# 1989–90 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

The 1989–90 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in competitive college basketball during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I season. The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team played its home games in the Lloyd Noble Center and was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) former Big Eight Conference at that time. The team posted a 27–5 overall record and an 11–3 conference record to finish tied for second in the Conference for head coach Billy Tubbs. This was the third Big Eight Conference tournament Championship for Tubbs and his third NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament #1 seed in a row. The team earned the conference tournament championship competing in a conference in which three teams held the #1 national ranking in consecutive weeks in late February and early March.
The team was led by All-Big Eight Conference First Team selection Skeeter Henry. The team won its first twelve games, while rising to the #3 ranking, before losing back to back road games to unranked Kansas State and #23 Arizona. The team then won three consecutive home games before losing to #2 Kansas on the road. It then won four games before losing to #2 Missouri. The team then won 8 contests in a row including back to back victories over #1 ranked teams (Missouri and Kansas) at the end of February as well as a rubber match victory against Kansas in the Big Eight Conference tournament semifinals. The team earned the school's third consecutive #1 seed in the 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, but was eliminated in the second round by North Carolina 79–77.
Terry Evans became the first Sooner to make all six of his three point shots in a game, and Jackie Jones set the school single-game record with 9 blocked shots. The team exploded for 173 points on November 29, 1989, against U.S. International and three nights later set another school record by defeating Northeastern Illinois by 95 points (146–51). The team also established the current school record of 86 rebounds against U.S. International.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 29, 1989* | No. 17 | U.S. International | W 173–101 | 1–0 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Dec 2, 1989* | No. 17 | Northeastern Illinois | W 146–51 | 2–0 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Dec 4, 1989* | No. 12 | Angelo State | W 130–62 | 3–0 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Dec 9, 1989* | No. 12 | No. 5 UNLV | W 89–81 | 4–0 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Dec 23, 1989* | No. 7 | at Loyola Marymount | W 136–121 | 5–0 | Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
| Dec 27, 1989* | No. 6 | James Madison | W 142–109 | 6–0 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Dec 29, 1989* | No. 6 | vs. North Texas All-College Tournament | W 147–94 | 7–0 | Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Dec 30, 1989* | No. 6 | vs. Tulsa All-College Tournament | W 99–78 | 8–0 | Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Jan 3, 1990* | No. 6 | Alaska Anchorage | W 101–81 | 9–0 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Jan 6, 1990 | No. 6 | at Colorado | W 66–61 | 10–0 (1–0) | Coors Events Center Boulder, Colorado |
| Jan 9, 1990* | No. 4 | Arkansas–Little Rock | W 134–81 | 11–0 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Jan 13, 1990* | No. 4 | Texas | W 103–84 | 12–0 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Jan 16, 1990 | No. 3 | at Kansas State | L 51–66 | 12–1 (1–1) | Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas |
| Jan 20, 1990* | No. 3 | at No. 23 Arizona | L 74–78 | 12–2 | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Jan 24, 1990 | No. 9 | Iowa State | W 107–96 | 13–2 (2–1) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Jan 27, 1990 | No. 9 | Oklahoma State | W 109–92 | 14–2 (3–1) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Jan 31, 1990 | No. 9 | Nebraska | W 105–64 | 15–2 (4–1) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Feb 3, 1990 | No. 9 | at No. 2 Kansas | L 74–85 | 15–3 (4–2) | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas |
| Feb 7, 1990 | No. 13 | at Iowa State | W 86–81 | 16–3 (5–2) | Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa |
| Feb 11, 1990* | No. 13 | at Seton Hall | W 89–84 | 17–3 | Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey |
| Feb 13, 1990 | No. 11 | Kansas State | W 85–69 | 18–3 (6–2) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Feb 16, 1990 | No. 11 | Colorado | W 86–64 | 19–3 (7–2) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Feb 18, 1990 | No. 11 | at No. 2 Missouri | L 90–92 | 19–4 (7–3) | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Feb 21, 1990 | No. 10 | at Nebraska | W 88–66 | 20–4 (8–3) | Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Feb 25, 1990 | No. 10 | No. 1 Missouri | W 107–90 | 21–4 (9–3) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Feb 27, 1990 | No. 6 | No. 1 Kansas | W 100–78 | 22–4 (10–3) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Mar 3, 1990 | No. 6 | at Oklahoma State | W 107–94 | 23–4 (11–3) | Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma |
| Big Eight tournament ||||||
| Mar 9, 1990* | No. 1 | vs. Nebraska Quarterfinals | W 78–65 | 24–4 | Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri |
| Mar 10, 1990* | No. 1 | vs. No. 2 Kansas Semifinals | W 95–77 | 25–4 | Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri |
| Mar 11, 1990* | No. 1 | vs. Colorado Championship game | W 92–80 | 26–4 | Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 15, 1990* | (1 MW) No. 1 | vs. (16 MW) Towson State First round | W 77–68 | 27–4 | Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas |
| Mar 17, 1990* | (1 MW) No. 1 | vs. (8 MW) North Carolina Second round | L 77–79 | 27–5 | Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. ||||||

### NCAA basketball tournament

The following were the team's results in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
* West
** Oklahoma (1) 77, Towson State (16) 68
** North Carolina (8) 79, Oklahoma 77

## Awards and honors

* All-Big Eight Conference first team: Skeeter Henry

## Team players drafted into the NBA

No one from the Sooners was selected in the 1990 NBA draft. No varsity letter-winners from this team who were drafted in the NBA draft in later years: However, Brent Price, who spent the year redshirtting was drafted in the 1992 NBA draft with the 32nd overall selection in the 2nd round by the Washington Bullets.