1990–91 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team

1990–91 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1991 Big Eight tournament winner; As of April 1, 1991; Rankings from AP poll

Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball
1990–91 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball
Big Eight Regular season co-champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#13
AP	#14
1990–91 record	24–8 (10–4 Big Eight)
Head coach	Eddie Sutton (1st year)
Assistant coach	Bill Self (5th year)
Assistant coach	Rob Evans (1st year)
Assistant coach	Russ Pennell (1st year)
Home arena	Gallagher-Iba Arena; (Capacity: 6,381)
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The 1990–91 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Eddie Sutton and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Cowboys finished with a record of 24–8 (10–4 Big Eight) and won the Big Eight regular season title.

Oklahoma State received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 3 seed in the East region. After defeating New Mexico in the opening round, the school's first NCAA Tournament win in 26 years,^[1] the Cowboys defeated NC State to reach the Sweet Sixteen. The run ended in the East regional semifinal, as Temple defeated OSU to reach the Elite Eight.

Roster

1990–91 Oklahoma State Cowboys men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High school/previous college	Home town
G	5	Corey Williams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Northeast	Macon, Georgia
G	20	Sean Sutton	—	—	Jr
PF	35	Byron Houston	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Star Spencer	Spencer, Oklahoma

Head coach

Eddie Sutton

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 24, 1990*		Colgate	111–47	1–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Nov 27, 1990*		at New Orleans	74–64	2–0	Lakefront Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
Dec 1, 1990*		Tulsa	75–73	3–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Dec 5, 1990*		Centenary	110–58	4–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Dec 8, 1990*		at Wichita State	69–72	4–1	Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas
Dec 13, 1990*		Louisiana Tech	89–58	5–1	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Dec 15, 1990*		Grambling	98–54	6–1	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Dec 19, 1990*		Jacksonville	91–58	7–1	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Dec 22, 1990*		vs. Southern Illinois Old Style Classic	73–85	7–2	Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois
Dec 23, 1990*		at DePaul Old Style Classic	72–70	8–2	Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois
Dec 30, 1990*		at Marquette	70–43	9–2	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jan 2, 1991*		at Missouri-Kansas City	84–67	10–2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Jan 5, 1991		at Missouri	79–80 ^OT	10–3 (0–1)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Jan 12, 1991		Kansas	78–73 ^OT	11–3 (1–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Jan 19, 1991		at #11 Oklahoma	72–76	11–4 (1–2)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 23, 1991*		Southeastern Louisiana	88–46	12–4	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Jan 26, 1991		Kansas State	85–70	13–4 (2–2)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Jan 30, 1991		at Colorado	76–66	14–4 (3–2)	Coors Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Feb 2, 1991		at #11 Nebraska	81–68	15–4 (4–2)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Feb 6, 1991	#22	Iowa State	83–62	16–4 (5–2)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 9, 1991	#22	at #18 Kansas	69–79	16–5 (5–3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Feb 13, 1991	#21	Oklahoma	77–74	17–5 (6–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 16, 1991	#21	Missouri	71–56	18–5 (7–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 19, 1991	#16	at Kansas State	76–65	19–5 (8–3)	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 24, 1991	#16	Colorado	79–67	20–5 (9–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 27, 1991	#12	#15 Nebraska	80–69	21–5 (10–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Mar 2, 1991	#12	at Iowa State	67–68	21–6 (10–4)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
Big Eight Tournament
Mar 8, 1991*	(1) #14	vs. (8) Kansas State Quarterfinals	77–66	22–6	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 9, 1991*	(1) #14	vs. (4) Missouri Semifinals	92–94 ^2OT	22–7	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA tournament
Mar 14, 1991*	(3 E) #14	vs. (14 E) New Mexico First Round	67–54^[1]	23–7	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland
Mar 16, 1991*	(3 E) #14	vs. (6 E) NC State Second Round	73–64^[3]	24–7	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland
Mar 22, 1991*	(3 E) #14	vs. (10 E) Temple Sweet Sixteen	63–72 ^{OT^[4]}	24–8	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Rankings

Awards and honors

Byron Houston – Big Eight co-Player of the Year

References

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1990–91 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Oklahoma State	10	–	4	.714	24	–	8	.750
No. 12 Kansas	10	–	4	.714	27	–	8	.771
No. 11 Nebraska	9	–	5	.643	26	–	8	.765
Missouri †	8	–	6	.571	20	–	10	.667
Iowa State	6	–	8	.429	12	–	19	.387
Oklahoma	5	–	9	.357	20	–	15	.571
Colorado	5	–	9	.357	19	–	14	.576
Kansas State	3	–	11	.214	13	–	15	.464

† 1991 Big Eight tournament winner As of April 1, 1991; Rankings from AP poll