1990–91 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team

1990–91 Big East men's basketball standings
	† 1991 Big East Tournament winner ; As of April 1, 1991[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball
1990–91 Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball
Big East Regular Season Champions; Maui Invitational Champions
NCAA Tournament, First round
Conference	Big East
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 7
1990–91 record	26–6 (12–4 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Boeheim (15th season)
Assistant coaches	Bernie Fine; Wayne Morgan; Barry Copeland;
Home arena	Carrier Dome

The 1990–91 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team represented Syracuse University in the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Head coach was Jim Boeheim, serving for his 15th year. The team played home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. The team finished with a 26–6 (12–4) record, was Big East regular season champions, and advanced to the NCAA tournament.

The team was led by Big East Player of the Year Billy Owens and senior LeRon Ellis.

Roster

1990–91 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
PG	3	Brad Small	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	147 lb (67 kg)	So	Queens, New York
SF	4	Dave Johnson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Morgan City, Louisiana
G	10	Chaundu Carey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Schenectady, New York
PF	13	Conrad McRae	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Brooklyn, New York
PG	12	Michael Edwards	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	So	Voorhees, New Jersey
PG	15	Adrian Autry	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	Fr	Monroe, North Carolina
F	21	Todd Barlok	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Bristol, Connecticut
PG	23	Vinnie Cohen	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Washington, D.C.
C	24	Dave Siock	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	Vestal, New York
PF	25	LeRon Ellis	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Los Angeles, California
SF	30	Billy Owens	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Carlisle, Pennsylvania
G	33	Mike Hopkins	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So	San Mateo, California
G/F	35	Scott McCorkle	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Mission Viejo, California

Head coach

Jim Boeheim (Syracuse)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2020-Jan-25

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Nov 23, 1990*	No. 13	vs. Toledo Maui Invitational Quarterfinals	W 84–68	1–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
Nov 24, 1990*	No. 13	vs. Iowa State Maui Invitational Semifinals	W 83–67	2–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
Nov 25, 1990*	No. 13	vs. No. 8 Indiana Maui Invitational Championship	W 77–74	3–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
Dec 1, 1990*	No. 7	Cornell	W 86–61	4–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Dec 4, 1990*	No. 4	NC State ACC–Big East Challenge	W 86–79	5–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Dec 7, 1990*	No. 4	Alaska-Anchorage Carrier Classic	W 103–85	6–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Dec 8, 1990*	No. 4	UNC Charlotte Carrier Classic	W 113–99	7–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Dec 12, 1990*	No. 3	Canisius	W 92–83	8–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Dec 15, 1990*	No. 3	Long Beach State	W 94–79	9–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Dec 20, 1990*	No. 3	vs. Towson State	W 78–73	10–0	Hersheypark Arena Hershey, PA
Dec 22, 1990*	No. 3	Illinois-Chicago	W 110–66	11–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Dec 29, 1990*	No. 3	Wagner	W 101–55	12–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Jan 2, 1991*	No. 3	No. 9 St. John's	W 92–86	13–0 (1–0)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Jan 5, 1991*	No. 3	Villanova	L 66–76	13–1 (1–1)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Jan 7, 1991*	No. 3	at No. 11 Pittsburgh	L 79–93	13–2 (1–2)	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 12, 1991*	No. 8	at Seton Hall	W 69–67	14–2 (2–2)	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, NJ
Jan 16, 1991*	No. 8	No. 13 Connecticut	W 81–79	15–2 (3–2)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Jan 19, 1991*	No. 8	No. 25 Seton Hall	W 78–64	16–2 (4–2)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Jan 21, 1991*	No. 8	at No. 19 Georgetown	W 58–56	17–2 (5–2)	Capital Centre Landover, MD
Jan 26, 1991*	No. 6	at Providence	L 82–92	17–3 (5–3)	Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI
Jan 28, 1991*	No. 6	at No. 19 Connecticut	W 68–66	18–3 (6–3)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT
Feb 2, 1991*	No. 8	Boston College	W 99–87	19–3 (7–3)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Feb 9, 1991*	No. 7	at Notre Dame	W 70–69	20–3	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
Feb 12, 1991*	No. 7	Providence	W 101–83	21–3 (8–3)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Feb 16, 1991*	No. 7	at Boston College	W 106–85	22–3 (9–3)	Silvio O. Conte Forum Boston, MA
Feb 18, 1991*	No. 7	Florida State	W 88–79	23–3	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Feb 20, 1991*	No. 5	at No. 18 St. John's	L 72–77[2]	23–4 (9–4)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
Feb 24, 1991*	No. 5	No. 22 Pittsburgh	W 89–68[3]	24–4 (10–4)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Feb 26, 1991*	No. 6	at Villanova	W 77–63	25–4 (11–4)	The Pavilion Philadelphia, PA
Mar 3, 1991*	No. 6	Georgetown	W 62–58[4]	26–4 (12–4)	Carrier Dome (33,048) Syracuse, NY
Big East Tournament
Mar 8, 1991*	No. 4	vs. Villanova Big East Tournament Quarterfinal	L 68–70[5]	26–5	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1991*	(2 E) No. 7	vs. (15 E) Richmond	L 69–73[6]	26–6	Cole Field House College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in EST.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	13	7	4	3	3	3	3	8	8	6	8	7	7	5	6	4	7
Coaches	16	7	4	3	3	4	4	8	8	7	8	8	7	5	6	4	8

