1989–90 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team

1989-90 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Second round
Conference	Atlantic Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#13
AP	#12
1989-90 record	30-2 ( A-10)
Head coach	Speedy Morris

The 1989–90 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represented La Salle University. It would be Lionel Simmons final season with the school. Simmons finished his collegiate career third in NCAA scoring with 3217 points.^[1] He was also the first player in NCAA history to score more than 3,000 points and grab more than 1,100 rebounds.^[1]

NCAA tournament

West
- La Salle (#4 seed) 79, Southern Mississippi (#13 seed) 63
- Clemson (#5 seed) 79, La Salle 75 ^[2]

Awards and honors

Lionel Simmons, Adolph Rupp Trophy^[3]
Lionel Simmons, Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year
Lionel Simmons, First Team All-Big 5 selection
Lionel Simmons, Robert V. Geasey Trophy
Lionel Simmons, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year
Lionel Simmons, Naismith College Player of the Year ^[4]
Lionel Simmons, USBWA College Player of the Year^[5]
Lionel Simmons, State Farm Division I Player of the Year Award
Lionel Simmons, John R. Wooden Award^[6]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	7	Lionel Simmons	Sacramento Kings

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References

La Salle Explorers men's basketball

Venues	Wister Hall (19??–1955) Palestra (1955–1989) Civic Center (1989–1996) First Union Spectrum (1996–1998) Tom Gola Arena (1998–present) Hayman Center (facilities)

Culture & lore	"Fight On, Explorers" City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy) Scandal

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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 1999–00 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

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics