Arkansas to Celebrate 1990 Final Four Team Saturday
FAYETTEVILLE – The University of Arkansas will celebrate the 1990 men’s basketball Final Four team on Saturday (Feb. 22) during the Razorbacks’ game with Missouri. Tipoff for the Arkansas-Missouri game is set for 7 pm (CT) at Bud Walton Arena.
Approximately 20 former players, coaches and support staff are expected to be present including Hall of Fame former head coach Nolan Richardson and Arkansas’ all-time leading scorer Todd Day. The team will be honored at halftime on the 35th anniversary of their memorable trip to the 1990 Final Four in Denver, Colorado. In addition, a special poster commemorating the 1990 season will be available for fans at Saturday’s game.
“We are excited to welcome Coach Nolan Richardson and his 1990 Razorbacks back to campus on the anniversary of their Final Four run,” Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Hunter Yurachek said. “This is the team that helped lay the foundation for the ‘Forty Minutes of Hell’ brand of basketball that brought unprecedented success to our program in the 1990s and built momentum that eventually led to the construction of Bud Walton Arena. We look forward to celebrating this historic team this weekend.”
Specifically, the 1989-90 went 30-5 overall, was 14-2 in winning the Southwest Conference regular-season title and won the SWC Tournament championship. In the NCAA Tournament, the Razorbacks beat North Carolina and rival Texas in the Midwest Regional to advance to the 1990 Final Four in Denver. Arkansas lost to Duke in the national semifinal game and was ranked #4 in the final coaches poll and #7 in the final AP poll (which did not include the NCAA Tournament games).
Not to be forgotten, many on that team came back the following year (1990-91) to lead Arkansas to an NCAA Elite 8 finish, a 34-4 record overall, 15-1 mark in winning the SWC regular season and a third-straight SWC Tournament. That team finished #2 in the final AP poll and #5 in the final coaches poll.
The 1989-90 team averaged 95.6 points per contest which was a school record only to be broken the following year at 99.5 ppg.
1989-90 Razorbacks
#3 Warren Linn
#4 Darrell Anderson
#10 Todd Day
#11 Lee Mayberry
#14 Ernie Murry
#15 Lonnie Jordan
#20 Arlyn Bowers
#21 Darrell Hawkins
#22 Cannon Whitby
#23 Michael Hogue
#24 Lenzie Howell
#25 Oliver Miller
#31 Ron Huery
#33 Clyde Fletcher
#34 Roosevelt Wallace
#42 Larry Marks
#44 Shawn Davis
#55 Mario Credit
Head Coach: Nolan Richardson
Assistant Coaches: Mike Anderson, Scott Edgar, Wayne Stehlik, Ron Cottrell
Student Assistant: Clark Morris
Admin. Associate for Academic: Jerry Welch
Academic Coordinator: Kim Wood
Head Trainer: Dave England
Fitness Coordinator: John Stucky
Equipment Manager: Kent Caulfield
Office Manager: Terry Mercer
Secretary: Jeri Lynn Kuster}
Student Managers: Kevin Pitts, Mike Hackbart, Price Ransom, David Schlesinger, Matt Zimmerman
Sports Information: Rick Schaeffer and Bill Rogers
Radio: Mike Nail, Paul Eells
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