| 1989–90Syracuse Orangemen basketball | |
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Big East Regular season co-champions | |
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 6 |
| AP | No. 6 |
| Record | 26–7 (12–4 Big East) |
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| Home arena | Carrier Dome |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4Connecticut† | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 31 | – | 6 | .838 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6Syracuse | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8Georgetown | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †1990 Big East tournament winner As of April 2, 1990[1] Rankings fromAP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1989–90 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team representedSyracuse University in the1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach wasJim Boeheim, serving for his 14th year. The team played home games at theCarrier Dome inSyracuse,New York. The team finished with a 26–7 (12–4) record, was Big East regular season champions, and advanced to the Southeast Regional semifinal of theNCAA tournament.
The team was led byBig East Player of the YearDerrick Coleman and sophomoreBilly Owens.
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| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| Nov 27, 1989* | No. 1 | Rutgers | W 95–79 | 1–0 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Nov 29, 1989* | No. 1 | Cornell | W 108–56 | 2–0 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Dec 1, 1989* | No. 1 | VCU Carrier Classic | W 100–73 | 3–0 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Dec 2, 1989* | No. 1 | No. 16 Temple Carrier Classic | W 73–56 | 4–0 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Dec 6, 1989* | No. 1 | vs. No. 6 Duke ACC–Big East Challenge | W 78–76[2] | 5–0 | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
| Dec 9, 1989* | No. 1 | at Canisius | W 92–72 | 6–0 | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY | ||||||
| Dec 16, 1989* | No. 1 | Towson State | W 105–75 | 7–0 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Dec 19, 1989* | No. 1 | C. W. Post | W 129–72 | 8–0 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Dec 28, 1989* | No. 1 | Lafayette | W 85–64 | 9–0 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Jan 3, 1990* | No. 1 | at Pittsburgh | W 80–78 | 10–0 (1–0) | Civic Arena Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||
| Jan 6, 1990* | No. 1 | Villanova | L 74–93 | 10–1 (1–1) | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Jan 10, 1990* | No. 6 | No. 15 St. John's | W 81–72 | 11–1 (2–1) | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Jan 13, 1990* | No. 6 | at Boston College | W 81–66 | 12–1 (3–1) | Silvio O. Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA | ||||||
| Jan 15, 1990* | No. 6 | at Connecticut Rivalry | L 59–70 | 12–2 (3–2) | Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT | ||||||
| Jan 20, 1990* | No. 5 | Providence | L 86–87 | 12–3 (3–3) | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Jan 23, 1990* | No. 11 | Pittsburgh | W 83–74 | 13–3 (4–3) | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Jan 27, 1990* | No. 11 | at No. 3 Georgetown | W 95–76 | 14–3 (5–3) | Capital Centre Landover, MD | ||||||
| Jan 29, 1990* | No. 11 | at No. 15 St. John's | W 70–65 | 15–3 (6–3) | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | ||||||
| Feb 3, 1990* | No. 7 | vs. Florida State | W 90–69[3] | 16–3 | Orlando Arena Orlando, FL | ||||||
| Feb 5, 1990* | No. 7 | Seton Hall | W 74–65 | 17–3 (7–3) | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Feb 10, 1990* | No. 6 | No. 8 Connecticut Rivalry | W 90–86[4] | 18–3 (8–3) | Carrier Dome (32,820) Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Feb 12, 1990* | No. 6 | at Villanova | L 56–60 | 18–4 (8–4) | The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA | ||||||
| Feb 17, 1990* | No. 4 | Notre Dame | L 65–66[5] | 18–5 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Feb 20, 1990* | No. 11 | Boston College | W 105–69 | 19–5 (9–4) | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Feb 25, 1990* | No. 11 | at Providence | W 93–89 | 20–5 (10–4) | Providence Civic Center Providence, RI | ||||||
| Feb 28, 1990* | No. 10 | at Seton Hall | W 71–69 | 21–5 (11–4) | Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, NJ | ||||||
| Mar 4, 1990* | No. 10 | No. 7 Georgetown | W 89–87[6] | 22–5 (12–4) | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Big East tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 9, 1990* | No. 4 | vs. Pittsburgh Big East tournament quarterfinal | W 58–55 | 23–5 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | ||||||
| Mar 10, 1990* | No. 4 | vs. Villanova Big East tournament semifinal | W 73–61 | 24–5 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | ||||||
| Mar 11, 1990* | No. 4 | vs. No. 8 Connecticut Big East tournament championship / Rivalry | L 75–78[7] | 24–6 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | ||||||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 16, 1990* CBS | (2 SE)No. 6 | vs. (15 SE) Coppin State First round | W 70–48 | 25–6 | Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA | ||||||
| Mar 18, 1990* CBS | (2 SE)No. 6 | vs. (7 SE) Virginia Second Round | W 63–61 | 26–6 | Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA | ||||||
| Mar 23, 1990* CBS | (2 SE)No. 6 | vs. (6 SE) No. 20 Minnesota Southeast Regional semifinal | L 75–82[8] | 26–7 | Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA | ||||||
*Non-conference game.#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in EST. | |||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| Coaches | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
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| 1 | 1 | Derrick Coleman | New Jersey Nets |