1990–91 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1990–91 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
1990–91 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Great Alaska Shootout champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 64
Conference	Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 16
Record	23–9 (11–7, 2nd Pac-10)
Head coach	Jim Harrick (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Brad Holland; Mark Gottfried; Ken Barone;
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion
	Seasons ← 1989–90 1991–92 →

1990–91 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Arizona	14	–	4	.778	28	–	7	.800
No. 16 UCLA	11	–	7	.611	23	–	9	.719
Arizona State	10	–	8	.556	20	–	10	.667
USC	10	–	8	.556	19	–	10	.655
Stanford	8	–	10	.444	20	–	13	.606
Washington State	8	–	10	.444	16	–	12	.571
Oregon State	8	–	10	.444	14	–	14	.500
Oregon	8	–	10	.444	13	–	15	.464
California	8	–	10	.444	13	–	15	.464
Washington	5	–	13	.278	14	–	14	.500

As of April 15, 1991^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990–91 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Jim Harrick, for the third year, was the head coach for the Bruins. The Bruins started the season ranked 11th in the AP Poll and won their first 8 games. They finished in 2nd place in the Pac-10 with the same conference record as the previous year, 11–7. UCLA went on to the NCAA tournament, where they upset by Penn State 69–74.^[2] UCLA finished ranked 14th and 16th in the UPI and AP Polls respectively.^[3]

Starting lineup

Position	Player	Class
F	Don MacLean	Jr.
F	Tracy Murray	So.
F	Mitchell Butler	So.
G	Darrick Martin	Jr.
G	Gerald Madkins	Jr.

Roster

1990–91 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	23	Mitchell Butler	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So	Los Angeles, California
G	22	Chris Kenny	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Jr
F	42	Don MacLean	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Jr	Palo Alto, California
G	12	Gerald Madkins	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Jr	Merced, California
G	15	Darrick Martin	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	Jr	Denver, Colorado
F	44	Zan Mason	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So
F	30	Tracy Murray	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	So	Los Angeles, California
F		Destah Owens	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr
C	25	Keith Owens	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Sr	San Francisco, California
G		Dave Paulsell	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Jr
G		Lou Richie	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	—	Fr
G	21	Shon Tarver	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr
G	10	John Woolery	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Fr
C	14	Rodney Zimmerman	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Fr

Head coach

Jim Harrick (Morris Harvey College)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Great Alaska Shootout
November 23, 1990	No. 11	vs. UC Irvine Quarterfinals	W 134–101	1–0	Sullivan Arena (7,947) Anchorage, AK
November 24, 1990	No. 11	at Alaska Anchorage Semifinals	W 80–67	2–0	Sullivan Arena (7,947) Anchorage, AK
November 26, 1990	No. 11	vs. No. 18 Virginia Finals	W 89–74	3–0	Sullivan Arena (6,287) Anchorage, AK
Regular Season
December 2, 1990	No. 12	Loyola Marymount	W 149–98	4–0	Pauley Pavilion (12,267) Los Angeles, CA
December 5, 1990	No. 8	St. Mary's	W 123–93	5–0	Pauley Pavilion (5,887) Los Angeles, CA
December 8, 1990	No. 8	Notre Dame	W 99–91	6–0	Pauley Pavilion (12,518) Los Angeles, CA
December 15, 1990	No. 6	at DePaul	W 92–90	7–0	Rosemont Horizon (10,254) Chicago, IL
December 19, 1990	No. 5	Pepperdine	W 108–85	8–0	Pauley Pavilion (7,881) Los Angeles, CA
December 22, 1990	No. 5	at Iowa	L 71–88	8–1	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
December 27, 1990	No. 10	Fresno State	W 110–89	9–1	Pauley Pavilion (8,667) Los Angeles, CA
December 29, 1990	No. 10	San Diego State	W 94–74	10–1	Pauley Pavilion (9,419) Los Angeles, CA
January 2, 1991	No. 10	USC	W 98–81	11–1 (1–0)	Pauley Pavilion (12,688) Los Angeles, CA
January 5, 1991	No. 10	Louisville	W 88–81	12–1	Pauley Pavilion (12,313) Los Angeles, CA
January 10, 1991	No. 7	at Arizona State	W 82–68	13–1 (2–0)	ASU Activity Center (12,762) Tempe, AZ
January 12, 1991	No. 7	at No. 6 Arizona	L 77–82	13–2 (2–1)	McKale Center (13,864) Tucson, AZ
January 16, 1991	No. 7	Stanford	L 82–89	13–3 (2–2)	Pauley Pavilion (7,278) Los Angeles, CA
January 20, 1991	No. 7	California	W 98–81	14–3 (3–2)	Pauley Pavilion (6,829) Los Angeles, CA
January 24, 1991	No. 11	at Oregon State	L 96–97 ^2OT	14–4 (3–3)	Gill Coliseum (9,628) Corvallis, OR
January 26, 1991	No. 11	at Oregon	W 90–83	15–4 (4–3)	McArthur Court (9,363) Eugene, OR
January 30, 1991	No. 12	at USC	L 74–76	15–5 (4–4)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (9,125) Los Angeles, CA
February 2, 1991	No. 12	No. 19 Pittsburgh	W 112–85	16–5	Pauley Pavilion (12,053) Los Angeles, CA
February 7, 1991	No. 14	Arizona State	W 64–44	17–5 (5–4)	Pauley Pavilion (11,213) Los Angeles, CA
February 10, 1991	No. 14	No. 5 Arizona	L 94–105 ^OT	17–6 (5–5)	Pauley Pavilion (12,823) Los Angeles, CA
February 14, 1991	No. 15	at California	L 79–82	17–7 (5–6)	Harmon Gym (6,578) Berkeley, CA
February 16, 1991	No. 15	at Stanford	W 89–86	18–7 (6–6)	Maples Pavilion (7,500) Stanford, CA
February 21, 1991	No. 17	Oregon	W 100–83	19–7 (7–6)	Pauley Pavilion (9,122) Los Angeles, CA
February 23, 1991	No. 17	Oregon State	W 87–56	20–7 (8–6)	Pauley Pavilion (10,618) Los Angeles, CA
February 28, 1991	No. 16	at Washington State	W 99–91	21–7 (9–6)	Beasley Coliseum (9,264) Pullman, WA
March 3, 1991	No. 16	at Washington	L 68–86	21–8 (9–7)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion (4,213) Seattle, WA
March 7, 1991	No. 17	Washington State	W 86–64	22–8 (10–7)	Pauley Pavilion (8,354) Los Angeles, CA
March 10, 1991	No. 17	Washington	W 73–60	23–8 (11–7)	Pauley Pavilion (10,454) Los Angeles, CA
NCAA tournament
March 18, 1991	No. 16	vs. Penn State First Round	L 69–74	23–9	Carrier Dome (14,436) Syracuse, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[4] ^[5]

References

^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ Databasesports.com
^ 2011–12 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide
^ "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.
^ "Final 1991 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF).

[1] "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

[2] Databasesports.com

[3] 2011–12 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide

[4] "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.

[5] "Final 1991 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF).

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