1989–90 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team

1989–90 ACC men's basketball standings
	† 1990 ACC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball
1989–90 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball
Kuppenheimer Classic Champions; ACC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 9
1989–90 record	28–7 (8–6 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Cremins (9th season);
Assistant coaches	Kevin Cantwell (4th season); Sherman Dillard (2nd season); Jimmy Hebron (9th season);
Home arena	Alexander Memorial Coliseum

The 1989–90 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1989–90 NCAA men's basketball season. Led by 9th year head coach Bobby Cremins and the talented trio dubbed "Lethal Weapon 3" – ACC Player of the Year Dennis Scott, National Freshman of the Year Kenny Anderson, and Brian Oliver – the Yellow Jackets were ACC Tournament Champions and reached the 1990 Final Four.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	12	Kenny Anderson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	166 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Rego Park, New York
F	15	Darryl Barnes	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	Fr	Brooklyn, New York
G	34	Rod Belanis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Fr	Williamsburg, Virginia
G	23	Brian Black	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	Fr	Marietta, Georgia
G	5	Karl Brown	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	Sr	Leicester, England
G	3	Brian Domalik	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	164 lb (74 kg)	Jr	Leesburg, Virginia
F	32	Malcolm Mackey	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	Fr	Chattanooga, Tennessee
F/C	44	Johnny McNeil	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	Sr	High Point, North Carolina
C	24	James Munlyn	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	Jr	Aiken, South Carolina
F	33	Ivano Newbill	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Macon, Georgia
G	13	Brian Oliver	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	Sr	Smyrna, Georgia
G/F	4	Dennis Scott	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	229 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Reston, Virginia
G	14	Greg White	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	So	Norcross, Georgia

Head coach

Bobby Cremins (South Carolina)

Assistant coach(es)

Kevin Cantwell
Sherman Dillard
Jimmy Hebron

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/21/1989*	No. 22	Georgia State	W 108-83	1-0	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
11/21/1989*	No. 21	Richmond	W 87-74	2-0	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
12/4/1989*	No. 21	vs. No. 18 Pittsburgh ACC–Big East Challenge	W 93-92[3]	3-0	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
12/11/1989*	No. 18	North Carolina A&T Aggies	W 101-87	4-0	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
12/16/1989*	No. 15	vs. Georgia Rivalry	W 92-89	5-0	The Omni Atlanta, GA
12/19/1989*	No. 14	Coastal Carolina	W 109-82	6-0	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
12/27/1989*	No. 14	vs. Morehead State Kuppenheimer Classic	W 98-76	7-0	The Omni Atlanta, GA
12/28/1989*	No. 14	vs. Pittsburgh Kuppenheimer Classic	W 111-92	8-0	The Omni Atlanta, GA
1/2/1990*	No. 12	Marist	W 86-77	9-0	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
ACC Regular Season
1/6/1990	No. 12	at Wake Forest	W 91-79	10-0 (1-0)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
1/11/1990	No. 9	No. 10 Duke	L 91-96	10-1 (1-1)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
1/13/1990	No. 9	No. 17 NC State	W 92-85	11-1 (2-1)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
1/16/1990*	No. 11	Temple	W 59-57	12-1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
1/21/1990	No. 11	at Virginia	L 79-81	12-2 (2-2)	University Hall Charlottesville, VA
1/25/1990	No. 13	at Clemson	L 90-91	12-3 (2-3)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
1/28/1990	No. 13	at No. 8 Duke	L 86-88	12-4 (2-4)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
2/1/1990	No. 17	No. 25 North Carolina	W 102-75	13-4 (3-4)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
2/3/1990	No. 17	at Maryland	W 90-84	14-4 (4-4)	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, MD
2/7/1990	No. 16	Wake Forest	W 79-70	15-4 (5-4)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
2/10/1990*	No. 16	at No. 15 Louisville	W 94-84	16-4	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
2/13/1990	No. 13	Maryland	W 80-78	17-4 (6-4)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
2/15/1990*	No. 16	vs. Fordham	W 83-78[4]	18-4	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
2/17/1990	No. 13	at NC State	W 95-92	19-4 (7-4)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
2/22/1990	No. 8	Virginia	L 71-73	19-5 (7-5)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
2/25/1990*	No. 8	at Notre Dame	W 88-80	20-5	Purcell Pavilion at The Joyce Center South Bend, IN
2/28/1990	No. 11	at North Carolina	L 79-81	20-6 (7-6)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
3/3/1990	No. 12	No. 20 Clemson	W 85-69	21-6 (8-6)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
ACC Tournament
3/9/1990*	No. 14	vs. NC State ACC Tournament Quarterfinal	W 76-67	22-6 (8-6)	Bojangles Coliseum Charlotte, NC
3/10/1990*	No. 14	vs. No. 12 Duke ACC Tournament Semifinal	W 83-72	23-6 (8-6)	Bojangles Coliseum Charlotte, NC
3/11/1990*	No. 14	vs. Virginia ACC Tournament Championship	W 70-61	24-6 (8-6)	Bojangles Coliseum Charlotte, NC
NCAA Tournament
3/15/1990 CBS	(4 SE) No. 9	vs. (13 SE) East Tennessee State NCAA Tournament Round of 64	W 99-83[5]	25-6 (8-6)	Knoxville, TN Thompson–Boling Arena
3/17/1990 CBS	(4 SE) No. 9	vs. (5 SE) No. 19 LSU NCAA Tournament Round of 32	W 94-91[6]	26-6 (8-6)	Knoxville, TN Thompson–Boling Arena
3/23/1990 CBS	(4 SE) No. 9	vs. (1 SE) No. 3 Michigan State Southeast Regional Semifinal	W 81-80 ^OT[7]	27-6 (8-6)	New Orleans, LA Louisiana Superdome
3/25/1990 CBS	(4 SE) No. 9	vs. (6 SE) No. 20 Minnesota Southeast Regional Final	W 93-91[8]	28-6 (8-6)	New Orleans, LA Louisiana Superdome
3/31/1990 CBS	(4 SE) No. 9	vs. (1 W) No. 2 UNLV NCAA Final Four - National Semifinal	L 81-90[9]	28-7 (8-6)	McNichols Sports Arena Denver, CO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Awards

All-Americans

Dennis Scott – Consensus 2nd Team
Kenny Anderson – 3rd Team (AP), 2nd Team (NABC)

Wayman Tisdale Award (National Freshman of the Year)

Kenny Anderson

Naismith College Coach of the Year

Bobby Cremins

ACC Player of the Year[10]

Dennis Scott

ACC Rookie of the Year

Kenny Anderson

Players in the 1990 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	4	Dennis Scott	Orlando Magic

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References

College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-Feb-17.
"1990 NCAA Final Four program". March 1990. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
"Georgia Tech Defeats Pitt, 93-92". New York Times. December 5, 1989. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
"Anderson Enjoys A Happy Return". New York Times. February 16, 1990. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
"NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT : SOUTHEAST REGIONAL : Popeye Can't Finish Off Michigan State; Georgia Tech 99, East Tennessee State 83". Los Angeles Times. March 16, 1990. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
"Tech Reaches New Heights In Outlasting LSU, 94-91". Orlando Sentinel. March 18, 1990. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
"Georgia Tech Beats Clock (?), Michigan State in Overtime". Los Angeles Times. March 24, 1990. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
"Ga.Tech Defies Odds and Gophers". New York Times. March 26, 1990. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
"Nevada-Las Vegas 90, Georgia Tech 81". United Press International. March 31, 1990. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
"Dennis Scott named AP's ACC Player of the Year". The Courier-Journal via newspapers.com. March 14, 1990. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
"1990 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 7, 2018.

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[1] College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-Feb-17.

[2] "1990 NCAA Final Four program". March 1990. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

[3] "Georgia Tech Defeats Pitt, 93-92". New York Times. December 5, 1989. Retrieved February 17, 2018.

[4] "Anderson Enjoys A Happy Return". New York Times. February 16, 1990. Retrieved February 17, 2018.

[5] "NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT : SOUTHEAST REGIONAL : Popeye Can't Finish Off Michigan State; Georgia Tech 99, East Tennessee State 83". Los Angeles Times. March 16, 1990. Retrieved February 17, 2018.

[6] "Tech Reaches New Heights In Outlasting LSU, 94-91". Orlando Sentinel. March 18, 1990. Retrieved February 17, 2018.

[7] "Georgia Tech Beats Clock (?), Michigan State in Overtime". Los Angeles Times. March 24, 1990. Retrieved February 17, 2018.

[8] "Ga.Tech Defies Odds and Gophers". New York Times. March 26, 1990. Retrieved February 17, 2018.

[9] "Nevada-Las Vegas 90, Georgia Tech 81". United Press International. March 31, 1990. Retrieved February 17, 2018.

[10] "Dennis Scott named AP's ACC Player of the Year". The Courier-Journal via newspapers.com. March 14, 1990. Retrieved February 17, 2018.

[11] "1990 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 7, 2018.

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