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The 1989–90 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1989–90 NCAA men's basketball season. Led by 9th year head coach Bobby Cremins and the talented trio dubbed "Lethal Weapon 3" – ACC Player of the Year Dennis Scott, National Freshman of the Year Kenny Anderson, and Brian Oliver – the Yellow Jackets were ACC tournament champions and reached the 1990 Final Four.
1989–90 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball | |
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Kuppenheimer Classic Champions ACC tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, Final Four | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 7 |
AP | No. 9 |
Record | 28–7 (8–6 ACC) |
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Home arena | Alexander Memorial Coliseum |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 Clemson | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Duke | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 29 | – | 9 | .763 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#9 Georgia Tech† | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 28 | – | 7 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1990 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/21/1989* |
No. 22 | Georgia State | W 108-83 | 1-0 |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA | ||||||
11/21/1989* |
No. 21 | Richmond | W 87-74 | 2-0 |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA | ||||||
12/4/1989* |
No. 21 | vs. No. 18 Pittsburgh ACC–Big East Challenge |
W 93-92[3] | 3-0 |
Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT | ||||||
12/11/1989* |
No. 18 | North Carolina A&T Aggies | W 101-87 | 4-0 |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA | ||||||
12/16/1989* |
No. 15 | vs. Georgia Rivalry |
W 92-89 | 5-0 |
The Omni Atlanta, GA | ||||||
12/19/1989* |
No. 14 | Coastal Carolina | W 109-82 | 6-0 |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA | ||||||
12/27/1989* |
No. 14 | vs. Morehead State Kuppenheimer Classic |
W 98-76 | 7-0 |
The Omni Atlanta, GA | ||||||
12/28/1989* |
No. 14 | vs. Pittsburgh Kuppenheimer Classic |
W 111-92 | 8-0 |
The Omni Atlanta, GA | ||||||
1/2/1990* |
No. 12 | Marist | W 86-77 | 9-0 |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA | ||||||
ACC regular season | |||||||||||
1/6/1990 |
No. 12 | at Wake Forest | W 91-79 | 10-0 (1-0) |
Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | ||||||
1/11/1990 |
No. 9 | No. 10 Duke | L 91-96 | 10-1 (1-1) |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA | ||||||
1/13/1990 |
No. 9 | No. 17 NC State | W 92-85 | 11-1 (2-1) |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA | ||||||
1/16/1990* |
No. 11 | Temple | W 59-57 | 12-1 |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA | ||||||
1/21/1990 |
No. 11 | at Virginia | L 79-81 | 12-2 (2-2) |
University Hall Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
1/25/1990 |
No. 13 | at Clemson | L 90-91 | 12-3 (2-3) |
Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC | ||||||
1/28/1990 |
No. 13 | at No. 8 Duke | L 86-88 | 12-4 (2-4) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
2/1/1990 |
No. 17 | No. 25 North Carolina | W 102-75 | 13-4 (3-4) |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA | ||||||
2/3/1990 |
No. 17 | at Maryland | W 90-84 | 14-4 (4-4) |
Cole Fieldhouse College Park, MD | ||||||
2/7/1990 |
No. 16 | Wake Forest | W 79-70 | 15-4 (5-4) |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA | ||||||
2/10/1990* |
No. 16 | at No. 15 Louisville | W 94-84 | 16-4 |
Freedom Hall Louisville, KY | ||||||
2/13/1990 |
No. 13 | Maryland | W 80-78 | 17-4 (6-4) |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA | ||||||
2/15/1990* |
No. 16 | vs. Fordham | W 83-78[4] | 18-4 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | ||||||
2/17/1990 |
No. 13 | at NC State | W 95-92 | 19-4 (7-4) |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
2/22/1990 |
No. 8 | Virginia | L 71-73 | 19-5 (7-5) |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA | ||||||
2/25/1990* |
No. 8 | at Notre Dame | W 88-80 | 20-5 |
Purcell Pavilion at The Joyce Center South Bend, IN | ||||||
2/28/1990 |
No. 11 | at North Carolina | L 79-81 | 20-6 (7-6) |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
3/3/1990 |
No. 12 | No. 20 Clemson | W 85-69 | 21-6 (8-6) |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA | ||||||
ACC tournament | |||||||||||
3/9/1990* |
No. 14 | vs. NC State ACC Tournament Quarterfinal |
W 76-67 | 22-6 (8-6) |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||||
3/10/1990* |
No. 14 | vs. No. 12 Duke ACC Tournament Semifinal |
W 83-72 | 23-6 (8-6) |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||||
3/11/1990* |
No. 14 | vs. Virginia ACC tournament championship |
W 70-61 | 24-6 (8-6) |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
3/15/1990 CBS |
(4 SE) No. 9 | vs. (13 SE) East Tennessee State NCAA Tournament Round of 64 |
W 99-83[5] | 25-6 (8-6) |
Knoxville, TN Thompson–Boling Arena | ||||||
3/17/1990 CBS |
(4 SE) No. 9 | vs. (5 SE) No. 19 LSU NCAA Tournament Round of 32 |
W 94-91[6] | 26-6 (8-6) |
Knoxville, TN Thompson–Boling Arena | ||||||
3/23/1990 CBS |
(4 SE) No. 9 | vs. (1 SE) No. 3 Michigan State Southeast Regional semifinal |
W 81-80 OT[7] | 27-6 (8-6) |
New Orleans, LA Louisiana Superdome | ||||||
3/25/1990 CBS |
(4 SE) No. 9 | vs. (6 SE) No. 20 Minnesota Southeast Regional final |
W 93-91[8] | 28-6 (8-6) |
New Orleans, LA Louisiana Superdome | ||||||
3/31/1990 CBS |
(4 SE) No. 9 | vs. (1 W) No. 2 UNLV NCAA Final Four - National semifinal |
L 81-90[9] | 28-7 (8-6) |
McNichols Sports Arena Denver, CO | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
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1 | 4 | Dennis Scott | Orlando Magic |
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