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.

1990–91 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball
Metro Conference Regular season champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Metro Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 25
Record	21–8 (10–4 Metro)
Head coach	M. K. Turk
Home arena	Reed Green Coliseum
Seasons ← 1989–90 1991–92 →

1990–91 Metro Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 25 Southern Miss	10	–	4		.714			21	–	8		.724
Florida State †	9	–	5		.643			21	–	11		.656
Cincinnati	8	–	6		.571			18	–	12		.600
Tulane	7	–	7		.500			15	–	13		.536
Memphis	7	–	7		.500			17	–	15		.531
Virginia Tech	6	–	8		.429			13	–	16		.448
South Carolina	5	–	9		.357			20	–	13		.606
Louisville	4	–	10		.286			14	–	16		.467
† 1991 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1990–91 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G Russell Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr G 23 Darrin Chancellor 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Sr C 32 Daron Jenkins 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr F 35 Clarence Weatherspoon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Motley Crawford, Mississippi F 42 Joe Courtney 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Jr Mississippi State Jackson, Mississippi	Head coach M.K. Turk Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

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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[2]	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[3]	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[4]	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[5]	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.

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Awards and honors

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

Rankings

Main article: 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	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	—

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