# 1990–91 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1990–91 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Steve Yoder, coaching his ninth season with Wisconsin. The Badgers finished 15-15, 8–10 in Big Ten play to finish in seventh place. Wisconsin earned a postseason bid to the National Invitation Tournament for the second time in three seasons.

## Roster

*transfer from Ripon College

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/24/1990* | at Oregon | W 72–70 $^{OT}$ | 1–0 | McArthur Court Eugene, OR |
| 11/29/1990* | San Francisco State | W 72–53 | 2–0 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 12/1/1990* | at Portland | W 65–49 | 3–0 | Moody Coliseum University Park, TX |
| 12/4/1990* | at Marquette | L 58–69 | 3–1 | Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI |
| 12/8/1990* | Southern Indiana | L 66–78 | 3–2 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 12/11/1990* | Nebraska | L 63–75 | 3–3 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 12/15/1990* | at Butler | L 88–94 $^{2OT}$ | 3–4 | Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| 12/22/1990* | Texas–Arlington | W 105–74 | 4–4 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 12/31/1990* | Tennessee Tech | W 71–65 | 5–4 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 1/5/1991* | Portland | W 74–50 | 6–4 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 1/7/1991 | Minnesota | W 72–62 | 7–4 (1–0) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 1/10/1991 | at Michigan State | L 50–65 | 7–5 (1–1) | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| 1/12/1991 | at No. 4 Ohio State | L 60–92 | 7–6 (1–2) | St. John Arena Columbus, OH |
| 1/17/1991 | No. 24 Iowa | W 91–79 | 8–6 (2–2) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 1/19/1991 | Michigan | L 68–69 $^{OT}$ | 8–7 (2–3) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 1/24/1991 | at Northwestern | W 74–57 | 9–7 (3–3) | Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL |
| 1/26/1991 | Purdue | W 66–44 | 10–7 (4–3) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 1/30/1991 | at No. 4 Indiana | L 57–73 | 10–8 (4–4) | Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN |
| 2/2/1991 | at Illinois | L 62–70 | 10–9 (4–5) | Assembly Hall Champaign, IL |
| 2/9/1991 | No. 25 Michigan State | W 84–78 $^{2OT}$ | 11–9 (5–5) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 2/14/1991 | No. 2 Ohio State | L 71–73 | 11–10 (5–6) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 2/16/1991 | at Iowa | W 56–55 | 12–10 (6–6) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 2/21/1991 | at Michigan | L 62–65 | 12–11 (6–7) | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2/24/1991 | Northwestern | W 79–76 | 13–11 (7–7) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 2/28/1991 | at Purdue | L 62–69 | 13–12 (7–8) | Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN |
| 3/2/1991 | No. 5 Indiana | L 61–74 | 13–13 (7–9) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 3/6/1991 | Illinois | W 85–77 | 14–13 (8–9) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 3/9/1991 | at Minnesota | L 70–80 | 14–14 (8–10) | Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN |
| National Invitation Tournament ||||||
| 3/13/1991* | Bowling Green First Round | W 87–79 $^{OT}$ | 15–14 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| 3/18/1991* | Stanford Second Round | L 72–80 | 15–15 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Player statistics

Individual player statistics (Final) :
| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | Free Throws | Free Throws | Free Throws | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | | | | | |
| Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | TO | Blk | Stl | PF |
| Simms, Willie | 29 | 28 | 921 | 31.8 | 421 | 14.5 | 153 | 267 | .573 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 114 | 179 | .637 | - | - | 149 | 5.1 | 98 | 101 | 4 | 27 | 91 |
| Tompkins, Patrick | 30 | 30 | 1091 | 36.4 | 423 | 14.1 | 164 | 258 | .636 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 95 | 147 | .646 | - | - | 264 | 8.8 | 78 | 81 | 25 | 23 | 66 |
| Locum, Tim | 30 | 26 | 871 | 29.0 | 330 | 11.0 | 107 | 212 | .505 | 65 | 134 | .485 | 51 | 59 | .864 | - | - | 75 | 2.5 | 53 | 54 | 3 | 25 | 52 |
| Hisle, Larry | 28 | 16 | 660 | 23.6 | 244 | 8.7 | 71 | 170 | .418 | 34 | 97 | .351 | 68 | 94 | .723 | - | - | 62 | 2.2 | 52 | 57 | 1 | 13 | 44 |
| Ellenson, John | 30 | 23 | 712 | 23.7 | 202 | 6.7 | 71 | 159 | .447 | 33 | 87 | .379 | 27 | 34 | .794 | - | - | 83 | 2.8 | 46 | 45 | 10 | 18 | 55 |
| McGee, Carlton | 26 | 8 | 380 | 14.6 | 130 | 5.0 | 51 | 105 | .486 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 28 | 46 | .609 | - | - | 45 | 1.7 | 18 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 44 |
| Good, Brian | 13 | 0 | 312 | 24.0 | 45 | 3.5 | 11 | 29 | .379 | 10 | 21 | .476 | 13 | 14 | .929 | - | - | 8 | 0.6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Ely, Louis | 20 | 0 | 177 | 8.9 | 65 | 3.3 | 27 | 48 | .563 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 11 | 22 | .500 | - | - | 35 | 1.8 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 17 |
| Peters, Jay | 28 | 6 | 419 | 15.0 | 83 | 3.0 | 29 | 59 | .492 | 18 | 43 | .419 | 7 | 11 | .636 | - | - | 24 | 0.9 | 50 | 31 | 3 | 21 | 47 |
| Weaver, Kass | 16 | 0 | 95 | 5.9 | 46 | 2.9 | 15 | 34 | .441 | 10 | 18 | .556 | 6 | 9 | .667 | - | - | 14 | 0.9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Douglass, Billy | 21 | 13 | 305 | 14.5 | 23 | 1.1 | 12 | 45 | .267 | 3 | 12 | .250 | 16 | 21 | .762 | - | - | 23 | 1.1 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 32 |
| Harrell, Damon | 23 | 2 | 159 | 6.9 | 23 | 1.0 | 11 | 33 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 7 | .143 | - | - | 32 | 1.4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 28 |
| Johnsen, Jason | 12 | 0 | 41 | 3.4 | 6 | 0.5 | 2 | 14 | .143 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | - | - | 6 | 0.5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Johnson, Grant | 8 | 0 | 33 | 4.1 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 3 | .333 | - | - | 8 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | 30 | - | 6175 | 41.2 | 2123 | 70.8 | 743 | 1476 | .503 | 186 | 450 | .413 | 451 | 661 | .682 | - | - | 900 | 30.0 | 469 | 482 | 96 | 160 | 514 |
| Opponents | 30 | - | 6175 | 41.2 | 2094 | 69.8 | 801 | 1701 | .471 | 134 | 370 | .362 | 358 | 517 | .693 | - | - | 893 | 29.8 | 410 | 386 | 62 | 221 | 569 |

## Awards and honors

All-Big Ten
* Patrick Tompkins - 1st Team (media), 2nd Team (coaches)
* Willie Simms - Honorable Mention