1989–90 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1989–90 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1989–90 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	14–17 (4–14 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Yoder (8th season);
Home arena	Wisconsin Field House
	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 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Steve Yoder, coaching his eighth season with Wisconsin. The Badgers finished 14-17, 4-14 in Big Ten play to finish in eighth place.

Offseason

Yoder's top assistant Brad McNulty, suspended without pay since August 1, 1989, was fired just prior to his eighth season at Wisconsin for billing personal phone calls to the university from January 1988 to May 1989. McNulty made 51 calls to Nevada hotel casinos, which cost the university over $2,000 and resulted in a felony charge.^[1]^[2]

Roster

1989–90 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	4	Larry Hisle, Jr.	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Mequon, WI
G	5	Jason Johnsen	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	New Hope, MN
G	10	Billy Douglass	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS So	Lake Forest, IL
G	12	Brian Good	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Rossville, IN
G	20	Byron Robinson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Jr	Springfield, IL
G/F	23	Willie Simms	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Pontiac, MI
F	32	Carlton McGee	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Milwaukee, WI
F	40	John Ellenson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Jr	Menomonie, WI
F	33	Louis Ely (I)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Harvey, IL
F	41	Damon Harrell	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Madison, WI
F	43	Patrick Tompkins	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Waukegan, IL
G	44	Tim Locum (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Flora, IL
F	50	Danny Jones (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Rockford, IL
C	52	Grant Johnson	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Plymouth, MN
F/C	53	Kurt Portmann (C)	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Sheboygan, WI

Head coach

Steve Yoder (Illinois Wesleyan)

Assistant coach(es)

Ray McCallum (Ball State)
Jonathan Williams (Ball State)
Charles Schramm (Northern Illinois)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/24/1989*	vs. Eastern Michigan San Juan Shootout	L 52–71	0–1	Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR
11/25/1989*	vs. Western Kentucky San Juan Shootout	W 73–62	1–1	Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR
11/26/1989*	vs. Bradley San Juan Shootout	W 63–57	2–1	Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR
11/28/1989*	North Dakota State	W 81–55	3–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/1/1989*	vs. Gonzaga First Bank Classic	W 63–58	4–1	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
12/2/1989*	vs. Marquette First Bank Classic	W 63–58 ^OT	5–1	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
12/4/1989*	at Washington State	L 52–55	5–2	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
12/7/1989*	Western Illinois	W 69–42	6–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/9/1989*	Butler	W 75–59	7–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/15/1989*	Rollins	W 68–46	8–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/28/1989*	vs. Georgia Tribune Classic	L 64–65	8–3	ASU Activity Center Tempe, AZ
12/29/1989*	vs. Manhattan Tribune Classic	W 63–48	9–3	ASU Activity Center Tempe, AZ
1/4/1990	at No. 4 Illinois	L 59–73	9–4 (0–1)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
1/6/1990	Michigan State	L 61–64	9–5 (0–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/11/1990	Iowa	W 73–69 ^OT	10–5 (1–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/13/1990	at Ohio State	L 53–68	10–6 (1–3)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
1/17/1990	No. 24 Purdue	L 54–56	10–7 (1–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/22/1990	No. 21 Minnesota	W 77–75	11–7 (2–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/25/1990	No. 10 Illinois	L 63–66	11–8 (2–5)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/27/1990	at Northwestern	L 85–87	11–9 (2–6)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/1/1990	at No. 22 Indiana	L 61–85	11–10 (2–7)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/3/1990	No. 4 Michigan	L 63–77	11–11 (2–8)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/8/1990	at No. 23 Michigan State	L 57–60	11–12 (2–9)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
2/10/1990	at Iowa	W 80–71	12–12 (3–9)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/15/1990	Ohio State	L 58–68	12–13 (3–10)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/17/1990	at No. 12 Purdue	L 55–62	12–14 (3–11)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
2/19/1990*	Marquette	W 82–65	13–14	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/22/1990	at No. 18 Minnesota	L 67–68	13–15 (3–12)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
3/1/1990	Northwestern	W 65–60	14–15 (4–12)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/3/1990	Indiana	L 68–70	14–16 (4–13)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/8/1990	at No. 13 Michigan	L 64–94	14–17 (4–14)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Player statistics

