1990–91 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

The 1990–91 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1990–91 college basketball season. Led by head coach Gene Keady, the Boilermakers earned the #7 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA tournament, but were defeated in the first round by Temple, finishing the season with a 17–12 record (9–9 Big Ten).

1990–91 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	17–12 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Bruce Weber (11th season) Tom Reiter (5th season) Steve Lavin (3rd season)
Home arena	Mackey Arena
Seasons ← 1989–90 1991–92 →

1990–91 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Ohio State	15	–	3		.833			27	–	4		.871
No. 3 Indiana	15	–	3		.833			29	–	5		.853
Illinois	11	–	7		.611			21	–	10		.677
Michigan State	11	–	7		.611			19	–	11		.633
Iowa	9	–	9		.500			21	–	11		.656
Purdue	9	–	9		.500			17	–	12		.586
Wisconsin	8	–	10		.444			15	–	15		.500
Michigan	7	–	11		.389			14	–	15		.483
Minnesota	5	–	13		.278			12	–	16		.429
Northwestern	0	–	18		.000			5	–	23		.179
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1990–91 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 12 Matt Painter 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — So Ft. Wayne, Indiana G/F 32 Jimmy Oliver 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Morrilton, Arkansas	Head coach Gene Keady (Kansas State) Assistant coach(es) Bruce Weber (Milwaukee) Tom Reiter (Wisconsin) Steve Lavin 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
Non-conference regular season
Nov 24, 1990*		Stetson	L 56–58	0–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 26, 1990*		UMass	W 64–53	1–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 30, 1990*		East Carolina	W 78–49	2–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 1, 1990*		Indiana State	W 77–56	3–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 6, 1990*		at California	W 66–65	4–1	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Dec 8, 1990*		at Saint Louis	W 97–77	5–1	Kiel Auditorium  St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 15, 1990*		Furman	W 64–51	6–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 20, 1990*		Butler	W 97–81	7–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 22, 1990*		No. 8 North Carolina	L 74–86	7–2	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 29, 1990*		at No. 17 Georgia	W 64–63	8–2	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
Big Ten Regular Season
Jan 3, 1991		at Northwestern	W 73–70	9–2 (1–0)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
Jan 14, 1991		No. 3 Indiana Rivalry	L 62–65	10–4 (2–2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 10, 1991		at No. 4 Indiana Rivalry	L 63–81	11–10 (3–8)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
Mar 9, 1991		Northwestern	W 77–48	17–11 (9–9)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1991*	(7 E)	vs. (10 E) Temple First Round	L 63–80	17–12	Cole Fieldhouse  College Park, Maryland
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

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Rankings

Main article: 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Team players drafted into the NBA

Main article: 1991 NBA draft

For the second consecutive year, a Purdue player was taken with the 39th overall pick.

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	39	Jimmy Oliver	Cleveland Cavaliers

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