1989–90 Providence Friars men's basketball team

1989–90 Providence Friars men's basketball
1989–90 Providence Friars men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	17–12 (8–8 Big East)
Head coach	Rick Barnes (2nd season);
Home arena	Providence Civic Center
	Seasons ← 1988–89 1990–91 →

1989–90 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Connecticut†	12	–	4	.750	31	–	6	.838
No. 6 Syracuse	12	–	4	.750	26	–	7	.788
No. 8 Georgetown	11	–	5	.688	24	–	7	.774
St. John's	10	–	6	.625	24	–	10	.706
Villanova	8	–	8	.500	18	–	15	.545
Providence	8	–	8	.500	17	–	12	.586
Seton Hall	5	–	11	.313	12	–	16	.429
Pittsburgh	5	–	11	.313	12	–	17	.414
Boston College	1	–	15	.063	8	–	20	.286

† 1990 Big East tournament winner As of April 2, 1990^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989–90 Providence Friars men's basketball team represented Providence College during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Rick Barnes, the Friars finished the season 17–12 (8–8 Big East) and received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the 9 seed in the West region.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	14	Eric Murdock	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Bridgewater Township, New Jersey
G	20	Carlton Screen	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	158 lb (72 kg)	Sr	Brooklyn, New York
F	24	Marques Bragg	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	East Orange, New Jersey
F	25	Abdul Shamsid-Deen	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Staten Island, New York
C	30	Marty Conlon	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Bronxville, New York

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 24, 1989*		New Hampshire	W 70–49	1–0	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Mar 3, 1990		Pittsburgh	W 85–74	17–10 (8–8)	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Big East Tournament
Mar 9, 1990*		vs. No. 5 Georgetown Big East Tournament Quarterfinal	L 77–78	17–11	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 1990*	(9 W)	vs. (8 W) Ohio State First Round	L 83–84 ^OT	17–12	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.

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	53	Abdul Shamsid-Deen	Seattle SuperSonics

v t e Providence Friars men's basketball
Venues	Bishop Harkins Hall (1926–1955) Alumni Hall (1955–1972, 2020–21) Amica Mutual Pavilion (1972–2020, 2021–present)
Rivalries	Rhode Island
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics