# 1990–91 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team

The 1990–91 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by head coach M. K. Turk, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of the Metro Conference. They finished the season 21–8, 10–4 in Metro play to win the conference regular season title. They lost in the quarterfinal round of the Metro tournament to Louisville. Southern Miss received an at-large bid to the 1991 NCAA basketball tournament where they lost in the opening round to NC State, 114–85.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 30, 1990* | No. 19 | vs. No. 6 Alabama | W 84–82 | 1–0 | Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, Mississippi |
| Dec 3, 1990* | No. 15 | Hawaii-Loa | W 105–71 | 2–0 | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Dec 6, 1990* | No. 15 | at Tennessee Tech | L 78–84 | 2–1 | Eblen Center Cookeville, Tennessee |
| Dec 15, 1990* | No. 22 | Northeast Louisiana | W 84–72 | 3–1 | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Dec 28, 1990* | No. 21 | vs. Holy Cross | W 89–86 | 4–1 | |
| Dec 29, 1990* | No. 21 | vs. Wyoming | W 122–112 | 5–1 | |
| Jan 5, 1991 | No. 21 | Florida State | W 84–72 | 6–1 (1–0) | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Jan 10, 1991 | No. 19 | at No. 21 South Carolina | W 64–58 | 7–1 (2–0) | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, South Carolina |
| Jan 12, 1991 | No. 19 | at Virginia Tech | W 101–99 | 8–1 (3–0) | Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia |
| Jan 17, 1991 | No. 18 | Tulane | W 64–57 | 9–1 (4–0) | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Jan 19, 1991 | No. 18 | Memphis State | W 87–77 | 10–1 (5–0) | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Jan 21, 1991* | No. 18 | Texas–Pan American | W 88–72 | 11–1 | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Jan 24, 1991 | No. 15 | at Louisville | W 84–81 | 12–1 (6–0) | Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky |
| Jan 26, 1991 | No. 15 | Cincinnati | L 69–76 | 12–2 (6–1) | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Jan 30, 1991* | No. 17 | at Southwestern Louisiana | W 97–91 | 13–2 | Cajundome Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Feb 2, 1991 | No. 17 | Louisville | W 77–66 | 14–2 (7–1) | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Feb 4, 1991* | No. 12 | at Appalachian State | W 98–74 | 15–2 | Varsity Gymnasium Boone, North Carolina |
| Feb 7, 1991 | No. 12 | Virginia Tech | W 91–79 | 16–2 (8–1) | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Feb 9, 1991 | No. 12 | at Memphis State | W 87–81 | 17–2 (9–1) | Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee |
| Feb 11, 1991* | No. 9 | at McNeese State | W 81–62 | 18–2 | Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, Louisiana |
| Feb 14, 1991* | No. 9 | South Alabama | L 85–92 | 18–3 | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Feb 16, 1991 | No. 9 | South Carolina | W 62–58 | 19–3 (10–1) | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Feb 18, 1991* | No. 11 | at Texas–Pan American | W 88–77 | 20–3 | UTPA Fieldhouse Edinburg, Texas |
| Feb 20, 1991 | No. 11 | at Cincinnati | L 72–86 | 20–4 (10–2) | Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Feb 26, 1991 | No. 14 | at Florida State | L 83–85 | 20–5 (10–3) | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida |
| Feb 28, 1991* | No. 14 | Southeastern Louisiana | W 85–60 | 21–5 | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Mar 2, 1991 | No. 14 | at Tulane | L 65–82 | 21–6 (10–4) | Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Metro tournament ||||||
| Mar 7, 1991* | No. 22 | vs. Louisville Metro tournament Quarterfinal | L 76–83 | 21–7 | Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, Virginia |
| 1991 NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 14, 1991* | (11 E) No. 25 | vs. (6 E) NC State First Round | L 85–114 | 21–8 | Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Awards and honors

* Clarence Weatherspoon – Metro Conference Player of the Year (Second time)

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | 24 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 25 |
| Coaches | 18 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 19 | — |