1989–90 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1989–90 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 92nd basketball season. The head coach was Roy Williams, who served his 2nd year at KU. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. The team set an NCAA record for largest unranked to ranked jump. Following the preseason NIT, where the Jayhawks defeated the 2nd, 1st, and 25th ranked teams in the nation, the Jayhawks jumped to the 4th ranked team in the nation. They remained in the top two for the remainder of the regular season. The season also marked the beginning of an NCAA-record 31 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances that as of the 2022 tournament (there was no tournament in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) is still active. The Jayhawks 150–95 victory over Kentucky on December 9, remains the most points scored in a game in Kansas basketball history and the worst defeat in Kentucky's history.^[1]

1989–90 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Preseason NIT Champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, second round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
Record	30–5 (11–3 Big Eight)
Head coach	Roy Williams (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Jerry Green (2nd season) Steve Robinson (2nd season) Kevin Stallings (2nd season) Mark Turgeon (3rd season)
Captains	Rick Calloway Jeff Gueldner Kevin Pritchard Freeman West
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1988–89 1990–91 →

1989–90 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 11 Missouri	12	–	2		.857			26	–	6		.813
No. 1 Oklahoma †	11	–	3		.786			27	–	5		.844
No. 5 Kansas	11	–	3		.786			30	–	5		.857
Kansas State	7	–	7		.500			17	–	15		.531
Oklahoma State	6	–	8		.429			17	–	14		.548
Iowa State	4	–	10		.286			10	–	18		.357
Nebraska	3	–	11		.214			10	–	18		.357
Colorado	2	–	12		.143			12	–	18		.400
† 1990 Big Eight tournament winner As of March 3, 2012 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

Name	#	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Home Town
Todd Alexander	35	Guard	6–2	190	Freshman	McPherson, Kansas
Terry Brown	3	Guard	6–1	185	Junior	Clyde, New York
Rick Calloway	20	Forward	6–6	190	Senior	Cincinnati, Ohio
Jeff Gueldner	33	Guard/Forward	6–5	190	Senior	Charleston, Illinois
Alonzo Jamison	24	Forward	6–5	235	Sophomore	Santa Ana, California
Adonis Jordan	30	Guard	5–11	160	Freshman	Reseda, California
Mike Maddox	32	Forward	6–7	210	Junior	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Pekka Markkanen	44	Center	6–10	215	Junior	Jyvaskyla, Finland
Macolm Nash	43	Forward	6–7	195	Sophomore	St. Louis, Missouri
Kevin Pritchard	14	Guard	6–3	180	Senior	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mark Randall	42	Forward	6–9	230	Junior	Englewood, Colorado
Kirk Wagner	31	Forward	6–7	210	Junior	Pasadena, California
Freeman West	34	Forward	6–5	210	Senior	East Chicago, Indiana
Eric Ridenour	40	Forward	6–5	205	Junior	Cimarron, Kansas

Big Eight Conference standings

#	Team	Conference	Pct.	Overall	Pct.
1	Missouri	12–2	.857	26–6	.813
2	Oklahoma	11–3	.786	27–5	.844
3	Kansas	11–3	.786	30–5	.857
4	Kansas State	7–7	.500	17–15	.531
5	Oklahoma State	6–8	.429	17–14	.548
6	Iowa State	4–10	.286	10–18	.357
7	Nebraska	3–11	.214	10–18	.357
8	Colorado	2–12	.143	12–18	.400

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
11/15/1989*		UAB Preseason NIT First Round	W 109–83	1–0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
11/16/1989*		at No. 2 LSU Preseason NIT Second Round	W 89–83	2–0	Pete Maravich Assembly Center  Baton Rouge, LA
11/22/1989*		vs. No. 1 UNLV Preseason NIT Semifinals	W 91–77	3–0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
11/24/1989*		at No. 25 St. John's Preseason NIT Championship Game	W 66–57	4–0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
11/30/1989*	No. 4	Idaho	W 87–58	5–0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/2/1989*	No. 4	UMBC	W 86–67	6–0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/4/1989*	No. 4	Tennessee-Martin	W 103–48	7–0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/6/1989*	No. 2	at SMU	W 86–53	8–0	Moody Coliseum  University Park, TX
12/9/1989*	No. 2	Kentucky	W 150–95	9–0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/16/1989*	No. 2	Pepperdine	W 98–73	10–0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/22/1989	No. 2	Arizona State	W 90–67	11–0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/29/1989*	No. 2	vs. UTSA	W 103–83	12–0	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
12/30/1989	No. 2	vs. Stanford	W 83–61	13–0	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
1/4/1990*	No. 2	at Wichita State	W 93–66	14–0	Henry Leavitt Arena  Wichita, KS
1/6/1990*	No. 2	Winthrop	W 94–54	15–0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
1/8/1990	No. 2	at Nebraska	W 98–93	16–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, NE
1/10/1990*	No. 1	at Miami	W 100–73	17–0	Miami Arena  Miami, FL
1/13/1990	No. 1	Oklahoma State	W 91–77	18–0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
1/18/1990*	No. 1	Elizabeth City State	W 132–65	19–0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
1/20/1990	No. 1	at No. 4 Missouri Border War	L 87–95	19–1	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
1/27/1990	No. 2	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 85–57	20–1	Bramlage Coliseum  Manhattan, KS
1/31/1990	No. 2	Colorado	W 90–69	21–1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
2/3/1990	No. 2	No. 9 Oklahoma	W 85–74	22–1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
2/7/1990	No. 2	at Oklahoma State	W 83–76	23–1	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
2/10/1990	No. 2	at Iowa State	W 88–83	24–1	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
2/13/1990	No. 1	No. 2 Missouri Border War	L 71–77	24–2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
2/17/1990	No. 1	Nebraska	W 94–67	25–2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
2/21/1990	No. 2	at Colorado	W 103–71	26–2	Coors Events Center  Boulder, CO
2/24/1990	No. 2	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 70–58	27–2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
2/27/1990	No. 1	at No. 5 Oklahoma	L 78–100	27–3	Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, OK
3/3/1990	No. 1	Iowa State	W 96–63	28–3	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
Big Eight Tournament
3/9/1990	No. 2	vs. Iowa State Quarterfinals	W 118–75	29–3	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
3/10/1990	No. 2	vs. No. 1 Oklahoma Semifinals	L 77–95	29–4	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
NCAA tournament
3/16/1990*	(2 E) No. 5	vs. (15 E) Robert Morris First Round	W 79–71	30–4	Omni Coliseum  Atlanta, GA
3/18/1990*	(2 E) No. 5	vs. (7 E) UCLA Second Round	L 70–71	30–5	Omni Coliseum  Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll, NCAA tournament seeds shown in parenthesis. (#) 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		4	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	5
Coaches

*There was no coaches poll in week 1.

See also

• 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

References

1. "25 years ago today, KU basketball beat Kentucky, 150-95". KUSports.com.
2. "Big 12 Record Book (PDF)" (PDF) (Press release). Big 12 Conference. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
3. (PDF). Archived from the original (English) on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2013-06-17.