The 1990–91 Saint Francis Red Flash men's basketball team represented Saint Francis University during the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Red Flash, led by fourth-year head coach Jim Baron, played their home games at the DeGol Arena and were members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 24–8, 13–3 in NEC play to finish in a tie for first place. They won the Northeast Conference tournament, their first, to advance to a play-in game against Fordham, which they also won, to secure a bid to the NCAA tournament. The Red Flash fell in the opening round to Lute Olson's Arizona Wildcats. As of 2022, this is their only NCAA tournament appearance.
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NEC Regular Season champion NEC tournament champion | |
| Conference | Northeast Conference |
| Record | 24–8 (13–3 NEC) |
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| Home arena | DeGol Arena |
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| Saint Francis (PA)† | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Morris* | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monmouth | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 19 | – | 8 | .704 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Francis (NY) | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's* | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Island | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marist | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 6 | – | 22 | .214 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wagner | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 4 | – | 26 | .133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1991 NEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll *Ineligible for conference tournament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roster edit
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Schedule edit
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| Nov 23, 1990* |
Niagara | W 90–72 | 1–0 |
DeGol Arena Loretto, Pennsylvania | |||||||
| Dec 1, 1990* |
No. 13 Pittsburgh | L 85–91 | 1–1 |
DeGol Arena Loretto, Pennsylvania | |||||||
| Dec 3, 1990* |
Liberty | W 73–72 | 2–1 |
DeGol Arena Loretto, Pennsylvania | |||||||
| Jan 10, 1991 7:30 pm |
Marist | W 75–69 | DeGol Arena Loretto, Pennsylvania | ||||||||
| Feb 7, 1991 8:00 pm |
Marist | W 83–67 | | ||||||||
| NEC Tournament | |||||||||||
| Feb 28, 1991* |
St. Francis (NY) Semifinal |
W 96–70 | 22–7 |
DeGol Arena (2,663) Loretto, Pennsylvania | |||||||
| Mar 2, 1991* |
Fairleigh Dickinson Championship Game |
W 97–82 | 23–7 |
DeGol Arena (3,517) Loretto, Pennsylvania | |||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 6, 1991* |
Fordham Play-in Game |
W 70–64 | 24–7 |
DeGol Arena (3,500) Loretto, Pennsylvania | |||||||
| Mar 14, 1991* |
(15 W) | vs. (2 W) No. 8 Arizona First Round |
L 80–93 | 24–8 |
Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
Awards and honors edit
Team players in the 1991 NBA draft edit
| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
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| 2 | 35 | Mike Iuzzolino | Dallas Mavericks |
References edit
- ^ "1990-91 Saint Francis (PA) Red Flash Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ "Saint Francis Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Saint Francis University Athletics. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ "1991 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.