1990–91 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team

The 1990–91 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 1990–91 college basketball season. This was head coach Russ Bergman's third season at Coastal Carolina. The Chanticleers competed in the Big South Conference and played their home games at Kimbel Arena. They finished the season 24–8, 13–1 in Big South play to capture the regular season championship. The Chanticleers won the 1991 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament to advance to face Jackson State in a play-in game for the right to advance to the NCAA tournament. Coastal Carolina defeated Jackson state to earn an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA tournament as No. 15 seed in the Southeast Region, marking the school's first ever appearance in the NCAA tournament. They lost in the first round to Indiana.

1990–91 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball
Big South Regular Season Champions Big South tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Big South
Record	24–8 (13–1 Big South)
Head coach	Russ Bergman
Assistant coaches	Mike Selvy Gary Leiner Mike Murphy
Home arena	Kimbel Arena

1990–91 Big South Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Coastal Carolina †	13	–	1		.929			24	–	8		.750
Radford	12	–	2		.857			22	–	7		.759
Augusta State	9	–	5		.643			14	–	16		.467
Davidson	6	–	8		.429			10	–	19		.345
Winthrop	5	–	9		.357			8	–	20		.286
UNC Asheville	4	–	10		.286			8	–	20		.286
Charleston Southern	4	–	10		.286			9	–	19		.321
Campbell	3	–	11		.214			9	–	19		.321
† 1991 Big South tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1990–91 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G Robert Dowdell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — Sr G Brian Penny 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Sr F 25 Tony Dunkin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Rains, South Carolina C DuWayne Cheatam 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) — Sr	Head coach Russ Bergman Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Source

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 24, 1990*		vs. Wright State CSU/North Coast Tournament	W 83–69	1–0	Wolstein Center  Cleveland, Ohio
Nov 25, 1990*		vs. Princeton CSU/North Coast Tournament	L 39–42	1–1	Wolstein Center  Cleveland, Ohio
Nov 28, 1990*		College of Charleston	W 56–54	2–1	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Dec 3, 1990*		South Carolina State	W 68–57	3–1	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Dec 6, 1990*		at The Citadel	W 79–71	4–1	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
Dec 17, 1990*		at George Mason	W 66–65	5–1	Patriot Center  Fairfax, Virginia
Dec 20, 1990*		at Western Carolina	W 80–74	6–1	Ramsey Center  Cullowhee, North Carolina
Dec 28, 1990*		vs. Louisiana Tech Spartan Classic	L 81–86	6–2	Breslin Student Events Center  East Lansing, Michigan
Dec 29, 1990*		vs. George Mason Spartan Classic	L 61–70	6–3	Breslin Student Events Center  East Lansing, Michigan
Jan 7, 1991*		at NC State	L 78–86	6–4	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan 9, 1991*		at UNC Charlotte	L 74–93	6–5	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, North Carolina
Jan 12, 1991		at Davidson	W 55–48	7–5 (1–0)	Belk Arena  Davidson, North Carolina
Jan 14, 1991		Charleston Southern	W 86–70	8–5 (2–0)	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Jan 19, 1991*		at College of Charleston	L 57–60	8–6	F. Mitchell Johnson Arena  Charleston, South Carolina
Jan 21, 1991		Augusta State	W 85–80	9–6 (3–0)	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Jan 24, 1991		at Campbell	W 75–62	10–6 (4–0)	Carter Gymnasium  Buies Creek, North Carolina
Jan 26, 1991		Radford	W 78–76	11–6 (5–0)	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Jan 28, 1991		Winthrop	W 75–58	12–6 (6–0)	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Jan 31, 1991		UNC Asheville	W 84–74	13–6 (7–0)	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Feb 2, 1991*		Youngstown State	W 79–66	14–6	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Feb 4, 1991		at Charleston Southern	W 60–51	15–6 (8–0)	Buccaneer Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
Feb 9, 1991		at Radford	W 84–66	16–6 (9–0)	Donald N. Dedmon Center  Radford, Virginia
Feb 11, 1991		Davidson	W 64–52	17–6 (10–0)	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Feb 14, 1991		at UNC Asheville	W 91–67	18–6 (11–0)	Justice Center  Asheville, North Carolina
Feb 16, 1991		at Augusta State	L 74–75	18–7 (11–1)	George A. Christenberry Fieldhouse  Augusta, Georgia
Feb 20, 1991		at Winthrop	W 59–46	19–7 (12–1)	Winthrop Coliseum  Rock Hill, South Carolina
Feb 23, 1991*		Campbell	W 91–58	20–7 (13–1)	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Big South tournament
Feb 28, 1991*		vs. Campbell Quarterfinal	W 83–46	21–7	Civic Center of Anderson  Anderson, South Carolina
Mar 1, 1991*		vs. Davidson Semifinal	W 58–55	22–7	Civic Center of Anderson  Anderson, South Carolina
Mar 2, 1991*		vs. Augusta State Championship Game	W 89–54	23–7	Civic Center of Anderson  Anderson, South Carolina
NCAA tournament
Mar 3, 1991*		at Jackson State Play-in Game	W 78–59	24–7	Williams Assembly Center  Jackson, Mississippi
Mar 14, 1991*	(15 SE)	vs. (2 SE) No. 3 Indiana First Round	L 69–79	24–8	Freedom Hall (18,217) Louisville, Kentucky
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Awards and honors

• Tony Dunkin – Big South Conference Men's Player of the Year (2nd of 4)