1990–91 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

1990–91 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
1990–91 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	19–11 (11–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Larry Eustachy (1st season);
Assistant coach	Steve Barnes (3rd season)
Home arena	Kibbie Dome
	Seasons ← 1989–90 1991–92 →

1990–91 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Montana †	13	–	3	.813	23	–	8	.742
Nevada	12	–	4	.750	17	–	14	.548
Idaho	11	–	5	.688	19	–	11	.633
Boise State	10	–	6	.625	17	–	10	.630
Idaho State	7	–	9	.438	11	–	18	.379
Weber State	7	–	9	.438	12	–	16	.429
Montana State	6	–	10	.375	12	–	16	.429
Eastern Washington	5	–	11	.313	11	–	16	.407
Northern Arizona	1	–	15	.063	4	–	23	.148

† Conference tournament winner

The 1990–91 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Vandals were led by first-year head coach Larry Eustachy and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.

The Vandals were 17–10 overall in the regular season and 11–5 in conference play, third place in the league standings.^[1]^[2]

At the conference tournament in Missoula, the Vandals defeated second-seed Nevada by nineteen points in the semifinals and were on the verge of a third consecutive title,^[3] but lost by eight points in the final to host Montana.^[4]^[5]

Postseason results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Big Sky tournament
Wed, March 6 5:30 pm	(3)	vs. (6) Weber State Quarterfinal	W 60–54	18–10	Dahlberg Arena (3,500) Missoula, Montana
Fri, March 8 5:30 pm	(3)	vs. (2) Nevada Semifinal	W 93–74	19–10	Dahlberg Arena (6,056) Missoula, Montana
Sat, March 9 6:07 pm, ESPN	(3)	at (1) Montana Final	L 68–76	19–11	Dahlberg Arena (7,156) Missoula, Montana
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.

References

^ "Big Sky standings". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). March 3, 1991. p. 5C.
^ Schulte, Chris (March 5, 1991). "Idaho to meet Wildcats in BSC tourney". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 6A.
^ Schulte, Chris (March 9, 1991). "UI shoots down Wolf Pack". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 1D.
^ Schulte, Chris (March 11, 1991). "Watson shines in title game loss for UI". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 1B.
^ Grummert, Dale (March 10, 1991). "Montana breaks through to beat Idaho". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.

External links

Sports Reference – Idaho Vandals: 1990–91 basketball season
Gem of the Mountains: 1991 University of Idaho yearbook – 1990–91 basketball season
Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1991 editions

[cstgs-1] "Big Sky standings". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). March 3, 1991. p. 5C.

[itmwc-2] Schulte, Chris (March 5, 1991). "Idaho to meet Wildcats in BSC tourney". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 6A.

[cswp-3] Schulte, Chris (March 9, 1991). "UI shoots down Wolf Pack". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 1D.

[wsitgl-4] Schulte, Chris (March 11, 1991). "Watson shines in title game loss for UI". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 1B.

[mbttbi-5] Grummert, Dale (March 10, 1991). "Montana breaks through to beat Idaho". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.

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v t e Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Venues	Armory and Gymnasium (1905–1928) Memorial Gymnasium (1928–1976, 2020–21) Kibbie Dome / Cowan Spectrum (1976–2021) Idaho Central Credit Union Arena (2021–present)
Rivalries	Washington State
Culture & lore	Go, Vandals, Go
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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