1990–91 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

The 1990–91 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference during the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Lute Olson, the team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona. Arizona won the Pac-10 regular season title by 3 games over second-place UCLA.

1990–91 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
Pacific-10 Regular-Season Champions Preseason NIT Champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 8
Record	28–7 (14–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Lute Olson (8th season)
Home arena	McKale Center (Capacity: 14,545)
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

Roster

1990–91 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown C 45 Sean Rooks 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Jr Fontana HS New York, NY C 21 Brian Williams 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Saint Monica Catholic HS Fresno, CA PG 12 Matt Othick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Bishop Gorman HS Clovis, NM C 41 Ed Stokes 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Fr St. Bernard Los Angeles, CA	Head coach Lute Olson (Augsburg) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 14, 1990*	No. 3	Austin Peay Preseason NIT	W 122–80	1–0	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Nov 16, 1990*	No. 3	East Tennessee State Preseason NIT	W 88–79	2–0	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Nov 21, 1990*	No. 3	vs. Notre Dame Preseason NIT	W 91–61	3–0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
Nov 23, 1990*	No. 3	vs. No. 2 Arkansas Preseason NIT	W 89–77[2]	4–0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
Nov 26, 1990*	No. 3	Western Illinois	W 90–51	5–0	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Dec 1, 1990*	No. 2	Long Beach State	W 95–68	6–0	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Dec 5, 1990*	No. 2	at Northern Arizona	W 100–64	7–0	Walkup Skydome  Flagstaff, Arizona
Dec 8, 1990*	No. 2	at No. 18 LSU	L 82–92[3]	7–1	Maravich Assembly Center  Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dec 23, 1990*	No. 4	Providence	W 99–87	8–1	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Dec 27, 1990*	No. 4	Pepperdine Fiesta Bowl Classic	W 80–66[4]	9–1	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Dec 28, 1990*	No. 4	Iowa State Fiesta Bowl Classic	W 102–77	10–1	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan 3, 1991	No. 4	at Washington	L 56–70	10–2 (0–1)	Bank of America Arena  Seattle, Washington
Jan 5, 1991	No. 4	at Washington State	W 84–69	11–2 (1–1)	Friel Court  Pullman, Washington
Jan 10, 1991	No. 6	USC	W 87–85	12–2 (2–1)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan 12, 1991	No. 6	No. 7 UCLA	W 82–77	13–2 (3–1)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan 16, 1991	No. 6	at Arizona State	W 74–71	14–2 (4–1)	ASU Activity Center  Tempe, Arizona
Jan 19, 1991*	No. 6	at Villanova	W 72–64	15–2	The Pavilion  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 24, 1991	No. 5	at Stanford	W 78–76	16–2 (5–1)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Jan 26, 1991	No. 5	at California	L 78–85	16–3 (5–2)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Jan 31, 1991	No. 6	Washington State	W 84–71	17–3 (6–2)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb 2, 1991	No. 6	Washington	W 85–56	18–3 (7–2)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb 7, 1991	No. 5	at USC	L 83–87	18–4 (7–3)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Feb 10, 1991	No. 5	at No. 14 UCLA	W 105–94	19–4 (8–3)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, California
Feb 13, 1991	No. 6	Arizona State	W 71–50	20–4 (9–3)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb 17, 1991*	No. 6	vs. Georgia Tech	L 56–62	20–5	Meadowlands Arena  East Rutherford, New Jersey
Feb 21, 1991	No. 9	California	W 100–63	21–5 (10–3)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb 24, 1991*	No. 9	No. 7 Duke	W 103–96 2OT	22–5	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb 26, 1991	No. 7	Stanford	W 89–51	23–5 (11–3)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb 28, 1991	No. 7	at Oregon State	W 103–65	24–5 (12–3)	Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, Oregon
Mar 2, 1991	No. 7	at Oregon	L 58–62	24–6 (12–4)	McArthur Court  Eugene, Oregon
Mar 7, 1991	No. 9	Oregon State	W 82–67	25–6 (13–4)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Mar 9, 1991	No. 9	Oregon	W 107–65	26–6 (14–4)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1991*	(2 W) No. 8	vs. (15 W) Saint Francis	W 93–80	27–6	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar 16, 1991*	(2 W) No. 8	vs. (10 W) BYU	W 76–61	28–6	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar 21, 1991*	(2 W) No. 8	vs. (3 W) No. 13 Seton Hall	L 77–81[5]	28–7	Kingdome  Seattle, Washington
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West.

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Rankings

See also: 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Main article: 1991 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	10	Brian Williams	Orlando Magic

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