1989–90 Temple Owls men's basketball team

1989–90 Temple Owls men's basketball
1989–90 Temple Owls men's basketball
A–10 Regular Season Champions; A–10 tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	20–11 (15–3 A–10)
Head coach	John Chaney (8th season);
Home arena	McGonigle Hall (Capacity: 4,500)
	Seasons ← 1988–89 1990–91 →

1989–90 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Temple †	15	–	3	.833	20	–	11	.645
Penn State	13	–	5	.722	25	–	9	.735
West Virginia	11	–	7	.611	16	–	12	.571
Rhode Island	11	–	7	.611	15	–	13	.536
Rutgers	11	–	7	.611	18	–	17	.514
UMass	10	–	8	.556	17	–	14	.548
George Washington	6	–	12	.333	14	–	17	.452
Saint Joseph's	5	–	13	.278	7	–	21	.250
Duquesne	5	–	13	.278	7	–	22	.241
St. Bonaventure	3	–	15	.167	8	–	20	.286

† 1990 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989–90 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach John Chaney and played their home games at McGonigle Hall. The Owls won A-10 regular season and conference tournament titles. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 11 seed in the East region. Temple was beaten by St. John's in the opening round to finish with a record of 20–11 (15–3 A-10).

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	12	Mark Macon	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Buena Vista HS	Saginaw, MI
F	24	Mik Kilgore	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	West Philadelphia HS	Philadelphia, PA
F	30	Mark Strickland	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	McNair HS	Atlanta, GA
F/C	35	Donald Hodge	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Calvin Coolidge HS	Washington, D.C.
C	45	Duane Causwell	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Benjamin N. Cardozo HS	Queens, NY

Head coach

John Chaney

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 28, 1989*	No. 16	at Penn	W 55–54	1–0	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 1, 1989*	No. 16	vs. Arkansas State Carrier Classic	W 65–41	2–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Dec 2, 1989*	No. 16	at No. 1 Syracuse Carrier Classic	L 56–73	2–1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Dec 9, 1989	No. 23	at Penn State	L 59–61	2–2 (0–1)	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
Dec 12, 1989		Saint Joseph's	W 74–54	3–2 (1–1)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 16, 1989*		at No. 5 Illinois	L 61–78	3–3	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
Dec 23, 1989		Duquesne	W 93–62	4–3 (2–1)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 4, 1990*		No. 17 La Salle	L 62–63	4–4	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 6, 1990*		vs. No. 18 NC State	L 71–74	4–5	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Jan 9, 1990		at George Washington	W 60–57	5–5 (3–1)	Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C.
Jan 11, 1990*		West Virginia	W 73–69	6–5 (4–1)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 13, 1990*		No. 7 UNLV	L 76–82	6–6	The Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 16, 1990*		at No. 11 Georgia Tech	L 57–59	6–7	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Jan 18, 1990		at Duquesne	W 67–43	7–7 (5–1)	A.J. Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jan 20, 1990		UMass	W 86–69	8–7 (6–1)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 24, 1990		Rhode Island	W 81–70	9–7 (7–1)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 28, 1990		at St. Bonaventure	W 59–46	10–7 (8–1)	Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York
Jan 31, 1990		at Saint Joseph's	W 78–63	11–7 (9–1)	Hagan Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 3, 1990		at Rhode Island	L 70–86	11–8 (9–2)	Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island
Feb 5, 1990		St. Bonaventure	W 81–64	12–8 (10–2)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 11, 1990		at UMass	W 83–82 ^{3 OT}	13–8 (11–2)	Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, Massachusetts
Feb 13, 1990		Penn State	W 61–53	14–8 (12–2)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 18, 1990		at Rutgers	W 75–69	15–8 (13–2)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, New Jersey
Feb 21, 1990*		Villanova	L 69–71	15–9	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 24, 1990		George Washington	W 86–74	16–9 (14–2)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 27, 1990		at West Virginia	L 51–55	16–10 (14–3)	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, West Virginia
Mar 1, 1990		Rutgers	W 75–70 ^{2 OT}	17–10 (15–3)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Atlantic 10 Tournament
Mar 4, 1990*		Duquesne A-10 Tournament Quarterfinal	W 61–50	18–10	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 5, 1990*		Rutgers A-10 Tournament Semifinal	W 65–57	19–10	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 8, 1990*		UMass A-10 tournament championship	W 53–51	20–10	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NCAA Tournament
Mar 16, 1990*	(11 E)	vs. (6 E) St. John's	L 65–81	20–11	Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

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Rankings

NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	18	Duane Causwell	Sacramento Kings

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References

^ "2019-20 Temple Owls Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Temple Owls. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
^ "1990 NBA Draft". Sports Reference. Retrieved May 3, 2020.

[1] "2019-20 Temple Owls Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Temple Owls. Retrieved May 3, 2020.

[2] "1990 NBA Draft". Sports Reference. Retrieved May 3, 2020.

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v t e Temple Owls men's basketball
Venues	Mitten Hall South Hall Convention Hall (1938–1955) Palestra (1955–1984) McGonigle Hall (1969–1997) Liacouras Center (1997–present)
Culture & lore	City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 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