| 1989–90Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Metro Conference |
| Record | 20–12 (9–5 Metro) |
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| Home arena | Reed Green Coliseum |
Seasons ← 1988–89 1990–91 → | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16Louisville † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 4 | – | 24 | .143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †1990 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings fromAP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1989–90 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team represented theUniversity of Southern Mississippi during the1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by head coachM. K. Turk, played their home games atReed Green Coliseum and were members of theMetro Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 9–5 in Metro play to finish in second place behind Louisville. They lost in the championship game of theMetro tournament to top-seed Louisville. Southern Miss received an at-large bid to the1990 NCAA basketball tournament where they lost in the opening round toLa Salle and National Player of the YearLionel Simmons.
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| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Nov 15, 1989* | at No. 2 Louisiana State Preseason NIT | L 80–91 | 0–1 | Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
| Nov 27, 1989* | Tennessee Tech | W 95–78 | 1–1 | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi | |||||||
| Dec 9, 1989* | at Louisiana-Monroe | W 85–81 | 2–1 | Fant-Ewing Coliseum Monroe, Louisiana | |||||||
| Dec 18, 1989* | at Marshall | W 76–74 | 3–1 | Cam Henderson Center Huntington, West Virginia | |||||||
| Dec 21, 1989* | at Chattanooga | L 66–69 | 3–2 | McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
| Dec 27, 1989* | vs. Bucknell | W 78–71 | 4–2 | Pensacola Civic Center Pensacola, Florida | |||||||
| Dec 28, 1989* | vs. Auburn | W 84–73 | 5–2 | Pensacola Civic Center Pensacola, Florida | |||||||
| Jan 3, 1990* | Northwestern State | W 96–67 | 6–2 | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi | |||||||
| Jan 6, 1990 | at Florida State | L 82–113 | 6–3 (0–1) | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida | |||||||
| Jan 8, 1990* | at South Alabama | L 83–91 | 6–4 | Jaguar Gym Mobile, Alabama | |||||||
| Jan 11, 1990 | Virginia Tech | W 87–85 | 7–4 (1–1) | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi | |||||||
| Jan 13, 1990 | at No. 20 Memphis State | L 77–93 | 7–5 (1–2) | Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee | |||||||
| Jan 15, 1990* | Arkansas State | W 85–65 | 8–5 | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi | |||||||
| Jan 17, 1990* | Appalachian State | W 96–91 | 9–5 | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi | |||||||
| Jan 20, 1990* | Louisiana-Lafayette | W 106–104 | 10–5 | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi | |||||||
| Jan 22, 1990* | at New Orleans | L 75–77 | 10–6 | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, Louisiana | |||||||
| Jan 27, 1990 | at Cincinnati | W 83–76 | 11–6 (2–2) | Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
| Jan 29, 1990 | at No. 4 Louisville | L 88–105 | 11–7 (2–3) | Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | |||||||
| Jan 31, 1990 | Florida State | W 84–72 | 12–7 (3–3) | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi | |||||||
| Feb 5, 1990 | South Carolina | W 82–65 | 13–7 (4–3) | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi | |||||||
| Feb 7, 1990 | at Virginia Tech | W 93–76 | 14–7 (5–3) | Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia | |||||||
| Feb 10, 1990 | Memphis State | W 86–82 | 15–7 (6–3) | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi | |||||||
| Feb 14, 1990 | Tulane | W 80–71 | 16–7 (7–3) | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi | |||||||
| Feb 17, 1990 | at South Carolina | L 62–74 | 16–8 (7–4) | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, South Carolina | |||||||
| Feb 19, 1990* | at McNeese State | L 60–62 | 16–9 | Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, Louisiana | |||||||
| Feb 22, 1990 | Cincinnati | W 70–63 | 17–9 (8–4) | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi | |||||||
| Mar 1, 1990 | at Tulane | W 92–88 | 18–9 (9–4) | Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana | |||||||
| Mar 3, 1990* | No. 21 Louisville | L 71–73 | 18–10 (11–5) | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi | |||||||
| Metro tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 8, 1990* | (2) | vs. (7) Virginia Tech Metro tournament Quarterfinal | W 81–67 | 19–10 | Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, Mississippi | ||||||
| Mar 9, 1990* | (2) | vs. (3) Cincinnati Metro tournament Semifinal | W 75–63 | 20–10 | Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, Mississippi | ||||||
| Mar 10, 1990* | (2) | vs. (1) No. 18 Louisville Metro tournament championship | L 80–83 | 20–11 | Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, Mississippi | ||||||
| 1990 NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 15, 1990* | (13 E) | vs. (4 E) No. 12 La Salle First Round | L 63–79 | 20–12 | Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut | ||||||
*Non-conference game.#Rankings fromAP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are inCentral Time. | |||||||||||