1990–91 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

1990–91 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1991 Big Eight Tournament winner ; As of April 1, 1991; Rankings from AP Poll

1990–91 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
1990–91 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1990–91 record	12-19 (6-8 Big Eight)
Head coach	Johnny Orr (11th season);
Home arena	Hilton Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Johnny Orr, who was in his 11th season. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.

They finished the season 12–19, 6–8 in Big Eight play to finish in fifth place. They lost to fourth-seeded Missouri in the 1991 Big Eight conference tournament quarterfinals.

Games were televised by ESPN, Raycom Sports, the Cyclone Television Network, the Hawkeye Television Network, KWWL and Prime Sports.^[1]

Previous season[]

The previous season the Cyclones finished the season 10–18, 4–10 in Big Eight play to finish in sixth place. They lost to Kansas in the 1990 Big Eight conference tournament quarterfinals.

Roster[]

Roster
Name	Position
Victor Alexander	Center
Doug Collins	Guard
Justus Thigpen	Guard
Paul Doerrfeld	Forward
Phil Kunz	Center
Brian Pearson	Guard
Norman Brown	Forward
Skip McCoy	Guard
Donnell Bivens	Forward
Mike Bergman	Forward
Brad Pippett	Forward
Mark Chappell	Guard
Saun Jackson	Forward
Greg Hester	Guard
Reference:^[2]

Schedule and results[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
November 8, 1990* 7:00 pm	Latvian National Team Exhibition	W 102-94		Hilton Coliseum (13,546) Ames, IA
Regular Season
November 23, 1990* 3:00 pm CT	at Chaminade Maui Invitational Quarterfinals	W 115-82	1-0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI
November 25, 1990* 1:00 am CT, ESPN	vs. No. 13 Syracuse Maui Invivational Semifinals	L 67-83	1-1	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI
November 25, 1990*	vs. Santa Clara Maui Invitation Third Place	L 62-78	1-2	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI
November 30, 1990* 6:00 pm CT, Cyclone Television Network	vs. Houston Diet Pepsi Tournament of Champions Semifinals	L 72-87	1-3	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
December 1, 1990* 6:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	vs. No. 4 North Carolina Diet Pepsi Tournament of Champions Consolation	L 93-118	1-4	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
December 3, 1990* 8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	Minnesota	L 70-84	1-5	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
December 5, 1990* 7:30 pm, Cyclone Television Network	at Baylor	L 72-91	1-6	Ferrell Center Waco, TX
December 8, 1990* 7:00 pm, Hawkeye Television Network	at Iowa Cy-Hawk Rivalry	L 73-75	1-7	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
December 11, 1990* 7:00 pm, NISN (KWWL)	at Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	L 62-68	1-8	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA
December 15, 1990* 1:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	Michigan	W 81-72	2-8	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
December 21, 1990* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 6 Indiana	L 76-87	2-9	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
December 27, 1990* 6:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	vs. Temple Fiesta Bowl Classic Semifinals	W 81-79 ^OT	3-9	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
December 29, 1990* Cyclone Television Network	at No. 4 Arizona Fiesta Bowl Classic Championship	L 77-102	3-10	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
January 2, 1991 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	Drake Iowa Big Four	W 86-69	4-10	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 5, 1991 8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	Colorado	L 81-105	4-11 (0-1)	Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
January 8, 1991* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	at Creighton	W 97-88	5-11	Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, NE
January 12, 1991 1:00 pm, Raycom	at No. 18 Nebraska	L 87-97	5-12 (0-2)	Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
January 15, 1991* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	Illinois-Chicago	W 76-66	6-12	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 19, 1991 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	Kansas State	W 94-91	7-12 (1-2)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Exhibition
January 22, 1991* 7:00 pm	Marathon Oil Exhibition	W 83-79		Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Regular Season
January 26, 1991 3:00 pm, Raycom	at Missouri	L 78-82	7-13 (1-3)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
January 30, 1991 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 21 Oklahoma	W 82-79	8-13 (2-3)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 2, 1991 1:00 pm, Raycom	No. 24 Kansas	L 78-85	8-14 (2-4)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 6, 1991 7:00 pm, PSN	at No. 22 Oklahoma State	L 62-83	8-15 (2-5)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 9, 1991 1:00 pm, Raycom	at Kansas State	W 98-78	9-15 (3-5)	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 13, 1991 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 17 Nebraska	L 57-65	9-16 (3-6)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 16, 1991 1:00 pm, Raycom	Colorado	L 78-84	9-17 (3-7)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 20, 1991 8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	at Oklahoma	W 97-88	10-17 (4-7)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 23, 1991 1:00 pm, Raycom	Missouri	W 89-76	11-17 (5-7)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 26, 1991 6:30 pm, ESPN	at No. 10 Kansas	L 57-88	11-18 (5-8)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 2, 1991 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	at No. 12 Oklahoma State	W 68-67	12-18 (6-8)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Big Eight Tournament
March 8, 1991 Raycom	vs. Missouri Big Eight Tournament Quarterfinals	L 81-97	12-19	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Awards and honors[]

All-Big Eight Selections^[3]

Victor Alexander (1st, AP, UPI)

Doug Collins (HM, AP, UPI)

NBA Draft Pick

Victor Alexander - Golden State (1st Round, 17th Pick)

Academic All-Big Eight

Phil Kunz

Ralph Olsen Award

Victor Alexander

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References[]

^ November 18, 1990 (Page 35 of 199). Des Moines, Iowa: , Nov 18, 1990 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.
^ "1990-91 Iowa State Cyclones Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
^ "MBB Tradition (PDF)" (PDF). Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
^ "Iowa State Men's Basketball Tradition" (PDF). Tradition. Retrieved July 2, 2020.

[1] November 18, 1990 (Page 35 of 199). Des Moines, Iowa: , Nov 18, 1990 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.

[2] "1990-91 Iowa State Cyclones Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.

[3] "MBB Tradition (PDF)" (PDF). Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-31.

[4] "Iowa State Men's Basketball Tradition" (PDF). Tradition. Retrieved July 2, 2020.

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v t Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Venues	(1907–1912) State Gymnasium (1913–1947) Iowa State Armory (1947–1971) Hilton Coliseum (1971–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Culture & lore	Cy the Cardinal "ISU Fights" Iowa State Pep Band ISU Holiday Classic
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

1990–91 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Oklahoma State	10	–	4	.714	24	–	8	.750
No. 12 Kansas	10	–	4	.714	27	–	8	.771
No. 11 Nebraska	9	–	5	.643	26	–	8	.765
Missouri †	8	–	6	.571	20	–	10	.667
Iowa State	6	–	8	.429	12	–	19	.387
Oklahoma	5	–	9	.357	20	–	15	.571
Colorado	5	–	9	.357	19	–	14	.576
Kansas State	3	–	11	.214	13	–	15	.464

† 1991 Big Eight Tournament winner As of April 1, 1991; Rankings from AP Poll