1989–90 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1989–90 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1989–90 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, second round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 10
Record	22–8 (13–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Bruce Weber (10th season); Tom Reiter (4th season); Steve Lavin (2nd season);
Home arena	Mackey Arena
	Seasons ← 1988–89 1990–91 →

1989–90 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Michigan State	15	–	3	.833	28	–	6	.824
No. 10 Purdue	13	–	5	.722	22	–	8	.733
No. 13 Michigan	12	–	6	.667	23	–	8	.742
No. 18 Illinois	11	–	7	.611	21	–	8	.724
No. 20 Minnesota	11	–	7	.611	23	–	9	.719
Ohio State	10	–	8	.556	17	–	13	.567
Indiana	8	–	10	.444	18	–	11	.621
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	14	–	17	.452
Iowa	4	–	14	.222	12	–	16	.429
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	9	–	19	.321

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989–90 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1989–90 college basketball season. Led by head coach Gene Keady, the team finished second in the Big Ten regular season standings. The Boilermakers earned the #2 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA tournament, but were upset in the second round by Texas, finishing the season with a 22–8 record (13-5 Big Ten).

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	12	Matt Painter	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr	Ft. Wayne, Indiana
G	25	Tony Jones	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr	Ft. Wayne, Indiana
G/F	32	Jimmy Oliver	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Morrilton, Arkansas
F/C	55	Steve Scheffler	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Sr	Grand Rapids, Michigan

Head coach

Gene Keady (Kansas State)

Assistant coach(es)

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
Regular Season
Nov 24, 1989*		Ball State	W 57–43	1–0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 30, 1989*		at Utah	W 65–63	2–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Dec 2, 1989*		at Long Beach State	L 69–70	2–1	Gold Mine Long Beach, California
Dec 7, 1989*		at Illinois State	W 83–69	3–1	Redbird Arena Normal, Illinois
Dec 9, 1989*		Saint Louis	W 61–54	4–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 18, 1989*		at Wichita State	W 62–54	5–1	Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas
Dec 20, 1989*		California	W 60–55	6–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 28, 1989*		vs. Wake Forest	W 66–52	7–1	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec 29, 1989*		at No. 21 Arizona	L 66–85	7–2	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan 3, 1990*		Eastern Illinois	W 82–55	8–2	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 6, 1990		Northwestern	W 93–77	9–2 (1–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 11, 1990		No. 16 Minnesota	W 86–78	10–2 (2–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 13, 1990		at No. 13 Indiana	W 81–79 ^OT	11–2 (3–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
Jan 17, 1990	No. 24	at Wisconsin	W 56–54	12–2 (4–0)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 20, 1990	No. 24	No. 7 Illinois	W 81–68	13–2 (5–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 25, 1990	No. 13	at Ohio State	W 78–66	14–2 (6–0)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Jan 27, 1990	No. 13	Iowa	W 80–59	15–2 (7–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 31, 1990	No. 8	at No. 4 Michigan	W 91–73	16–2 (8–0)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 3, 1990	No. 8	Michigan State	L 53–64	16–3 (8–1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 5, 1990	No. 8	at Northwestern	W 67–60	17–3 (9–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Feb 11, 1990	No. 10	at No. 17 Minnesota	L 72–73	17–4 (9–2)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 17, 1990	No. 12	Wisconsin	W 62–55	18–4 (10–2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 19, 1990*	No. 12	Indiana	W 72–49	19–4 (11–2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 21, 1990	No. 9	at No. 19 Illinois	L 78–90	19–5 (11–3)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
Feb 24, 1990	No. 9	Ohio State	W 75–70	20–5 (12–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 1, 1990	No. 9	at Iowa	L 63–64	20–6 (12–4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 4, 1990	No. 9	No. 8 Michigan	W 79–77	21–6 (13–4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 11, 1990	No. 10	at No. 7 Michigan State	L 70–72	21–7 (13–5)	Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, Michigan
NCAA Tournament
Mar 16, 1990*	(2 MW) No. 10	vs. (15 MW) Northeast Louisiana First Round	W 75–63	22–7	RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 18, 1990*	(2 MW) No. 10	vs. (10 MW) Texas Second Round	L 72–73^[1]	22–8	RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

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Rankings

Awards and honors

Steve Scheffler – Big Ten Player of the Year
Gene Keady – Big Ten Coach of the Year

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	39	Steve Scheffler	Charlotte Hornets

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References

^ "TEXAS ROADBLOCK STOPS PURDUE". Chicago Tribune. March 19, 1990. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
^ "2019-20 Purdue Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
^ "1990 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2020.

[1] "TEXAS ROADBLOCK STOPS PURDUE". Chicago Tribune. March 19, 1990. Retrieved April 25, 2020.

[2] "2019-20 Purdue Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved April 25, 2020.

[3] "1990 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2020.

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Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson upset
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–99 1899–1900 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 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics