1989–90 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team

1989-90 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
MAAC South Division Champions MAAC Regular Season Champions MAAC Tournament Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Second round
Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 12
1989-90 record	30-2 (16-0 Metro Atlantic Athletic)
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

1 2 "lasalle-explorers.com". lasalle-explorers.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-08.
↑ "1990 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". databasesports.com.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
↑ "Refreshing to.....". cstv.com.
↑ "1990 NBA Draft". databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on 2010-03-17.

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 2015–16 2016–17
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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