1990–91 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1990–91 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 93rd basketball season. The head coach was Roy Williams, who served his 3rd year at KU. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.

1990–91 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Runner-up Big Eight Regular Season Co-Champions
National Championship Game, L 65-72 vs. Duke
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 12
Record	27–8 (10–4 Big Eight)
Head coach	Roy Williams (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Jerry Green (3rd season) Steve Robinson (3rd season) Kevin Stallings (3rd season) Mark Turgeon (4th season)
Captains	Terry Brown Mike Maddox Mark Randall Kirk Wagner
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1989–90 1991–92 →

1990–91 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	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

Roster

Name	#	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Home Town
Terry Brown	3	Guard	6–2	190	Senior	Clyde, New York
Doug Elstun	21	Guard	6–3	185	Junior	Shawnee, Kansas
Alonzo Jamison	24	Forward	6-6	225	Junior	Santa Ana, California
David Johanning	54	Center	6–10	220	Junior	Wichita, Kansas
Adonis Jordan	30	Guard	5–11	170	Sophomore	Reseda, California
Mike Maddox	32	Forward	6–7	200	Senior	Reseda, California
Macolm Nash	43	Forward	6–7	210	Junior	St. Louis, Missouri
Mark Randall	42	Forward	6–9	235	Senior	Englewood, Colorado
Patrick Richey	12	Forward/Guard	6–8	190	Freshman	Lee's Summit, Missouri
Richard Scott	34	Forward	6–7	215	Freshman	Little Rock, Arkansas
Sean Tunstall	22	Guard	6–2	185	Junior	St. Louis, Missouri
Kirk Wagner	31	Forward	6–7	215	Senior	Pasadena, California
Steve Woodberry	20	Guard	6–4	180	Freshman	Wichita, Kansas

Big Eight Conference standings

#	Team	Conference	Pct.	Overall	Pct.
1	Oklahoma State	10-4	.714	24-8	.750
2	Kansas	10-4	.714	27-8	.771
3	Nebraska	9-5	.643	26-8	.765
4	Missouri	8-6	.571	20-10	.667
5	Iowa State	6-8	.429	12-19	.387
6	Oklahoma	5-9	.357	20-15	.571
7	Colorado	5-9	.357	19-14	.576
8	Kansas State	3-11	.214	13-15	.464

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
11/23/1990*		at Arizona State	L 68–70	0–1	ASU Activity Center  Tempe, AZ
11/24/1990*		at Northern Arizona	W 84-57	1-1	Walkup Skydome  Flagstaff, AZ
12/1/1990*		Marquette	W 108-71	2-1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/4/1990*		SMU	W 80-60	3-1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/8/1990*		at No. 25 Kentucky	L 71-88	3-2	Rupp Arena  Lexington, KY
12/15/1990*		Rider	W 103-51	4-2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/22/1990*		UTSA	W 101-69	5-2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/28/1990*		at Hawaii Loa	W 111-58	6-2	Oahu, HI
1/2/1991*		at Pepperdine	W 88-62	7-2	Firestone Fieldhouse  Malibu, CA
1/5/1991*		NC State	W 105-94	8-2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
1/8/1991		at No. 12 Oklahoma	L 82-88	8-3	Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, OK
1/10/1991*		UMBC	W 97-46	9-3	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
1/12/1991		at Oklahoma State	L 73-78 OT	9-4	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
1/16/1991*		Miami	W 73-60	10-4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
1/19/1991		Missouri Border War	W 91-64	11-4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
1/23/1991*		Wichita State	W 84-50	12-4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
1/26/1991		Colorado	W 95-62	13-4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
1/29/1991	No. 24	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 78-69	14-4	Bramlage Coliseum  Manhattan, KS
2/2/1991	No. 24	at Iowa State	W 85-78	15-4	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
2/6/1991	No. 18	No. 15 Nebraska	W 85-77	16-4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
2/9/1991	No. 18	No. 22 Oklahoma State	W 79-69	17-4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
2/12/1991	No. 11	at Missouri Border War	W 74-70	18-4	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
2/16/1991	No. 11	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 69-67	19-4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
2/20/1991	No. 8	at Colorado	L 71-79	19-5	Coors Events Center  Boulder, CO
2/23/1991	No. 8	No. 12 Oklahoma	W 109-87	20-5	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
2/26/1991	No. 10	Iowa State	W 88-57	21-5	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
3/3/1991	No. 10	at No. 15 Nebraska	L 75-85	21-6	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, NE
Big Eight Tournament
3/8/1991	(2) No. 12	vs. (7) Colorado First round	W 82-76	22-6	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
3/9/1991	(2) No. 12	vs. (3) No. 13 Nebraska Semifinals	L 83-87[2]	22-7	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
NCAA tournament
3/14/1991*	(3 SE) No. 12	vs. (14 SE) New Orleans First round	W 55-49	23-7	Freedom Hall  Louisville, KY
3/16/1991*	(3 SE) No. 12	vs. (6 SE) Pittsburgh Second Round	W 77-66	24-7	Freedom Hall  Louisville, KY
3/21/1991*	(3 SE) No. 12	vs. (2 SE) No. 3 Indiana Regional semifinals	W 83-65	25-7	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
3/23/1991*	(3 SE) No. 12	vs. (1 SE) No. 2 Arkansas Regional Finals	W 93-81[3]	26-7	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
3/30/1991*	(3 SE) No. 12	vs. (1 E) No. 4 North Carolina National semifinals	W 79-73	27-7	Hoosier Dome  Indianapolis, IN
4/1/1991*  CBS	(3 SE) No. 12	vs. (2 MW) No. 6 Duke National Championship game	L 65-72	27-8	Hoosier Dome  Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll, NCAA tournament seeds shown in parentheses. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

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Rankings

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16
AP											24	18	11	8	10	12	12
Coaches

*There was no coaches poll in week 1.

References

1. "Big 12 Record Book (PDF)" (PDF) (Press release). Big 12 Conference. August 1, 2008. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
2. "Nebraska 87, Kansas 83". Associated Press. March 9, 1991. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
3. "Floored Jayhawks get up to KO Arkansas, 93-81". The Baltimore Sun. March 24, 1991. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
4. "Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball 1990-91 Season Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (English) on March 6, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2013.