1990–91 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team

1990–91 Metro Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1991 Metro Conference tournament winner; Rankings from AP Poll

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1990–91 Southern Miss Golden Eagles none's basketball
Metro Conference Regular season champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Metro Conference
Ranking
AP	#25
1990–91 record	21–8 (10–4 Metro)
Head coach	M. K. Turk
Home stadium	Reed Green Coliseum
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The 1990–91 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by head coach M. K. Turk, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of the Metro Conference. They finished the season 21–8, 10–4 in Metro play to win the conference regular season title. They lost in the quarterfinal round of the Metro tournament to Louisville. Southern Miss received an at-large bid to the 1991 NCAA basketball tournament where they lost in the opening round to NC State, 114–85.

Roster

1990–91 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High school/previous college	Home town
G		Russell Johnson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr
G	23	Darrin Chancellor	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr
C	32	Daron Jenkins	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr
F	35	Clarence Weatherspoon	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jr	Motley	Crawford, Mississippi
F	42	Joe Courtney	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS Jr	Mississippi State	Jackson, Mississippi

Head coach

M.K. Turk

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
Nov 30, 1990*	#19	vs. #6 Alabama	84–82	1–0	Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, Mississippi
Dec 3, 1990*	#15	Hawaii-Loa	105–71	2–0	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 6, 1990*	#15	at Tennessee Tech	78–84	2–1	Eblen Center Cookeville, Tennessee
Dec 15, 1990*	#22	Northeast Louisiana	84–72	3–1	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 28, 1990*	#21	vs. Holy Cross	89–86	4–1
Dec 29, 1990*	#21	vs. Wyoming	122–112	5–1
Jan 5, 1991	#21	Florida State	84–72	6–1 (1–0)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 10, 1991	#19	at #21 South Carolina	64–58	7–1 (2–0)	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, South Carolina
Jan 12, 1991	#19	at Virginia Tech	101–99^[2]	8–1 (3–0)	Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia
Jan 17, 1991	#18	Tulane	64–57	9–1 (4–0)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 19, 1991	#18	Memphis State	87–77	10–1 (5–0)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 21, 1991*	#18	Texas–Pan American	88–72	11–1	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 24, 1991	#15	at Louisville	84–81	12–1 (6–0)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Jan 26, 1991	#15	Cincinnati	69–76	12–2 (6–1)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 30, 1991*	#17	at Southwestern Louisiana	97–91	13–2	Cajundome Lafayette, Louisiana
Feb 2, 1991	#17	Louisville	77–66^[3]	14–2 (7–1)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Feb 4, 1991*	#12	at Appalachian State	98–74	15–2	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, North Carolina
Feb 7, 1991	#12	Virginia Tech	91–79	16–2 (8–1)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Feb 9, 1991	#12	at Memphis State	87–81	17–2 (9–1)	Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
Feb 11, 1991*	#9	at McNeese State	81–62	18–2	Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, Louisiana
Feb 14, 1991*	#9	South Alabama	85–92	18–3	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Feb 16, 1991	#9	South Carolina	62–58^[4]	19–3 (10–1)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Feb 18, 1991*	#11	at Texas–Pan American	88–77	20–3	UTPA Fieldhouse Edinburg, Texas
Feb 20, 1991	#11	at Cincinnati	72–86	20–4 (10–2)	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, Ohio
Feb 26, 1991	#14	at Florida State	83–85	20–5 (10–3)	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida
Feb 28, 1991*	#14	Southeastern Louisiana	85–60	21–5	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Mar 2, 1991	#14	at Tulane	65–82	21–6 (10–4)	Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
Metro tournament
Mar 7, 1991*	#22	vs. Louisville Metro tournament Quarterfinal	76–83	21–7	Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, Virginia
1991 NCAA tournament
Mar 14, 1991*	(11 E) #25	vs. (6 E) NC State First Round	85–114^[5]	21–8	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Central Time.

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Awards and honors

Clarence Weatherspoon – Metro Conference Player of the Year (Second time)

Rankings

Ranking movements
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NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
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AP	24	19	15	22	20	21	21	19	18	15	17	12	9	11	14	22	25
Coaches	18	19	16	23	18	22	18	23	20	15	16	12	10	11	16	19	NR
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1990–91 Metro Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 25 Southern Miss	10	–	4	.714	21	–	8	.724
Florida State †	9	–	5	.643	21	–	11	.656
Cincinnati	8	–	6	.571	18	–	12	.600
Tulane	7	–	7	.500	15	–	13	.536
Memphis	7	–	7	.500	17	–	15	.531
Virginia Tech	6	–	8	.429	13	–	16	.448
South Carolina	5	–	9	.357	20	–	13	.606
Louisville	4	–	10	.286	14	–	16	.467

† 1991 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll