1989–90 Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team
Appearance
1989–90 Coppin State Eagles men's basketball | |
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MEAC Regular season champions MEAC tournament champions | |
Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
Record | 26–7 (15–1 MEAC) |
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Home arena | Coppin Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coppin State † | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida A&M | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethune–Cookman | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina A&T | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland Eastern Shore | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morgan State | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1990 MEAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1989–90 Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team represented Coppin State University during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 4th year head coach Fang Mitchell, played their home games at the Coppin Center and were members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 26–7, 15–1 in MEAC play to win the conference regular season title. The Eagles then went on to win the MEAC tournament title to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament – the first in school history – as No. 15 seed in the Southeast region. Coppin State lost in the first round to No. 2 seed Syracuse, 70–48.
Roster
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Schedule
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 25, 1989* |
at Maine | L 64–69 | 0–1 |
Alfond Arena Orono, Maine | |||||||
Nov 27, 1989* |
at Creighton | W 66–60 | 1–1 |
Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska | |||||||
Dec 1, 1989* |
vs. Morehead State | W 79–70 | 2–1 |
Irving Gymnasium Muncie, Indiana | |||||||
Dec 2, 1989* |
at Ball State | L 66–71 | 2–2 |
Irving Gymnasium Muncie, Indiana | |||||||
Dec 4, 1989* |
at Toledo | W 77–73 | 3–2 |
John F. Savage Hall Toledo, Ohio | |||||||
Dec 12, 1989* |
at Maryland | W 70–63[2] | 4–2 |
Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland | |||||||
Dec 14, 1989* |
at Maryland-Baltimore County | L 73–79 | 4–3 |
RAC Arena Catonsville, Maryland | |||||||
Dec 23, 1989* |
vs. Cornell | W 86–79[3] | 5–3 |
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Dec 24, 1989* |
vs. George Mason | L 59–74 | 5–4 |
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MEAC tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 1, 1990* |
vs. Morgan State MEAC Tournament Quarterfinal |
W 90–67 | 24–6 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina | |||||||
Mar 2, 1990* |
vs. South Carolina State MEAC Tournament Semifinal |
W 48–37 | 25–6 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina | |||||||
Mar 3, 1990* |
at North Carolina A&T MEAC tournament championship |
W 54–50 | 26–6 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 16, 1990* |
(15 SE) | vs. (2 SE) No. 6 Syracuse First Round |
L 48–70 | 26–7 |
Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SE=Southeast. All times are in Eastern Time. |
References
[edit]- ^ "1989-90 Coppin State Eagles Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ "Coppin St. Knocks Off Terrapins". The Washington Post. December 13, 1989. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Basking in the Hawaiian Sun, Coppin State Feels the Glare of the Limelight". The Washington Post. December 23, 1989. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "2019-20 Coppin State Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Coppin State University Athletics. Retrieved May 8, 2020.