1990 NCAA Tournament

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1990 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

Play In Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box

. It began on March 15, 1990, and ended with the championship game on April 2 in Denver, Colorado. A total of 63 games were played.

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1990 tournament, and their host(s):

First and Second Rounds

March 15 and 17
- East Region
  - Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut (Connecticut)
- Midwest Region
  - Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas (Texas)
- Southeast Region
  - Thompson–Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee (Tennessee)
- West Region
  - Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (Utah)
March 16 and 18
- East Region
  - Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia (Georgia Tech)
- Midwest Region
  - Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana (Butler/IUPUI)
- Southeast Region
  - Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, Virginia (Richmond/VCU)
- West Region
  - Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California (Long Beach State)

Round of 64

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East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Connecticut	16	Boston U	76-52
		2	Kansas	15	Robert Morris	79-71
		3	Duke	14	Richmond	81-46
		4	La Salle	13	Southern Mississippi	79-63
		5	Clemson	12	Brigham Young	49-47
		6	St. John's	11	Temple	81-65
		7	UCLA	10	UAB	68-56
		8	Indiana	9	California	65-63

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Oklahoma	16	Towson State	77-68
		2	Purdue	15	Northeast Louisiana	75-63
		3	Georgetown	14	Texas Southern	70-52
		4	Arkansas	13	Princeton	68-64
		5	Illinois	12	Dayton	88-86
		6	Xavier	11	Kansas State	87-79
		7	Georgia	10	Texas	100-88
		8	North Carolina	9	Southwest Missouri State	83-70

Southeast REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Michigan State	16	Murray State	75-71
		2	Syracuse	15	Coppin State	70-48
		3	Missouri	14	Northern Iowa	74-71
		4	Georgia Tech	13	East Tennessee State	99-83
		5	Louisiana State	12	Villanova	70-63
		6	Minnesota	11	Texas-El Paso	64-61 (OT)
		7	Virginia	10	Notre Dame	75-67
		8	Houston	9	UC Santa Barbara	70-66

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	UNLV	16	Arkansas-Little Rock	102-72
		2	Arizona	15	South Florida	79-67
		3	Michigan	14	Illinois State	76-70
		4	Louisville	13	Idaho	78-59
		5	Oregon State	12	Ball State	54-53
		6	New Mexico State	11	Loyola Marymount	111-92
		7	Alabama	10	Colorado State	71-54
		8	Ohio State	9	Providence	84-83 (OT)

Round of 32

East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Connecticut	9	California	74-54
		2	Kansas	7	UCLA	71-70
		3	Duke	6	St. John's	76-72
		4	La Salle	5	Clemson	79-75

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Oklahoma	8	North Carolina	79-77
		2	Purdue	10	Texas	73-72
		3	Georgetown	6	Xavier	74-71
		4	Arkansas	12	Dayton	86-84

Southeast REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Michigan State	9	UC Santa Barbara	62-58
		2	Syracuse	7	Virginia	63-61
		6	Minnesota	14	Northern Iowa	81-78
		4	Georgia Tech	5	Louisiana State	94-91

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	UNLV	8	Ohio State	76-65
		2	Arizona	7	Alabama	77-55
		3	Michigan	11	Loyola Marymount	149-115
		4	Louisville	12	Ball State	62-60

Sweet 16

East REGIONAL at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey March 22 and 24
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Connecticut	5	Clemson	71-70
	3	Duke	7	UCLA	90-81

Midwest REGIONAL at Reunion Arena, Dallas, March 22 and 24
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	4	Arkansas	8	North Carolina	96-73
	6	Xavier	10	Texas	102-89

Southeast REGIONAL at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans March 23 and 25
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Michigan State	4	Georgia Tech	81-80 (OT)
	2	Syracuse	6	Minnesota	82-75

West REGIONAL at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, March 23 and 25
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	UNLV	12	Ball State	69-67
	7	Alabama	11	Loyola Marymount	62-60

Elite 8

East REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Connecticut	3	Duke	79-78 (ot)

Midwest REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	4	Arkansas	10	Texas	88-85

Southeast EGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	4	Georgia Tech	6	Minnesota	93-91

West REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	UNLV	11	Loyola Marymount	131-101

Final 4

at Denver, CO

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

March 31 and April 2
- McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, Colorado (Colorado)

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	UNLV	4	Georgia Tech	90-81
	3	Duke	4	Arkansas	97-83

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

at Denver, CO


Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	UNLV	3	Duke	103-73

NCAA Results

First Round

Second Round

Regional Semifinals

UNLV leaders: Larry Johnson, Jr., F; Anderson Hunt, So., G; David Butler, Sr., C; Stacey Augmon, Jr., F; Greg Anthony, Jr., G

Top 10 Teams

Rank	Team	W-L	Post-Season Result
1.	Oklahoma	27-5	Lost NCAA 2nd round
2.	UNLV	35-5	NCAA 1st Place
3	Connecticut	31-6	Lost NCAA regionals
4.	Michigan State	28-6	Lost NCAA regionals
5.	Kansas	30-5	Lost NCAA 2nd round
6.	Syracuse	26-7	Lost NCAA regionals
7.	Arkansas	30-5	Lost NCAA semifinals
8.	Georgetown	24-7	Lost NCAA 2nd round
9.	Georgia Tech	28-7	Lost NCAA semifinals
10.	Purdue	22-8	NCAA 2nd round

All-America Team

Pos	Name	Cl.	School
F	Derrick Coleman	Sr.	Syracuse
G	Chris Jackson	So.	LSU
F	Larry Johnson	Jr.	UNLV
G	Gary Payton	Sr.	Oregon State
F	Lionel Simmons	Sr.	LaSalle

All NCAA Tournament Team

Name	Cl.	Pos	Team
Stacey Augman	Jr.	F	UNLV
Phil Henderson	Sr.	G	Duke
Anderson Hunt	So.	G	UNLV
Larry Johnson	Jr.	F	UNLV
Dennis Scott	Jr.	F	Georgia Tech

Team Offense

Loyola (Marymount), 122.4

Notes

A record 68,112 attended LSU's 87-64 victory vs. Notre Dame at the Louisiana Superdome, an all-time record for paid attendance.
Oregon State's Gary Payton scored a national-high 58 points in overtime vs. Southern Cal.
Cleveland State, Kentucky, and North Carolina State were on NCAA probation.
Tragically, Loyola-Marymount's Hank Gathers collapsed on court during the West Coast Conference tournament. He later died.
Vanderbilt def. St. Louis for the title.

Team Defense

Princeton, 51.0

Individual Scoring

1. Bo Kimble	Loyola (Marymount)	35.3
2. Kevin Bradshaw	U.S. International	31.3
3. Dave Jamerson	Ohio U.	31.2
4. Alphonso Ford	Mississippi Valley St.	29.9
5. Steve Rogers	Alabama St.	29.7

Individual Rebounding

1. Anthony Bonner	St. Louis	13.8
2. Eric McArthur	UC-Santa Barbara	13.0
3. Tyrone Hill	Xavier (Ohio)	12.6