the second round. The team finished with a record of 23–9 (6–6 in the Mid-Con).
The 1989–90 team was inducted into the UNI Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011.[1]
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 27, 1989* 7:35 p.m. | Missouri Western | W 99–84 | 1–0 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | |||||||
Dec 2, 1989* 5:35 p.m. | at Drake Iowa Big Four | W 71–63 OT | 2–0 | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | |||||||
Dec 4, 1989* 7:35 p.m. | Northwest Missouri State | W 110–82 | 3–0 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | |||||||
Dec 9, 1989* 3:35 p.m. | Northern Illinois | W 63–59 | 4–0 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | |||||||
Dec 11, 1989* 7:30 p.m. | at Sam Houston State | W 92–79 | 5–0 | Johnson Coliseum Huntsville, Texas | |||||||
Dec 16, 1989* 1:00 p.m. | at Iowa State Iowa Big Four | L 80–92 | 5–1 | Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa | |||||||
Dec 27, 1989* 7:30 p.m. | at Nevada | W 89–88 | 6–1 | Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada | |||||||
Dec 29, 1989* 7:30 p.m. | vs. No. 3 Georgetown | L 49–83[4] | 6–2 | Thomas & Mack Center (4,348) Paradise, Nevada | |||||||
Jan 3, 1990* 7:05 p.m. | No. 20 Iowa Iowa Big Four | W 77–74 | 7–2 | UNI-Dome (22,797) Cedar Falls, Iowa | |||||||
Jan 6, 1990* 7:35 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin | W 120–96 | 8–2 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | |||||||
Jan 8, 1990* 7:35 p.m. | Sam Houston State | W 100–77 | 9–2 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | |||||||
Jan 10, 1990* 7:05 p.m. | at Northern Illinois | W 63–62 | 10–2 | Chick Evans Field House DeKalb, Illinois | |||||||
Jan 15, 1990 7:30 p.m. | at Western Illinois | L 61–64 | 10–3 (0–1) | Western Hall Macomb, Illinois | |||||||
Jan 17, 1990 7:30 p.m. | at Eastern Illinois | W 67–65 | 11–3 (1–1) | Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois | |||||||
Jan 20, 1990 7:35 p.m. | Wisconsin–Green Bay | L 58–59 | 11–4 (1–2) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | |||||||
Jan 22, 1990 7:35 p.m. | Illinois-Chicago | W 75–47 | 12–4 (2–2) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | |||||||
Jan 27, 1990 1:30 p.m. | at Valparaiso | W 89–80 | 13–4 (3–2) | Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, Indiana | |||||||
Jan 29, 1990 7:30 p.m. | at Cleveland State | W 77–75 | 14–4 | Woodling Gym Cleveland, Ohio | |||||||
Feb 3, 1990 7:35 p.m. | SW Missouri State | L 72–82 | 14–5 (3–3) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | |||||||
Feb 5, 1990 7:35 p.m. | Eastern Illinois | W 68–54 | 15–5 (4–3) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | |||||||
Feb 10, 1990 7:35 p.m. | Western Illinois | W 86–71 | 16–5 (5–3) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | |||||||
Feb 12, 1990* 7:35 p.m. | Chicago State | W 96–81 | 17–5 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | |||||||
Feb 17, 1990 7:35 p.m. | at Wisconsin–Green Bay | L 50–64 | 17–6 (5–4) | Brown County Arena Green Bay, Wisconsin | |||||||
Feb 19, 1990 7:30 p.m. | at Illinois-Chicago | L 60–63 | 17–7 (5–5) | UIC Pavilion Chicago, Illinois | |||||||
Feb 24, 1990 7:35 p.m. | Valparaiso | W 90–62 | 18–7 (6–5) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | |||||||
Feb 26, 1990 7:35 p.m. | Cleveland State | W 78–76 | 19–7 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | |||||||
Mar 1, 1990 7:35 p.m. | at SW Missouri State | L 86–94 | 19–8 (6–6) | Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | |||||||
Mid-Continent Conference tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 5, 1990* | (4) | (5) Illinois-Chicago Quarterfinals | W 99–94 3OT | 20–8 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | ||||||
Mar 6, 1990* | (4) | (1) SW Missouri State Semifinals | W 63–61 | 21–8 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | ||||||
Mar 7, 1990* | (4) | (2) Wisconsin–Green Bay Championship | W 53–45 | 22–8 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 16, 1990* ESPN | (14 SE) | vs. (3 SE) No. 11 Missouri First Round | W 74–71[5][6][7] | 23–8 | Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia | ||||||
Mar 18, 1990* | (14 SE) | vs. (6 SE) No. 20 Minnesota Second Round | L 78–81[8] | 23–9 | Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Central Time. |
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References
- ^ "UNI Athletics Hall of Fame Set For Nov. 5". University of Northern Iowa Athletics. October 17, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- ^ "1989–90 Northern Iowa Basketball" (PDF). University of Northern Iowa. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- ^ "1989-90 Northern Iowa Panthers Roster and Stats". Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ "Hoyas Top Pesky Northern Iowa". The Washington Post. December 30, 1989. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- ^ "N.C.A.A.: Southeast Regional; Northern Iowa Stuns Missouri with 3-Pointer". The New York Times. March 17, 1990. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ "A win for the ages: 20 years ago, UNI rocked college basketball". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. March 14, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- ^ "Twenty years ago today (March 16), UNI had its best basketball day ever". The Gazette (Cedar Rapids). March 16, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- ^ "NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT / SOUTHEAST REGIONAL AT RICHMOND, VA. : Syracuse, Minnesota Weather Upset Bug--Barely : Gophers: Burton scores career-high 36 points and upstart Northern Iowa finally falls by wayside, 81-78". Los Angeles Times. March 19, 1990. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- ^ "2019–20 Northern Iowa Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Northern Iowa Athletics. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
External links
- 1990 NCAA Basketball First Round - University of Northern Iowa vs Missouri on YouTube