Individual player statistics (Final)
			Minutes		Scoring		Total FGs			3-point FGs			Free Throws			Rebounds
Player	GP	GS	Tot	Avg	Pts	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	3FG	3FA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	A	TO	Blk	Stl	PF
Jones, Danny	31	31	1043	33.6	548	17.7	215	412	.522	0	4	.000	118	188	.628	-	-	140	4.5	26	68	15	20	91
Simms, Willie	30	30	970	32.3	400	13.3	153	284	.539	2	6	.333	92	146	.630	-	-	145	4.8	97	99	11	33	85
Locum, Tim	30	19	792	26.4	295	9.8	94	194	.485	67	143	.469	40	45	.889	-	-	69	2.3	67	35	0	33	61
Tompkins, Patrick	28	19	719	25.7	186	6.6	73	146	.500	0	2	.000	40	80	.500	-	-	178	6.4	29	56	10	17	67
Good, Brian	30	5	471	15.7	170	5.7	41	111	.369	31	81	.383	57	63	.905	-	-	21	0.7	37	25	0	12	35
Hisle, Larry	31	12	516	16.6	141	4.5	46	126	.365	17	52	.327	32	46	.696	-	-	44	1.4	33	46	7	18	48
Portmann, Kurt	31	16	652	21.0	115	3.7	53	127	.417	0	2	.000	9	25	.360	-	-	134	4.3	37	42	30	24	77
Douglass, Billy	31	17	525	16.9	86	2.8	32	72	.444	9	19	.474	13	18	.722	-	-	41	1.3	65	41	1	17	49
Ellenson, John	30	6	368	12.3	58	1.9	26	54	.481	1	2	.500	5	17	.294	-	-	57	1.9	39	18	4	12	32
Robinson, Byron	9	0	71	7.9	12	1.3	3	8	.375	0	0	.000	6	6	1.000	-	-	13	1.4	11	7	0	3	13
Harrell, Damon	19	0	123	6.5	20	1.1	8	24	.333	0	0	.000	4	8	.500	-	-	19	1.0	4	11	0	6	11
Total	31	-	6250	40.3	2031	65.5	744	1558	.478	121	311	.408	416	642	.648	-	-	933	30.1	445	450	78	195	569
Opponents	31	-	6250	40.3	2004	64.6	721	1591	.453	117	313	.374	445	622	.715	-	-	951	30.7	363	440	59	189	580

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	Tot	Total count	Avg	Average per game	Pts	Points
FG	Field goals made	FGA	Field goal attempts	3FG	3-pointers made	3FA	3-point attempts	FT	Free throws made
FTA	Free throw attempts	Off	Offensive rebounds	Def	Defensive rebounds	A	Assists	TO	Turnovers
Blk	Blocks	Stl	Steals	PF	Personal fouls	Team high

Awards and honors

Danny Jones was named Second Team All-Big Ten by the media at the conclusion of the season.

References

^ Tribune, Chicago (September 23, 1989). "Tennis: Top-seeded Michael Chang had no trouble..." chicagotribune.com. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
^ Lueders, Bill (June 21, 2007). "A lawyer in the limelight". Isthmus | Madison, Wisconsin. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
^ "1989-90 Wisconsin Badgers Roster and Stats". Retrieved June 15, 2019.
^ "1989-90 Wisconsin Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wisconsin Athletic Dept. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved January 6, 2024.

[1] Tribune, Chicago (September 23, 1989). "Tennis: Top-seeded Michael Chang had no trouble..." chicagotribune.com. Retrieved June 12, 2020.

[2] Lueders, Bill (June 21, 2007). "A lawyer in the limelight". Isthmus | Madison, Wisconsin. Retrieved June 12, 2020.

[3] "1989-90 Wisconsin Badgers Roster and Stats". Retrieved June 15, 2019.

[4] "1989-90 Wisconsin Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wisconsin Athletic Dept. Retrieved June 15, 2019.

[5] "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved January 6, 2024.

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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics