1989-90 Men's 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	Pacific-10 Conference	10	169	132	.561	8.98	7.37	1	4	0	Arizona, Oregon State	Arizona
2	Southwest Conference	9	151	123	.551	5.48	3.40	1	3	1	Arkansas	Arkansas
3	Big Ten Conference	10	187	115	.619	14.12	10.36	1	7	0	Michigan State
4	Southeastern Conference	10	169	139	.549	9.17	7.36	1	3	0	Georgia	Alabama
5	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	173	92	.653	14.90	8.87	1	5	2	Clemson	Georgia Tech
6	Sun Belt Conference	8	120	115	.511	1.78	1.07	0	2	0	UAB	South Florida
7	Mid-American Conference	9	144	121	.543	2.64	1.83	0	1	0	Ball State	Ball State
8	Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference	8	132	117	.530	5.24	4.30	0	2	0	Louisville	Louisville
9	Big Eight Conference	8	149	99	.601	13.23	9.06	0	4	0	Missouri	Oklahoma
10	Big West Conference	10	170	136	.556	6.17	5.25	0	3	1	Nevada-Las Vegas	Nevada-Las Vegas
11	Southland Conference	8	89	139	.390	-11.02	-6.76	0	1	0	Louisiana-Monroe	Louisiana-Monroe
12	Big East Conference	9	172	110	.610	12.94	8.44	0	6	0	Connecticut, Syracuse	Connecticut
13	Mid-Continent Conference	8	130	104	.556	0.06	-0.10	0	2	0	Missouri State	Northern Iowa
14	Southern Conference	8	126	110	.534	-3.85	-2.78	0	1	0	East Tennessee State	East Tennessee State
15	Trans America Athletic Conference	9	123	136	.475	-9.37	-6.22	0	1	0	Centenary (LA)	Little Rock
16	American South Conference	6	104	71	.594	0.29	-1.50	0	0	0	Louisiana Tech, New Orleans	New Orleans
17	Colonial Athletic Association	8	114	125	.477	-4.99	-3.29	0	1	0	James Madison	Richmond
18	North Atlantic Conference	7	88	113	.438	-8.75	-5.64	0	1	0	Northeastern	Boston University
19	Western Athletic Conference	9	164	119	.580	6.58	4.46	0	3	0	Brigham Young, Colorado State	UTEP
20	Missouri Valley Conference	8	124	123	.502	2.22	2.32	0	1	0	Southern Illinois	Illinois State
21	Independent	19	213	326	.395	-10.37	-4.40	0	1	0
22	Midwestern Collegiate Conference	8	126	118	.516	4.32	3.41	0	2	0	Xavier	Dayton
23	Atlantic 10 Conference	10	147	156	.485	0.47	1.18	0	1	0	Temple	Temple
24	Northeast Conference	9	128	125	.506	-8.37	-7.59	0	1	0	Robert Morris	Robert Morris
25	Ohio Valley Conference	7	98	102	.490	-6.67	-4.59	0	1	0	Murray State	Murray State
26	East Coast Conference	8	118	113	.511	-6.92	-6.06	0	1	0	Hofstra, Lehigh, Towson	Towson
27	West Coast Conference	8	102	125	.449	-2.73	-0.67	0	1	0	Loyola Marymount
28	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	12	169	182	.481	-5.33	-3.88	0	1	0	Holy Cross (North), La Salle (South)	La Salle
29	Big Sky Conference	9	133	124	.518	-5.25	-3.82	0	1	0	Idaho	Idaho
30	Southwest Athletic Conference	8	104	127	.450	-10.38	-6.63	0	1	0	Southern	Texas Southern
31	Ivy League	8	101	111	.476	-9.90	-7.47	0	1	0	Princeton
32	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	9	119	139	.461	-13.92	-11.33	0	1	0	Coppin State	Coppin State
33	Big South Conference	7	99	102	.493	-13.45	-10.35	0	0	0	Coastal Carolina	Coastal Carolina

AP Polls

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
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	16	12	8	7	5	5	3	3	6	8	10	10	11	7	1	1
UNLV	Big West	1	5	5	12	12	9	9	8	9	5	10	7	7	5	3	3	2
UConn	Big East										19	14	11	13	8	6	7	3
Michigan State	Big Ten				18					19					16	13	8	4
Kansas	Big 8		2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	5
Syracuse	Big East	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	6	5	10	7	6	3	9	9	4	6
Georgia Tech	ACC	15	19	18	16	13	13	12	9	11	11	15	15	11	6	11	13	7
Arkansas	SWC	10	9	9	6	11	10	14	14	13	9	3	3	8	12	12	10	8
Georgetown	Big East	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	6	5	2	3	5	6	9
Purdue	Big Ten									16	13	9	9	12	7	10	9	10
Missouri	Big 8	10	6	4	4	4	6	7	5	4	1	1	1	4	1	2	5	11
Arizona	Pac-10	6	3	17			16	19	17								16	12
La Salle	MAAC						16	19		19	18	15	16	14	14	14	12	13
Duke	ACC	9	11	6	13	14	14	13	11	8	7	5	4	5	4	4	11	14
Michigan	Big Ten	5	12	10	7	6	6	5	4	7	8	4	8	6	10	8	14	15
Louisville	Metro	14	15	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	4	12	14		15		18	16
Clemson	ACC																15	17
Illinois	Big Ten	8	8	7	5	5	4	4	7	6	12	11	13	17		17	19	18
Alabama	SEC			16	19	18		18	20		20							19
New Mexico State	Big West												19	18	19	19	17	20
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
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
Minnesota	Big Ten								15			20	18	15	17	20	20
LSU	SEC	3	7	8	9	8	12	11	13	12	13	13	12	9	13	15
Oregon State	Pac-10			20		17					16		17	16	18	15
Xavier	MW Coll									18				19	19	18
Loyola Marymount	WCC								18					20
UCLA	Pac-10	13	13	14	14	16	15	15	19	15		17	20
UNC	ACC	7	10	15		20	19					18
St. John's (NY)	Big East					19			16	17	17	19
Indiana	Big Ten	12	14	13	10	9	8	8	12	14	15
Colorado State	WAC							16
Iowa	Big Ten				17	15	20	17
Virginia	ACC						18
Memphis	Metro					20
Little Rock	TAAC					20
NC State	ACC			18	15
Oklahoma State	Big 8	20	18		20
Temple	A-10	17	17
Florida	SEC		20