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1990–91 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

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1990–91 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record15–15 (8–10 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home arenaWisconsin Field House
Seasons
1990–91 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Ohio State 15 3   .833 27 4   .871
No. 3 Indiana 15 3   .833 29 5   .853
Illinois 11 7   .611 21 10   .677
Michigan State 11 7   .611 19 11   .633
Iowa 9 9   .500 21 11   .656
Purdue 9 9   .500 17 12   .586
Wisconsin 8 10   .444 15 15   .500
Michigan 7 11   .389 14 15   .483
Minnesota 5 13   .278 12 16   .429
Northwestern 0 18   .000 5 23   .179
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990–91 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Steve Yoder, coaching his ninth season with Wisconsin. The Badgers finished 15-15, 8–10 in Big Ten play to finish in seventh place. Wisconsin earned a postseason bid to the National Invitation Tournament for the second time in three seasons.

Roster

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1990–91 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 3 Jason Johnsen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 192 lb (87 kg) RS Fr New Hope, Minnesota
G 4 Larry Hisle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 208 lb (94 kg) So Mequon, Wisconsin
G 10 Billy Douglass 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) RS Jr Lake Forest, Illinois
G 12 Brian Good 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Rossville, Indiana
G 20 Kass Weaver 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 173 lb (78 kg) Fr Olympia Fields, Illinois
G 21 Jay Peters 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 187 lb (85 kg) RS Jr Janesville, Wisconsin
G/F 23 Willie Simms 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Pontiac, Michigan
F 32 Carlton McGee 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 202 lb (92 kg) RS Fr Milwaukee, Wisconsin
F 33 Louis Ely 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 192 lb (87 kg) So Harvey, Illinois
F 34 Howard Moore Current redshirt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 191 lb (87 kg) Fr Chicago, Illinois
F 40 John Ellenson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 204 lb (93 kg) RS Sr Menomonie, Wisconsin
F 41 Damon Harrell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Madison, Wisconsin
F 43 Patrick Tompkins 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Sr Waukegan, Illinois
G 44 Tim Locum 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Sr Flora, Illinois
C 52 Grant Johnson 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 236 lb (107 kg) RS Fr Plymouth, Minnesota
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

[1] *transfer from Ripon College

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
11/24/1990*
at Oregon W 72–70 OT 1–0
McArthur Court 
Eugene, OR
11/29/1990*
San Francisco State W 72–53  2–0
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
12/1/1990*
at Portland W 65–49  3–0
Moody Coliseum 
University Park, TX
12/4/1990*
at Marquette L 58–69  3–1
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, WI
12/8/1990*
Southern Indiana L 66–78  3–2
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
12/11/1990*
Nebraska L 63–75  3–3
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
12/15/1990*
at Butler L 88–94 2OT 3–4
Hinkle Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
12/22/1990*
Texas–Arlington W 105–74  4–4
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
12/31/1990*
Tennessee Tech W 71–65  5–4
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/5/1991*
Portland W 74–50  6–4
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/7/1991
Minnesota W 72–62  7–4 (1–0)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/10/1991
at Michigan State L 50–65  7–5 (1–1)
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
1/12/1991
at No. 4 Ohio State L 60–92  7–6 (1–2)
St. John Arena 
Columbus, OH
1/17/1991
No. 24 Iowa W 91–79  8–6 (2–2)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/19/1991
Michigan L 68–69 OT 8–7 (2–3)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/24/1991
at Northwestern W 74–57  9–7 (3–3)
Welsh–Ryan Arena 
Evanston, IL
1/26/1991
Purdue W 66–44  10–7 (4–3)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/30/1991
at No. 4 Indiana L 57–73  10–8 (4–4)
Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
2/2/1991
at Illinois L 62–70  10–9 (4–5)
Assembly Hall 
Champaign, IL
2/9/1991
No. 25 Michigan State W 84–78 2OT 11–9 (5–5)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
2/14/1991
No. 2 Ohio State L 71–73  11–10 (5–6)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
2/16/1991
at Iowa W 56–55  12–10 (6–6)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
2/21/1991
at Michigan L 62–65  12–11 (6–7)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, MI
2/24/1991
Northwestern W 79–76  13–11 (7–7)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
2/28/1991
at Purdue L 62–69  13–12 (7–8)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
3/2/1991
No. 5 Indiana L 61–74  13–13 (7–9)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
3/6/1991
Illinois W 85–77  14–13 (8–9)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
3/9/1991
at Minnesota L 70–80  14–14 (8–10)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN
National Invitation Tournament
3/13/1991*
Bowling Green
First Round
W 87–79 OT 15–14
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
3/18/1991*
Stanford
Second Round
L 72–80  15–15
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Player statistics

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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
Simms, Willie 29 28 921 31.8 421 14.5 153 267 .573 1 3 .333 114 179 .637 - - 149 5.1 98 101 4 27 91
Tompkins, Patrick 30 30 1091 36.4 423 14.1 164 258 .636 0 2 .000 95 147 .646 - - 264 8.8 78 81 25 23 66
Locum, Tim 30 26 871 29.0 330 11.0 107 212 .505 65 134 .485 51 59 .864 - - 75 2.5 53 54 3 25 52
Hisle, Larry 28 16 660 23.6 244 8.7 71 170 .418 34 97 .351 68 94 .723 - - 62 2.2 52 57 1 13 44
Ellenson, John 30 23 712 23.7 202 6.7 71 159 .447 33 87 .379 27 34 .794 - - 83 2.8 46 45 10 18 55
McGee, Carlton 26 8 380 14.6 130 5.0 51 105 .486 0 0 .000 28 46 .609 - - 45 1.7 18 32 16 10 44
Good, Brian 13 0 312 24.0 45 3.5 11 29 .379 10 21 .476 13 14 .929 - - 8 0.6 12 7 0 2 6
Ely, Louis 20 0 177 8.9 65 3.3 27 48 .563 0 0 .000 11 22 .500 - - 35 1.8 2 14 20 2 17
Peters, Jay 28 6 419 15.0 83 3.0 29 59 .492 18 43 .419 7 11 .636 - - 24 0.9 50 31 3 21 47
Weaver, Kass 16 0 95 5.9 46 2.9 15 34 .441 10 18 .556 6 9 .667 - - 14 0.9 4 13 2 3 7
Douglass, Billy 21 13 305 14.5 23 1.1 12 45 .267 3 12 .250 16 21 .762 - - 23 1.1 30 23 3 8 32
Harrell, Damon 23 2 159 6.9 23 1.0 11 33 .333 0 0 .000 1 7 .143 - - 32 1.4 6 10 6 4 28
Johnsen, Jason 12 0 41 3.4 6 0.5 2 14 .143 0 5 .000 2 2 1.000 - - 6 0.5 7 4 0 2 6
Johnson, Grant 8 0 33 4.1 3 0.4 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 3 .333 - - 8 1.0 1 3 3 1 7
Total 30 - 6175 41.2 2123 70.8 743 1476 .503 186 450 .413 451 661 .682 - - 900 30.0 469 482 96 160 514
Opponents 30 - 6175 41.2 2094 69.8 801 1701 .471 134 370 .362 358 517 .693 - - 893 29.8 410 386 62 221 569
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

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All-Big Ten

  • Patrick Tompkins - 1st Team (media), 2nd Team (coaches)
  • Willie Simms - Honorable Mention

References

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  1. ^ "1990-91 Wisconsin Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wisconsin Athletic Dept. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-01-06.