Awards and honors

Billy Owens – Big East Player of the Year

1991 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	3	Billy Owens	Sacramento Kings
1	22	LeRon Ellis	Los Angeles Clippers

[7]

References

sports-reference.com 1990-91 Big East Conference Season Summary
"ST. JOHN'S TRIPS UP SYRACUSE, 77-72". The Washington Post. February 21, 1991. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
"Syracuse Nears Title Outright". The New York Times. February 25, 1991. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
"IN THE END, SYRACUSE PREVAILS OVER HOYAS". The Washington Post. March 4, 1991. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
"Orangemen's Blunders Lead to 70-68 Upset". The New York Times. March 9, 1991. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
"East Regional; Syracuse Stopped Cold at Start of N.C.A.A." The New York Times. March 15, 1991. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
"1991 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

External links

1990-91 Syracuse FINAL (26-6, 12-4) Syracuse Combined Team Statistics
1990-1991 Syracuse Orangemen at Orangehoops.org

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[1] sports-reference.com 1990-91 Big East Conference Season Summary

[2] "ST. JOHN'S TRIPS UP SYRACUSE, 77-72". The Washington Post. February 21, 1991. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

[3] "Syracuse Nears Title Outright". The New York Times. February 25, 1991. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

[4] "IN THE END, SYRACUSE PREVAILS OVER HOYAS". The Washington Post. March 4, 1991. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

[5] "Orangemen's Blunders Lead to 70-68 Upset". The New York Times. March 9, 1991. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

[6] "East Regional; Syracuse Stopped Cold at Start of N.C.A.A." The New York Times. March 15, 1991. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

[7] "1991 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

Syracuse Orange men's basketball
Venues	Archbold Gymnasium (1908–1947; 1952–1955) State Fair Coliseum (1947–1951) Onondaga County War Memorial (1951–1952; 1955–1962) Manley Field House (1962–1980) Carrier Dome (1980–present) Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center (practice)
Rivalries	Connecticut
Culture & lore	"McNamara's Band" Otto the Orange Scandal 6-overtime game Syracuse ISP Sports Network
People	Head coaches All-Century Team Statistical leaders
Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

1990–91 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Syracuse	12	–	4	.750	26	–	6	.813
No. 20 St. John's	10	–	6	.625	23	–	9	.719
Connecticut	9	–	7	.563	20	–	11	.645
No. 13 Seton Hall †	9	–	7	.563	25	–	9	.735
Pittsburgh	9	–	7	.563	21	–	12	.636
Georgetown	8	–	8	.500	19	–	13	.594
Providence	7	–	9	.438	19	–	13	.594
Villanova	7	–	9	.438	17	–	15	.531
Boston College	1	–	15	.063	11	–	19	.367

† 1991 Big East Tournament winner As of April 1, 1991[1]; Rankings from AP Poll