1990–91 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1990–91 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1990–91 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1991 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	17–12 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Bruce Weber (11th season); Tom Reiter (5th season); Steve Lavin (3rd season);
Home arena	Mackey Arena
	Seasons ← 1989–90 1991–92 →

1990–91 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1990–91 college basketball season. Led by head coach Gene Keady, the Boilermakers earned the #7 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament, but were defeated in the first round by Temple, finishing the season with a 17–12 record (9–9 Big Ten).

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	12	Matt Painter	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So	Ft. Wayne, Indiana
G/F	32	Jimmy Oliver	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Morrilton, Arkansas

Head coach

Gene Keady (Kansas State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
Nov 24, 1990*		Stetson	L 56–58	0–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 26, 1990*		UMass	W 64–53	1–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 30, 1990*		East Carolina	W 78–49	2–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 1, 1990*		Indiana State	W 77–56	3–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 6, 1990*		at California	W 66–65	4–1	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Dec 8, 1990*		at Saint Louis	W 97–77	5–1	Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 15, 1990*		Furman	W 64–51	6–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 20, 1990*		Butler	W 97–81	7–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 22, 1990*		No. 8 North Carolina	L 74–86	7–2	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 29, 1990*		at No. 17 Georgia	W 64–63	8–2	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia
Big Ten Regular Season
Jan 3, 1991		at Northwestern	W 73–70	9–2 (1–0)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Mar 9, 1991		Northwestern	W 77–48	17–11 (9–9)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1991*	(7 E)	vs. (10 E) Temple First Round	L 63–80	17–12	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

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Rankings

Team players drafted into the NBA

For the second consecutive year, a Purdue player was taken with the 39th overall pick.

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	39	Jimmy Oliver	Cleveland Cavaliers

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References

^ "2019-20 Purdue Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
^ "1991 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

[1] "2019-20 Purdue Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

[2] "1991 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

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v t e Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson upset
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics