1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Busch 500
Failed to qualify: 19-Chad Little, 70-J. D. McDuffie, 74-Mike Potter


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Heinz Southern 500
The Heinz Southern 500 was held on September 2, 1990, at Darlington Raceway. Dale Earnhardt won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Miller Genuine Draft 400
The Miller Genuine Draft 400 was held September 9, 1990, at Richmond International Raceway. Ernie Irvan won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Miller Genuine Draft 400
Failed to qualify: 70-J. D. McDuffie, 47-Jack Pennington, 13-Kerry Teague


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Peak AntiFreeze 500
The Peak AntiFreeze 500 was held at Dover Downs International Speedway on September 16, 1990. Bill Elliott won the pole


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Goody's 500
The Goody's 500 was held at Martinsville Speedway on September 23, 1990. Mark Martin won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Tyson Holly Farms 400
The Tyson Holly Farms 400 was held September 30, 1990, at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Kyle Petty won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Tyson Holly Farms 400
Failed to qualify:2-Ron Esau, 40-Tommy Kendall, 41-Larry Pearson, 47-Jack Pennington, 70-J. D. McDuffie


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Mello Yello 500
The Mello Yello 500 was held on October 7, 1990, at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Brett Bodine won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Mello Yello 500
Failed to qualify: 13-Mike Skinner, 65-Dave Mader III, 89-Rodney Combs, 64-Gary Wright, 40-Tommy Kendall, 13-Kerry Teague, 70-J. D. McDuffie, 74-Mike Potter, 93-Troy Beebe, 72-Tracy Leslie, 53-Jerry O'Neil, 36-H. B. Bailey, 54-Bob Schacht, 0-Delma Cowart, 04-Bill Meacham, 35-Bill Venturini.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, AC Delco 500
The AC Delco 500 was held October 21, 1990, at North Carolina Speedway. Ken Schrader won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, AC Delco 500
Failed to qualify: 0-Delma Cowart, 48-James Hylton, 70-J. D. McDuffie, 82-Mark Stahl


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Checker 500
The Checker 500 was held November 4, 1990, at Phoenix International Raceway. Rusty Wallace won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Checker 500
Failed to qualify:04-Hershel McGriff, 34-Ted Kennedy, 24-Butch Gilliland, 61-Rick Scribner, 44-Jack Sellers, 22-St. James Davis


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Atlanta Journal 500
The final race of the season was held on November 18, 1990, at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Rusty Wallace won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Final Points Standings, Winston Cup Standings
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or 1989 Owner's points. * – Most laps led.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Rookie of the Year
The 1990 season was a slim season for Rookie of the Year contenders. 1989 Busch Series champion Rob Moroso had a top-ten finish and qualified for every race, but he was killed in a car crash before the end of the year and was awarded the top rookie award posthumously. His top runner-up was Jack Pennington, a late-model dirt racing champion, who had 14 starts and no top-tens in an unsponsored car. The only other declarees were Jerry O'Neil and Jeff Purvis, who did not run enough races to be completely eligible for the honor.


1990 NBA All-Star Game
The 40th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on February 11, 1990, at Miami Arena in Miami, Florida. Magic Johnson was named the game's MVP as well as the leading scorer with 22 points.


1990 NBA All-Star Game
The Eastern Conference All-Star Starters as selected by fan voting were Michael Jordan, Isiah Thomas, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, and Patrick Ewing. The reserves consisted of Celtics Duo Kevin McHale and Robert Parish, as well as, Dominique Wilkins of the Atlanta Hawks. The reserves were rounded out by four first time all-stars; Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers guard Reggie Miller, and Detroit Piston teammates Joe Dumars and Dennis Rodman.


1990 NBA All-Star Game
The Western Conference All-Star Starters as selected by fan voting were John Stockton, Magic Johnson, James Worthy, A.C. Green, and  Akeem Olajuwon. The reserves consisted of Clyde Drexler from the Blazers, Phoenix Suns teammates Tom Chambers and Kevin Johnson, as well as Chris Mullin of the Golden State Warriors. The team was rounded out by San Antonio center David Robinson, Denver Nuggets guard Lafayette Lever and Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone. Rolando Blackman was later named to the team as injury replacement for Karl Malone. A.C. Green, David Robinson, and Kevin Johnson were all making their first All-Star Game appearance


1990 NBA All-Star Game
Coaches: East: Chuck Daly, West: Pat Riley. This was the first of four consecutive All-Star Games in which the coaches of the previous year's NBA Finals were the head coaches of the All-Star Game.


1990 NBA All-Star Game
The game featured 11 out of 12 players that would go on to make the 1992 Dream Team as well as coach Chuck Daly.


1990 NBA All-Star Game
Magic Johnson was the game MVP as well as leading scorer with 22 points. Akeem Olajuwon led the way with a game high 16 rebounds, and Isiah Thomas had the most assists on the night with 9.


1990 NBA All-Star Game
This was the last NBA All-Star Game broadcast by CBS before moving to NBC in the following year.


1990 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star voting
Michael Jordan was the leading vote-getter overall. Magic Johnson received the most votes among Western Conference players.


1990 NBA All-Star Game, Rosters
Karl Malone was unable to play due to injury. Rolando Blackman was selected as his replacement.


1990 NBA Finals
The 1990 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1989–90 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The series pitted the defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference playoff champion Detroit Pistons against the Western Conference playoff champion Portland Trail Blazers. This was the first NBA Finals since 1979 not to involve either the Los Angeles Lakers or the Boston Celtics, and one of two NBA championships of the 1990s won by a team other than the Chicago Bulls or the Houston Rockets (the other was won by the San Antonio Spurs in 1999).


1990 NBA Finals
The Pistons became just the third franchise in NBA history to win back-to-back championships, after the Lakers and Celtics.


1990 NBA Finals, Background, Portland Trail Blazers
The Trail Blazers last made the NBA Finals when they won the NBA championship in 1977. In between finals appearances, the Blazers made the playoffs every year except 1982, but most of the time were eliminated in the first or second round. Along the way, Portland built a core that would turn the team into title contenders, adding Clyde Drexler, Terry Porter and Jerome Kersey through the draft while signing or trading for players such as Buck Williams and Kevin Duckworth.


1990 NBA Finals, Background, Portland Trail Blazers
The addition of Williams cost Portland once-promising center Sam Bowie, whose career had been curtailed by a series of leg injuries after being drafted second overall in the 1984 NBA draft. Early in the 1988–89 season, the Blazers fired head coach Mike Schuler and replaced him with assistant Rick Adelman, who would go on to win over 1,000 regular season games in 23 NBA seasons.


1990 NBA Finals, Background, Portland Trail Blazers
Entering the 1989–90 season with modest expectations, the Trail Blazers surprised the NBA by posting a 59–23 record, good enough for the third seed in the Western Conference. In the playoffs, they swept the Dallas Mavericks in the first round, defeated the San Antonio Spurs in seven games during the second round, and eliminated the Phoenix Suns in six games in the conference finals.


1990 NBA Finals, Background, Detroit Pistons
The Pistons won their first NBA championship a year earlier. However, they entered the 1989–90 season without rugged forward Rick Mahorn, who had been selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1989 NBA Expansion Draft and was later traded to the Philadelphia 76ers.


1990 NBA Finals, Background, Detroit Pistons
Despite the loss of Mahorn, the Pistons still managed to post a 59–23 record to lead the Eastern Conference. With Mahorn gone, Defensive Player of the Year winner Dennis Rodman picked up the slack, keeping the Pistons in true "Bad Boys" form all season. On their way to the Finals, Detroit swept the Indiana Pacers in the first round, defeated the New York Knicks in five games during the second round, and overcame their archrival Chicago Bulls in seven games in the conference finals.


1990 NBA Finals, Background, Regular season series
Both teams split the two meetings, each won by the home team:


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary
The Pistons became the first team in Finals history to win Games 3 through 5 in the 2–3–2 series format which was used between 1985 and 2013.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary
This would be the last series to be played on a Tuesday–Thursday–Sunday rotation until the 2004 series. (Which was, coincidentally, also won by Detroit in 5 games.) From 1991 to 2003, the series were primarily on Wednesday–Friday–Sunday. Game three is the most recent NBA Finals game to tip off earlier than 8:30 p.m. Eastern/5:30 p.m. Pacific time.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 1
The Blazers led 90–80 with seven minutes left and looked poised to steal one on the road. But, after a timeout, Isiah Thomas got the Pistons going with a layup and a jumper. Then Joe Dumars completed a three-point play and Aguirre scored on an offensive rebound. In less than three minutes, Detroit had tightened the game to 92–89.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 1
Buck Williams hit a jumper to make the score 94–89, but then Thomas scored seven straight points on two free throws, a three-point shot, and an 18-footer to give the Pistons their first lead. With 1:49 left, Thomas put a final dagger into the Blazers by sticking an open three-pointer for a 99–94 lead. The Pistons went on to win, 105–99.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 1
This was the first Finals assignment for referee Dick Bavetta, who had been an NBA official since the 1975-76 season. He would go on to set the league record for most games officiated and was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 1
A little under a month after the release of her debut single Vision of Love, future best selling recording artist Mariah Carey performed a heavily acclaimed rendition of "America the Beautiful".


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
The Blazers, playing surprisingly well on the road, had control of the game past the third quarter. Behind Bill Laimbeer, however, the Pistons made a comeback in the fourth period. Laimbeer, who had scored only seven points over the first three periods, went wild in the fourth and overtime, making 19 points over the last 17 minutes. For the game, he successfully converted six three-pointers, tying a Finals record set by the Lakers' Michael Cooper in 1987.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
The Pistons had a 94–91 lead with 49 seconds left after a John Salley tip-in. Five seconds later, Clyde Drexler, who would finish with 33 points, made a free throw. With 23 seconds left, Isiah Thomas missed a potential game-clinching layup. Terry Porter tied the game at 94 with a pair of free throws with 10 seconds left, and the game went to overtime when Thomas missed an 18-footer at the buzzer.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
A hook shot by James Edwards and two three-pointers by Laimbeer gave the Pistons a 102–98 lead with 1:30 left in overtime. Porter hit another set of free throws to trim the lead to two; then Drexler tied it at the one-minute mark with a 17-footer.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
Portland took the lead at 104–102 when Thomas fouled out with 1:10 left. Laimbeer promptly bailed the Pistons out with 4.1 seconds remaining by hitting a 25-foot three-pointer for a 105–104 lead.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
Portland gave the ball to Drexler, who was fouled by Dennis Rodman, playing on a sore ankle, with two seconds left. Drexler made both foul shots to give the Blazers the 106–105 lead. The Pistons quickly passed the ball to Edwards, who tried a shot from the left of the paint, but rookie Clifford Robinson blocked it at the last second. With that, the Blazers won the game and took away the home-court advantage.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
Game 2 of the 1990 Finals marked the first time in six years that a Finals game went into overtime, the last being Game 4 of the 1984 NBA Finals.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
The Pistons lose their first playoff game in the Palace at Auburn Hills, snapping their 14-game winning streak.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
Joe Dumars' father, Joe Dumars II, died of congestive heart failure 1+1⁄2 hours before the tipoff of Game 3. He had suffered from severe diabetes, which had forced the amputation of both of his legs in 1985. As his father's condition worsened, Dumars realized that the news of his father's death might come before or during an important game. So he asked Debbie, his new wife, not to inform him of any news until after the game had ended. His father had instilled such professionalism in Dumars, and his wife kept his wish.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
Two things were stacked against the Pistons. One, they had not won in Portland since October 19, 1974, the second game of Bill Walton's career. Two, they would be without Dennis Rodman, whose ankle had stiffened. But, Vinnie Johnson found his range for the first time, making 9 of 13 shots for 21 points. The consummate professional Dumars was the most potent, however, leading Detroit with 33 points on an array of shots. One such shot was a three-pointer that stifled a Blazer run after they had cut the Piston lead to 68–60 in the third.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
Detroit won, 121–106. Dumars' wife then used a courtside phone to inform Joe of his father's death. Dumars decided he would play the next game but declined press interviews.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 4
The Pistons were plagued with shooting problems as the Blazers raced off to a 32–22 lead at the end of the first period. But Vinnie Johnson and Joe Dumars took over, leading a 9–0 run that pulled the Pistons to 32–31 with 7:49 left in the half. The Pistons led 51–46 at intermission as the suffocating Detroit defense held the Blazers to 14 second-quarter points


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 4
Isiah Thomas scored 22 points in the third and capped his onslaught with a three-pointer at the 2:15 mark that gave the Pistons an 81–65 lead and seemed to quiet the Portland crowd.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 4
But, over the next eight minutes, the Blazers suddenly remembered the pressure defense and running game that had gotten them to the NBA Finals. They went on a 28–11 run of their own, and Terry Porter drove for a layup to give them a 93–92 lead with 5:20 left.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 4
The game became a nip-and-tuck affair until Detroit led 106–102 on a jumper by Dumars at 1:16, but the Blazers fought back and had a chance to tie it with 35 seconds left. Buck Williams missed one of two free throws and Portland trailed 106–105.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 4
Four seconds later, in a scramble under the Pistons' basket, Bill Laimbeer drew his sixth foul, and Clyde Drexler made both free throws to give Portland the lead, 107–106, with 31.8 seconds left. But Thomas responded by sinking a 22-footer that returned the edge to Detroit 108–107.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 4
With nine seconds left, Porter attempted to drive on Dumars, but Joe blocked his path. Thomas scooped up the ensuing loose ball and headed the other way. Danny Young quickly fouled him as he let fly a 55-footer that went in. The officials quickly ruled it no good, but Thomas made the free throws for a 110–107 lead with 8.4 seconds showing.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 4
Mark Aguirre then fouled Porter with 6.5 seconds left, and he made both, drawing Portland to 110–109. On the ensuing play, James Edwards got the ball downcourt to a wide-open Gerald Henderson for an easy layup and a 112–109 lead. Portland now had the ball and 1.8 seconds to get a shot.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 4
The Blazers whipped the ball upcourt to Young, who promptly knocked down a 35-footer from the right sideline. Immediately players from both benches came onto the floor, the Blazers believing the game was now tied and the Pistons believing otherwise. Veteran referee Earl Strom, calling his final NBA game, huddled the officials amid the din and signalled that the shot was too late. Videotaped replays later confirmed the accuracy of the call. The Blazers were down, three games to one.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 5
For much of Game 5 it appeared Portland would at least send the series back to Detroit. The Pistons shot poorly starting out, missing seven of their first 11 shots, but still led 26–22 after one quarter. They held the same four-point edge at the half, 46–42, but the Blazers rallied in the third period, and with 10 minutes to play in the game, they led 76–68.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 5
Vinnie Johnson then went on the first of two scoring streaks. "The Microwave" scored all of Detroit's points in a 9–0 run to give his team a 77–76 edge with 6:35 to go. The Blazers stepped up their pressure and again built a 90–83 lead with 2:05 left. But, when Clyde Drexler fouled out, Portland could not score the rest of the way and "The Microwave" heated up again. Johnson scored seven points in Detroit's astounding 9–0 run to close the game and the series. His last shot was a 15-footer from the right sideline with Jerome Kersey draped all over him and 0:00.7 showing on the clock.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 5
Isiah Thomas was named the Finals MVP. He had scored 33, 23, 21, 32 and 29 points, respectively, in the five games. From three-point range he had made 11 of 16 shots. For the series, he had averaged 27.6 points, 8.0 assists, and 5.2 rebounds, a performance that caused him to unleash his full smile afterward.


1990 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 5
"You can say what you want about me," he said, "but you can't say that I'm not a winner."


1990 NBA Finals, Television coverage
The NBA on CBS ended a 17-year run, as the league was moving to NBC after the 1990 NBA Finals. In their goodbye montage, CBS used Marvin Gaye's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" from the 1983 NBA All-Star Game. Pat O'Brien (anchor), Lesley Visser (the Pistons' sideline), James Brown (the Trail Blazers' sideline), Dick Stockton (play-by-play) and Hubie Brown (color commentary) called the action for CBS.


1990 NBA Finals, Television coverage
After CBS' run with the NBA ended, Brown moved to Turner Sports to fill the same role. Stockton would not call another NBA game until 1995, when he also joined Turner. Stockton and Brown would occasionally be paired together on TBS and TNT until 2002, when Brown was hired to coach the Memphis Grizzlies.


1990 NBA Finals, Aftermath
The Pistons would not make a fourth consecutive Finals championship visit in the 1990–91 NBA season. Dealing with an injured Isiah Thomas for 34 games, They went 50–32, but a matured and stronger Chicago Bulls team swept them in four games of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Bulls won the championship that season. Within a few seasons, the Pistons dynasty broke up, with key players, including Thomas, retiring or moving on as free agents to other teams. They would not return to the Finals until 2004. Dennis Rodman, James Edwards and John Salley would win a championship in 1996 with the Bulls.


1990 NBA Finals, Aftermath
The Trail Blazers won the Pacific Division title by winning a franchise-record 63 games in 1991, acquiring the league's best record. They were, however, denied a second straight trip to the NBA Finals, losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games at the Western Conference Finals. The Blazers returned to the Finals the year after that in 1992, but lost to the Bulls in the championship series, four games to two.


1990 NBA draft
The 1990 NBA draft took place on June 27, 1990, in New York City, New York. One of the standouts of this draft is Basketball Hall of Famer Gary Payton. He became a nine-time All-Star, achieved the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award in 1996, won an NBA Championship with the Miami Heat in 2006, holds many statistical records during his tenure with the now defunct Seattle SuperSonics, and was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 2013.


1990 NBA draft
The top pick of the draft was Syracuse's Derrick Coleman who was selected by the New Jersey Nets. In total, 52 of the 54 players selected went on to play at least one competitive game in the NBA, and six players were at some point of their career selected to play in the NBA All-Star Game. One player who had been projected to be a lottery pick as well as possibly the number one  by media outlets and draft analysts was Loyola Marymount's Hank Gathers, who died of a heart condition in March 1990 after collapsing during a game.


1990 NBA playoffs
The 1990 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1989–90 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons defeating the Western Conference champion Portland Trail Blazers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals. Isiah Thomas was named NBA Finals MVP.


1990 NBA playoffs
It was the Blazers' first trip to the NBA Finals since their victory in the 1977 NBA Finals.


1990 NBA playoffs
The New York Knicks fell behind 2–0 to the Boston Celtics in their first round matchup, but took the series 3–2 by winning Game 5 121-114 in Boston Garden. Prior to this, the Celtics had beaten the Knicks 26 straight at the Boston Garden.


1990 NBA playoffs
This deciding game featured a missed dunk by Larry Bird late in the fourth with the Celtics trailing by four (103-99) and a clinching 3-point basket by Patrick Ewing on a play where he chased down an errant pass by Charles Oakley on the sideline in front of the Knicks' bench and hurled up a desperation shot as the shot clock was reaching zero. The basket put the Knicks up 113-101 and essentially clinched the game and the series.


1990 NBA playoffs
The Phoenix Suns defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in a playoff series for the first time ever. It also marked the first time since 1981 that the Lakers failed to reach the Western Conference Finals, ending the longest such run since the Bill Russell-led Boston Celtics, who made the Eastern Conference Finals thirteen consecutive times between 1957 and 1969.


1990 NBA playoffs
It was the first NBA Finals to not feature the Lakers or Celtics since 1979.


1990 NBA playoffs
The Chicago Bulls lost Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals 93–74 in Detroit, making it the third straight year they were ousted in the playoffs by the Pistons.


1990 NBA playoffs
The Indiana Pacers made only their third playoff appearance since their NBA debut in the 1976–77 season; they proceeded to make the playoffs 16 out of the next 17 years (missing only in 1997).


1990 NBA playoffs
The Dallas Mavericks made their only playoff appearance of the decade. They did not return until 2001.


1990 NBA playoffs
Game 5 of the NBA Finals was the last NBA game to be televised on CBS.


1990 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (8) Indiana Pacers
This was the first playoff meeting between the Pistons and the Pacers.


1990 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (2) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (7) Cleveland Cavaliers
This was the first playoff meeting between the Cavaliers and the 76ers.


1990 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) Chicago Bulls vs. (6) Milwaukee Bucks
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bucks winning the first two meetings.


1990 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) Boston Celtics vs. (5) New York Knicks
This was the 13th playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning seven of the first 12 meetings.


1990 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (8) Houston Rockets
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Rockets winning the first two meetings.


1990 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (7) Denver Nuggets
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning one series apiece.


1990 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (6) Dallas Mavericks
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Trail Blazers winning the first meeting.


1990 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Utah Jazz vs. (5) Phoenix Suns
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Suns winning the first meeting.


1990 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (5) New York Knicks
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Knicks winning the first meeting.


1990 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (3) Chicago Bulls
This was the first playoff meeting between the Bulls and the 76ers.


1990 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (5) Phoenix Suns
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning the first six meetings.


1990 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (3) Portland Trail Blazers
This was the first playoff meeting between the Trail Blazers and the Spurs.


1990 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (3) Chicago Bulls
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Pistons winning two of the first three meetings.


1990 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (3) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (5) Phoenix Suns
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Suns winning the first two meetings.


1990 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (E1) Detroit Pistons vs. (W3) Portland Trail Blazers
This was the first playoff meeting between the Pistons and the Trail Blazers.


1990 NBL Finals
The 1990 NBL Finals was the championship series of the 1990 season of Australia's National Basketball League (NBL) and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Perth Wildcats defeated the Brisbane Bullets in three games (2-1) for their first NBL championship.


1990 NBL Finals, Format
The 1990 National Basketball League Finals started on 26 September and concluded on 28 October. The playoffs consisted of two best of three Elimination finals, two best of three Semi-finals and the best of three game Grand Final series. As the two top teams at the end of the regular season, the North Melbourne Giants and Eastside Melbourne Spectres both qualified for home court advantage during the Semi-finals.


1990 NBL Finals, Grand Final series
The 1990 Grand Final series between the Brisbane Bullets and Perth Wildcats saw a then record aggregate attendance for an NBL Grand Final series with 34,580 attending the 3 games. Game 2 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre attracted a then record Australian indoor sporting attendance (and NBL record crowd) of 13,221.


1990 NBL season
The 1990 NBL season was the 12th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. With the addition of the Gold Coast Cougars a total of 14 teams contested the league.


1990 NBL season, Regular Season
The 1990 Regular Season took place over 23 Rounds between 30 March 1990 and 22 September 1990.


1990 NBL season, Ladder
This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. The top 6 teams qualified for the finals series.


1990 NBL season, Ladder
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.


1990 NBL season, Ladder
1Head-to-Head between Eastside Spectres and Brisbane Bullets (1-1). Eastside Spectres won For and Against (+7).


1990 NBL season, Ladder
2Head-to-Head between Melbourne Tigers and Perth Wildcats (1-1). Melbourne Tigers won For and Against (+11).


1990 NBL season, Finals, Playoff bracket
There were two best of three Elimination finals, two best of three semi-finals, and then best of three grand final. All three of these finals were sudden death.


1990 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1990 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Dick Sheridan. NC State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953. The Wolfpack played its home games in 1990 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.


1990 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its forty fourth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The forty-fourth tournament's champion was Georgia, coached by Steve Webber. The Most Outstanding Player was Mike Rebhan of Georgia.


1990 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals
The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.


1990 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The 1990 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 52nd annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 10th annual NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.


1990 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
Held on November 19, 1990, the combined meet was hosted by the University of Tennessee at Pine Lakes Golf Course in Knoxville, Tennessee. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) while the distance for the women's race was 5 kilometers (3.11 miles).


1990 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The men's team national championship was won by Arkansas, their fourth team national title. The individual championship was won by Jonah Koech, from Iowa State, with a time of 29:05.00.


1990 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The women's team national championship was won by Villanova, their second team (and second consecutive) national title. The individual championship was won by Sonia O'Sullivan, also from Villanova, with a time of 16:06.00.


1990 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
The 1990 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the tenth women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The Old Dominion Lady Monarchs won their fifth championship, defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the final, a rematch of the previous year's final. The championship rounds were held at Bauer Field in Piscataway, New Jersey on the campus of Rutgers University.


1990 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
The 1990 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships were contested at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's NCAA collegiate indoor track and field events in the United States. These were the 26th annual men's championships and the 8th annual women's championships.


1990 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
Six-time defending champions Arkansas claimed the men's team title, the Razorbacks' seventh title and the seventh of twelve straight titles.


1990 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
Texas won the women's team title, the Longhorns' third team title and third in five years.


1990 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
All teams and athletes from Division I indoor track and field programs were eligible to compete for this year's individual and team titles.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
The 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the final round of the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, and it determined the national champion for the 1989-90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season  The 1990 National Title Game was played on April 2, 1990 at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. The 1990 National Title Game was played between the 1990 West Regional Champions, #1-seeded UNLV and the 1990 East Regional Champions, #3-seeded Duke.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I men's college basketball. It began on March 15, 1990, and ended with the championship game on April 2 in Denver, Colorado. A total of 63 games were played.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
UNLV, coached by Jerry Tarkanian, won the national title with a 103–73 victory in the final game over Duke, coached by Mike Krzyzewski. In doing so, UNLV set the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament record for largest margin of victory in a championship game. UNLV's win marks the last time a school from a non-power conference has won the championship game. Anderson Hunt of UNLV was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
This tournament is also remembered for an emotional run by Loyola Marymount in the West regional. In the semifinals of the West Coast Conference tournament, Lions star forward Hank Gathers collapsed and died due to a heart condition. The WCC tournament was immediately suspended, with the regular-season champion Lions given the conference's automatic bid.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The team defeated New Mexico State, then laid a 34-point thrashing on defending national champion Michigan, and defeated Alabama in the Sweet Sixteen (the only game in which Loyola Marymount did not score 100 or more points in the tournament) before running into eventual champion UNLV in the regional final. Gathers' childhood friend Bo Kimble, the team's undisputed floor leader in the wake of the tragedy, paid tribute to his friend by attempting his first free throw in each game left-handed despite being right-handed. (Gathers was right-handed, but struggled so much with free throws that he tried shooting them left-handed for a time.) Kimble made all of his left-handed attempts in the tournament.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The tournament employed a new timing system borrowed from FIBA & the NBA: when the game was played in an NBA arena, the final minute of the period is measured in tenths-seconds, rather than whole seconds as in previous years.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1990 tournament:


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
Denver became the 23rd host city, and McNichols Sports Arena the 26th host venue, for the Final Four, the only time it has hosted. Two new cities, Oakland, California and Richmond, Virginia, became host cities in 1990. Games had not been played in the East Bay region since 1958 when Cal's Men's Gym (now Haas Pavilion) hosted; the tournament has returned twice since. Richmond became the third city in Virginia, after Blacksburg and Williamsburg, to host tournament games; like the previous cities it has only hosted twice.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
Additionally, the tournament returned to Knoxville for the first time since 1983, this time at the new Thompson–Boling Arena. This year also marked the second and, to date, last appearance of the Long Beach Arena in the tournament; with newer, larger venues in Los Angeles and Anaheim, it is unlikely to return soon. Any future tournament games to be played in the San Francisco area would be played at SAP Center or Chase Center & in Denver at the Ball Arena.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
The 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships were contested at the 52nd annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament for determining the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the Division I level in the United States.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Innisbrook Island Course in Tarpon Springs, Florida.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Arizona State won the team championship, the Sun Devils' first NCAA title.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Future professional, five-time major winner, and defending NCAA champion Phil Mickelson, from also from Arizona State, won the individual title, his second of three.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 43rd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 16 and April 1, 1990, and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Colgate 7-3. All First Round and Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues with the 'Frozen Four' games being played at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
This was the first year in which the consolation game was not played since the tournaments premier in 1948.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Boston University's 30 goals scored during the tournament is the highest ever for a single team. The Terriers also played the most NCAA tournament games in one year (7).


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The NCAA permitted 12 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the four Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC, Hockey East and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 8 teams. The NCAA permitted one Independent team to participate in the tournament and placed it in the East Regional with the intent to insert an additional independent in the West Regional the following season. As a result, the two western conferences (CCHA and WCHA) would split four open spots as opposed to the East's three.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured four rounds of play. The three odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the three even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking with the top two teams in each bracket receiving byes into the quarterfinals.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
In the first round the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds played best-of-three series to determine which school advanced to the Quarterfinals with the winners of the 4 vs. 5 series playing the first seed and the winner of the 3 vs. 6 series playing the second seed. In the Quarterfinals the matches were best-of-three series once more with the victors advancing to the National Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Joe Louis Arena and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 1990 tournament championship game was played at Rutgers University in front of 19,070 fans. The Syracuse Orangemen defeated the Loyola Greyhounds, 21–9.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Syracuse's participation in the tournament was later vacated by the NCAA Committee on infractions. Syracuse was found to have violated rules when coach Roy Simmons, Jr.'s wife Nancy Simmons co-signed a car loan with Paul Gait. Roy Simmons, Jr.'s 3-0 record as well as Gait's 7 goals and 7 assists in the tournament are not recognized by the NCAA.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
This Syracuse team is notable for being undefeated and featuring the Gait brothers, Paul and Gary Gait as well as hall-of-famer Tom Marechek, and is generally considered one of the best teams in NCAA lacrosse history.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
The Orangemen won three consecutive titles from 1988 to 1990. They became the first team to win three in a row since Johns Hopkins from 1978 to 1980.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Jon Reese had a tremendous season for Yale, scoring an NCAA record 82 goals out of the midfield and leading Yale to a 15 and 1 regular season. This was Yale's second only NCAA tournament appearance and they received the second seed in the tournament, making it to the Final Four.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the 31st organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The UCLA Bruins won their second national title by defeating the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, 1–0, in the championship game, after four overtime periods and a penalty kick shootout. This was the first championship game decided by penalty kicks. The final match was played on December 2, 1990, in Tampa, Florida, at USF Soccer Stadium. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1990 at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana at the 67th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States. The men's and women's titles would not be held at the same site until 2006.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
Texas topped the team standings, finishing 83 points ahead of USC. It was the Longhorns' third consecutive and fourth overall title and the fourth for coach Eddie Reese.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
The 1990 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships were the 44th annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
For the third consecutive year, Stanford claimed the men's team national title, the Cardinal's eleventh overall.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships, Host sites
The men's tournaments were played in Los Angeles, California, hosted by the University of Southern California. The men's and women's tournaments would not be held at the same site until 2006.


1990 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1990 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested May 30−June 2 at Wallace Wade Stadium at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States.


1990 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
These were the 68th annual men's championships and the ninth annual women's championships. This was the Blue Devils' first time hosting the event.


1990 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
For the second consecutive year, LSU topped both the men's and women's standings; it was the LSU men's team's third team title and the fourth consecutive, as well as fourth overall, for the Lady Tigers. This would go on to be the fourth of LSU's eleven consecutive women's national championships in track and field between 1987 and 1997.


1990 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the ninth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1990, twenty Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of either two or three teams, each in a double elimination format. The 1990 Women's College World Series was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 23 through May 28 and marked the conclusion of the 1990 NCAA Division I softball season. For the third consecutive year, UCLA won the championship by defeating Fresno State 2–0 in the final game.


1990 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
The 1990 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships refer to one of two NCAA-sponsored events held during June 1990 to determine the national champions of men's and women's collegiate tennis in the United States:


1990 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
The men's and women's tournaments would not be held at the same site until 2006.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 11 and ended on April 1. The tournament featured 48 teams. The Final Four consisted of Virginia, Stanford, Auburn, and Louisiana Tech, with Stanford defeating Auburn 76-60 to win its first NCAA title. Stanford's Jennifer Azzi was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Forty-eight teams started the tournament on the eleventh of March. Thirteen days later, there were four team left, Virginia, Auburn, Louisiana Tech and Stanford, headed to Knoxville, Tennessee for the Final Four.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Stanford, after playing in the initial 1982 tournament, did not qualify between 1983 and 1987, but had reached the Sweet Sixteen in 1988, and the Elite Eight in 1989. Virginia was competing in their seventh consecutive NCAA tournament, finishing as high as the Elite Eight in 1988. However, they had been knocked out of the tournament by Tennessee in each of the last three tournaments.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Auburn, coached by Joe Ciampi, had been to all but one of the NCAA tournaments, and reached the last two Final Fours, but finished in the Runner-up position in each year. Louisiana Tech had not just played in every NCAA tournament, but had reached at least the Elite Eight every year, and had two national championships.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
For the fourth consecutive year, Virginia faced Tennessee in the tournament. The previous three match ups were all won by Tennessee, including an 80–37 win in the 1989 tournament. This time, led by Dawn Staley who would win the MVP for her performance in the East Regional, the Cavaliers took the Volunteers to overtime, and won 79–75. Virginia next faced Stanford, who had only lost one game all season, and reached the final four by beating Arkansas 114–87 in the West Regional. Stanford wouldn't lose this game, and prevailed over Virginia 75–66.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
In the other semi-final game, Auburn faced Louisiana Tech. Auburn came into the tournament as the prior year's runner-up, but was a two seed in the bracket with Washington, the only team to beat Stanford during the regular season. Auburn won easily, beating the Huskies 76–50. The Tech team, only two years removed from their last national championship, were a 1 seed and beat Texas to advance to the Final Four. Auburn was too strong for the Lady Techsters, and advanced to the championship game with an 81–69 victory.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Over twenty thousand people bought tickets for the championship game in Knoxville, the largest crowd ever (at the time) to watch a women's basketball game. In 1985, Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer had traveled to Knoxville to meet with the family of Jennifer Azzi, to try to persuade Azzi to come to Stanford. Despite finishing 9–19 the year before, VanDerveer talked about competing for a national championship, Azzi came to Stanford, and four years later, was twenty miles from her Oak Ridge hometown, playing for the national championship.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Auburn, led by Caroline Jones, pulled out to a nine-point lead in the first half. Then Azzi, who had not been able to even take a shot in the first eleven minutes, took over. She brought the team to a tie at halftime, and helped lead a 9–2 run early in the second half to take over the game. Azzi would win the tournament award for the most outstanding player, and her teammate Katy Steding set three point shooting records to help Stanford win their first national championship 88–81, while Auburn would finish as runner-up for the third consecutive year.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Records
Katy Steding set the Final Four record for both three points field goal attempts (15) and three point field goals made (6), in the championship game against Auburn.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Records
Stanford set the NCAA Women's Tournament record for assist in a single games, with 37 assists in their Regional Final game against Arkansas.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams - automatic
Forty-eight teams were selected to participate in the 1990 NCAA Tournament. Twenty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams - at-large
Twenty-seven additional teams were selected to complete the forty-eight invitations.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by conference
Twenty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In eleven cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Two conferences (North Star, Big West) sent two representatives as an at-large team. Twenty-four additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, First and second rounds
In 1990, the field remained at 48 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-12 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 8 and 9 faced each other for the opportunity to face the 1 seed in the second round, seeds 7 and 10 played for the opportunity to face the 2 seed, seeds 5 and 12 played for the opportunity to face the 4 seed, and seeds 6 and 11 played for the opportunity to face the 3 seed. In the first two rounds, the higher seed was given the opportunity to host the first-round game. In most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exception:


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, First and second rounds
The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the thirty-two first and second round locations:


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals and Final Four
The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 22 to March 24 at these sites:


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals and Final Four
Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four, held March 30 and April 1 in Knoxville, Tennessee at the Thompson-Boling Arena (Host: University of Tennessee)


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by state
The forty-eight teams came from thirty states. California and Illinois had the most teams with four each. Twenty states did not have any teams receiving bids.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Brackets
First- and second-round games played at higher seed except where noted.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by conference
Fifteen conferences had more than one bid, or at least one win in NCAA Tournament play:


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by conference
Eight conferences went 0-1: Big Eight, Big Sky Conference, Colonial, Gateway, MAAC, MAC, Southern Conference, and WAC


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The 1990 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the ninth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey during May 1990.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The Harvard Crimson won their first championship by defeating the Maryland Terrapins in the final, 8–7.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The leading scorer for the tournament, with 10 goals, was Mary Ann Oelgoetz, from Maryland. The Most Outstanding Player trophy was not awarded this year.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship, Qualification
All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. A total of 6 teams were invited to participate in this single-elimination tournament.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament was the ninth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The championship game was played at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina during December 1990.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
North Carolina defeated Connecticut Huskies in the final, 6–0, to win their eighth national title. Coached by Anson Dorrance, the Tar Heels finished the season undefeated, 24–0. This would go on to become the fifth of North Carolina's record nine consecutive national titles (1986–1994). It was also part of the Tar Heels' ten-year unbeaten streak that ran from the 1984 championship game all the way until the 1994 season.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The Most Outstanding Offensive Player was again Kristine Lilly from North Carolina, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Stacey Blazo, also from North Carolina. Lilly was also the tournament's leading scorer (4 goals, 2 assists).


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 12 teams.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1990 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the seventh annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
This year's events were hosted by the University of Texas at the Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Hosts Texas reclaimed the top spot in the team standings, finishing 9.5 points ahead of defending champions Stanford. It was the Longhorns' sixth women's team title. The University Of Texas team consisted of:Caron Arnold Farrell,Katy Arris Wilson, Julie Cooper Bliemel,Andrea Ciro,Kelley Davies Currin, Jeanne Doolan Cunningham,Dana Dutcher May,Leigh Ann Fetter-Witt, Andrea Hayes Dickson,Kelly Jenkins Madden,Erica Jude Cain,Kristi Kiggans Bertelsman, Julie Knesel Powell,Lydia Morrow Chase,Tara Nye Huntress, Garland O’Keefe Wilson,Patty Overmyer Armstrong,Marlene Parchman Cornelius,Amy Shaw Collins,Kristina Stinson Straface,Melissa Strieby Cusack,Dorsey Tierney Walker,Jodi Wilson Kuhn,Head Coach Mark Schubert, Assistant Coach Jill Sterkel,Assistant Coach Cheryl Ridall


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships
The 1990 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships were the ninth annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I women's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships
For the fifth consecutive year, Stanford claimed the women's team national title, the Cardinal's seventh.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships, Host sites
The women's tournaments were held in Gainesville, Florida, hosted by the University of Florida. The men's and women's tournaments would not be held at the same site until 2006.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 15, 1990, when UCLA defeated Pacific 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
UCLA won the program's second NCAA title in women's volleyball by defeating Pacific 15-9, 15-12, 15-7. UCLA was led by Natalie Williams and Marissa Hatchett who had 12 kills a piece. The Bruins finished the 1990 season 36-1.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 1990 Final Four was held at the Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland.


1990 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, NCAA tournament records
There is one NCAA tournament record that was set in the 1990 NCAA tournament.


1990 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
The following polls make up the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. Baseball America began publishing its poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1981. Beginning with the 1985 season, it expanded to the top 25. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.


1990 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Baseball America
Currently, only the final poll from the 1990 season is available.


1990 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Collegiate Baseball
Currently, only the final poll from the 1990 season is available.


1990 NCAA Division I baseball season
The 1990 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1990. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1990 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty fourth time in 1990, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Georgia claimed the championship for the first time.


1990 NCAA Division I baseball season, Format change
The Big East Conference dissolved its divisional format and played as a single eight team division.


1990 NCAA Division I baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1990 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 25 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 23 teams earned at-large selections.


1990 NCAA Division I baseball season, College World Series
The 1990 season marked the forty fourth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Georgia claiming their first championship with a 2–1 win over Oklahoma State in the final.


1990 NCAA Division I softball season
The 1990 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 1990. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 1990 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 1990 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on May 27, 1990.


1990 NCAA Division I softball season, Women's College World Series
The 1990 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 23 to May 27, 1990 in Oklahoma City.


1990 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Freshman class scoreless innings streak:63.0 - Heather Compton, UCLA Bruins; March 2-May 9, 1990


1990 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Sophomore class single game triples:3 - Michelle Shean, Oklahoma State Cowgirls; March 10, 1990


1990 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Senior class assists:222 - Tiffany Cornelius, San Jose State Spartans


1990 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1990 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football rankings, Coaches' Poll
The Coaches' poll expanded to 25 teams in 1990, joining the AP poll which had done so in 1989. Florida, Houston, and Oklahoma were on probation by the NCAA during the 1990 season; they were therefore ineligible to receive votes in the Coaches' Poll.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a split national championship and the ensuing controversy helped lead to the creation of the Bowl Coalition, a precursor to the Bowl Championship Series. The national title was split between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The Buffaloes (11–1–1) took the AP poll while the Yellow Jackets (11–0–1) took the UPI Coaches poll by one vote over Colorado, 847 to 846. During the season Colorado had a particularly controversial victory over Missouri in what would later be known as the "Fifth Down Game".


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Heisman Trophy voting
The Heisman is given to the Most Outstanding Player of the year


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year
Voters were divided in the first poll of the 1990 college football season. The first rankings reflected the lack of consensus for a number one.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year
Each of the top five teams received at least three first-place votes in the initial poll. The season opening game was the Disneyland Classic between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Tennessee Volunteers in Anaheim, California. The game ended in an exciting 31–31 tie, keeping both teams alive for the national championship.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year
Although the first game was played on August 26, 1990, the first regular season poll was not released until September 4. Polls in 1990 were released on the Tuesday after the game.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week One: September 1, 1990
There was little movement in the polls as most teams either played against non-competitive foes or did not begin the season until September 8. The only significant drop was Colorado, who fell from No. 5 to No. 6 with a 31–31 tie with No. 8 Tennessee in the first ever Pigskin Classic, played at Anaheim Stadium.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Two: September 8, 1990
The most significant game and slight upset of week two came in Provo, Utah, where the No. 16 BYU Cougars, led by 1990 Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer, held off the defending champion, No. 1 ranked Miami Hurricanes, 28–21. A comeback by No. 6 Colorado staved off defeat against unranked Stanford, 17–14. The pollsters remained unimpressed by Colorado, dropping them to No. 9 despite the win.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Two: September 8, 1990
The Gene Stallings era began for the No. 13 Alabama Crimson Tide with a loss to the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles, 27–24, quarterbacked by Brett Favre; the Tide opened their season with 3 straight losses. The Steve Spurrier era also began at the University of Florida. In Charlottesville, the No. 14 Virginia Cavaliers beat No. 9 Clemson in what was viewed as an upset. It was Virginia's first win ever over the Tigers, after 29 consecutive losses since their first meeting in 1955. The top five teams for the week ending September 8 were: Notre Dame, Auburn, Florida State, Michigan, and BYU.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Three: September 15, 1990
The most important game of week three was a top five match-up of No. 1 Notre Dame against No. 4 Michigan. In an exciting game, the Fighting Irish prevailed, 28–24, to remain No. 1. The other game that would have season long significance was (No. 21) Illinois' upset of (No.9) Colorado, 23–22. The game would figure prominently in the national championship argument in January. Steve Spurrier also won his SEC debut, with his No. 24 Florida team besting the Alabama Crimson Tide, 17–13.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Three: September 15, 1990
While No. 2 Auburn and No. 3 Florida State both won, the Seminole's 48–6 win over Georgia Southern brought it to No. 2 in the polls. At the close of the week, the top five teams were: Notre Dame, Florida State, Auburn, BYU, and USC. Climbing into the top ten was Virginia with a 3–0 record.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Four: September 22, 1990
The game to watch was Notre Dame trying to keep its top ranking in the polls. The No. 1 Fighting Irish had yet another tough game, as they prevailed against No. 24 Michigan State, on the road, 20–19. No. 5 USC had a horrible game, as they were blown out by No. 21 Washington, 31–0. No . 20 ranked Colorado gained another win against No. 22 Texas, 29–22, but the win did not improve their ranking. By the next poll, the top five teams were: Notre Dame, Florida State, Auburn, BYU, and Tennessee. Virginia was still going up in the polls, ranking No. 7.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Five: September 29, 1990
There wasn't as much poll action as last week, but the surprise was when No. 20 Colorado beat No. 12 Washington, 20–14. The tie between No. 3 Auburn and No. 5 Tennessee, 26–26, caused their rankings to go down slightly. Top ranked Notre Dame kept their top ranking for at least one more week after topping Purdue, 37–11. The top five teams on the October 1 poll were: Notre Dame, Florida State, Michigan, Virginia, and Auburn.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Six: October 6, 1990
The most controversial game of the season—and one of the most controversial of all-time—occurred in Columbia, Missouri, where No. 12 Colorado beat Missouri on a last minute lunge by back-up quarterback Charles Johnson. The problem, however, was that Johnson actually scored on Fifth Down due to an error by the seven officials calling the game. The game would have major ramifications for the national championship at year's end, but the subsequent poll did punish Colorado by dropping them two spots to No. 14.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Six: October 6, 1990
This play became especially controversial at the end of the season, as Georgia Tech would have most likely been undisputed champions had this mistake not been made and Missouri had won (although Colorado likely would not have spiked the ball on what would have been fourth down had the down markers accurately reflected the number of plays run).


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Six: October 6, 1990
The day's other stunner came in South Bend where Stanford, with a 1–3 record, stunned the unbeaten No. 1 Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, 36–31, in a game where the Irish muffed three punts. Meanwhile, No. 9 Miami met No. 2 Florida State, with the Hurricanes prevailing, 31–22. The loss dropped the second-ranked Seminoles to No. 10 and vaulted the Hurricanes back into the national championship picture. Idle No. 6 Tennessee picked up a first-place vote despite two ties in their first five games.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Six: October 6, 1990
The stunning loss of Notre Dame scattered the first-place AP votes among a number of teams. Michigan, Virginia, Miami, Oklahoma, and Tennessee—the top five in the poll of October 9, 1990—each received first place votes as did No. 8 Nebraska, No. 10 Florida, and No. 13 Houston. Despite two ties on their record, Tennessee moved up to No. 5 when No. 5 Auburn escaped a major upset at the hands of Louisiana Tech, 16–14.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Seven: October 13, 1990
After sitting on top of the college rankings for only four days, Michigan became the third number one team of the year to get knocked off the top spot, losing 28–27 at home in Ann Arbor to archrival Michigan State; the Wolverines failed a two-point conversion with seconds to go as future 1991 Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard could not hold on to the ball when he was allegedly interfered with, in what was a very controversial no-call by the referees.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Seven: October 13, 1990
The day's other upset of a top five team was No. 4 (AP only) Oklahoma's 14–13 loss to unranked Texas in the Red River Shootout. That loss did not affect the national championship picture, since Oklahoma was not eligible to play in a bowl game due to NCAA probation, nor could it be ranked in the coaches poll.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Seven: October 13, 1990
No. 9 (AP only) Florida also endured their first loss in the Steve Spurrier era, losing a 45–3 rout at the hands of No. 5 Tennessee despite being down only 7–3 at halftime, and No. 18 Georgia Tech knocked off No. 15 Clemson, 21–19, in a game that was to be of greater importance at the end of season. The top five rankings released on October 13, 1990: Virginia, Miami, Georgia Tech, Nebraska, Auburn.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Eight: October 20, 1990
The stunning season continued to shock as ten of the 25 ranked teams went down to defeat on an unforgettable Saturday. In a battle of national powers, No. 6 Notre Dame knocked off No. 2 Miami, 29–20, in South Bend and assured the Hurricanes would not repeat as national champions. The loss dropped Miami to No. 8 while raising the Irish to No. 3. Perhaps an even greater upset came in Knoxville, where Alabama (with a 2–3 record), stunned No. 3 Tennessee, 9–6, just one week after the Volunteers had put 45 points on the Florida Gators.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Eight: October 20, 1990
The Vols lined up to kick a potential game winning FG with less than two minutes left only to see Stacy Harrison block the kick. The momentum from the block sent the ball forty yards back downfield and put Alabama in position to win on a last second field goal by All-American Phillip Doyle. The loss was the Vols first in a year and dropped them out of the top ten. No. 5 Auburn scored 10 points in the last 4 minutes to beat No. 7 Florida State 20–17 in a match-up of top ten teams.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Eight: October 20, 1990
Auburn's win put them at No. 2 in the nation, their highest ranking since they won the national championship in 1957. No . 11 Georgia Tech suffered their first imperfection of the season, but they did not lose the game thanks to a Scott Sisson field goal in the closing seconds. Their tiff with North Carolina ended in a 13–13 tie that would later haunt the Yellow Jackets. Michigan lost their second game in a row by a single point, this time to Iowa, 24–23, following their ascent to number one.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Eight: October 20, 1990
The top five lined up as: Virginia, Auburn, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Illinois


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Nine: October 27, 1990
A harrowing escape due to missed extra point attempt resulted in a drop of No. 2 Auburn by two spots in the AP poll. Mississippi State (3–3), showing signs of promise for Coach Rockey Felker, fought the 4–0–1 Tigers to the very end, scoring a touchdown on the final play. A successful point after try would net the Bulldogs a tie, but a block by Auburn's special teams preserved a 17–16 win at Scott Field. There was little other movement in the top ten, although BYU fell one spot from No. 9 to No. 10 despite routing New Mexico.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Nine: October 27, 1990
The reason for the Cougars' fall was Colorado's impressive win over formerly No. 4–ranked Oklahoma. The Sooners had lost three games in a row, but Colorado's win put them at number nine. Auburn's drop enabled both No. 3 Notre Dame and No. 4 Nebraska to move up one spot each. Otherwise, the top five remained the same.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Ten: November 3, 1990
In perhaps the most exciting game of the 1990 college season, No. 16 Georgia Tech made a stunning comeback from 14 points down at half time and outlasted No. 1 ranked Virginia, 41–38, at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, on a Scott Sisson field goal with 7 seconds left. The loss dropped the Cavaliers out of the No. 1 spot and made Virginia the fourth different number one to lose in 1990. But the game shared top billing with the showdown in Lincoln, Nebraska, between No. 3 Nebraska and No. 9 Colorado.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Ten: November 3, 1990
Trailing by 12 points with only 12 minutes to play, the Buffaloes scored four touchdowns, all from Eric Bieniemy, to win, 27–12, and all but clinch the Big Eight title for the second straight year. And just when the shock had worn off, No. 15 Florida routed No. 4 Auburn, 48–7, to send the Tigers tumbling all the way to No. 15.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Ten: November 3, 1990
The rankings on the morning of November 6, 1990, when the AP poll was released:


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Eleven: November 10, 1990
In keeping with the strange season where the uncommon became commonplace, four of the top nine teams lost and the muddy national title picture got a little clearer when the AP poll was released on November 13. The No. 2 Washington Huskies, poised for a possible shot at the title, lost a stunner at home to UCLA, 25–22, when the Bruins kicked the game-winning FG with seven seconds left, ending a national title dream, although the Huskies still had the inside track to the Rose Bowl.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Eleven: November 10, 1990
No. 3 Houston, with Heisman Trophy candidate David Klingler filling the shoes of departed 1989 Heisman winner, Andre Ware, finally lost, falling to No. 14 Texas, 45–24, and ending speculation that the national championship might go to a team on probation. Houston's bowl ineligibility assured they would be given no consideration in the final poll for a top ranking. No. 6 Iowa stumbled at home and lost to Ohio State, 27–26, as the Buckeyes scored the game-winning touchdown with one second left, ending the Hawkeyes' title bid.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Eleven: November 10, 1990
And despite being given consideration time and again, No. 9 Tennessee managed a fourth imperfection on their record—two losses and two ties—when they fell to No. 1 Notre Dame, 34–29, in a nationally televised encounter. No. 7 Georgia Tech again came back in the fourth quarter and beat Virginia Tech, 6–3.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Eleven: November 10, 1990
The losses, however, helped clear the way for some other hopefuls. No. 4 Colorado, who only one month earlier had been mired at number twenty, completed a climb all the way back up to No. 2 when they routed Oklahoma State, 41–22. As long as the Buffaloes won their final encounter against 5–5 Kansas State, they were virtually guaranteed a shot at the national championship. No. 15 Auburn, on the other hand, showed how far one could fall the other direction, plummeting from No. 2 only two weeks earlier to No. 24 due to their 13–12 upset loss to Southern Miss.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Twelve: November 17, 1990
The championship picture, much clearer just a week earlier, was considerably muddied again when top-ranked Notre Dame became the fifth number one to fall from the top spot as No. 18 Penn State edged the No. 1 Irish, 24–21, on a Craig Fayak field goal with 4 seconds left, coming back from a 14-point deficit. Because bowl invitations were ready to be offered, the upset smothered any chance the Orange Bowl had of determining a consensus national champion. Those problems were exacerbated when former No. 8 Virginia lost to Maryland and in the process lost starting quarterback Shawn Moore due to injury.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Twelve: November 17, 1990
The loss by Notre Dame put No. 2 Colorado in the number one spot for the first time since January 1, 1990. Rounding out the top five were Miami, Georgia Tech, BYU, and Florida.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Week Thirteen: November 24, 1990
Perhaps bowing to public pressure due to their status as the nation's only unbeaten Division I-A team, the AP poll moved Georgia Tech up one spot from number three to number two after their 40–23 defeat of the Georgia Bulldogs in their annual showdown. The Yellow Jackets now had the nation's longest current unbeaten streak at 15 games.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Bowl games
Three of the top four teams were contractually obligated to bowl games that left no chance for a No. 1 vs. No. 2 match-up. As the Big Eight champion, No. 1 Colorado went to the Orange Bowl, and No. 2 Georgia Tech represented the Atlantic Coast Conference in the Florida Citrus Bowl. Although Miami and Notre Dame, ranked third and fifth respectively, were Independents and thus bound to no bowl, both had claims to make for the national title that necessitated defeating the highest-ranked foe.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Bowl games
The Orange Bowl invitation to Notre Dame had already been extended prior to the late season loss by the Irish to Penn State, leaving Miami to face No. 4 Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic. Although Miami had two losses, the Hurricanes would repeat as national champions if both Colorado and Georgia Tech lost while Miami won. The Hurricanes did their best, routing the Longhorns, 46–3, but the early morning 45–21 pounding of No. 19 Nebraska by Georgia Tech, closed the door on the Hurricanes chances and opened the question of whether Georgia Tech could possibly win a share if Colorado beat Notre Dame.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, Bowl games
The wins by Miami and Georgia Tech ensured Notre Dame could not wind up as champion, but the Irish and Buffaloes fought to the finish with Colorado prevailing, 10–9, on a blocked extra point. With only 65 seconds left, it appeared Notre Dame had won when Rocket Ismail ran 91 yards with a punt return for touchdown that was called back on a clipping penalty. Deon Figures intercepted Rick Mirer's desperation pass to clinch the national title for Colorado.


1990 NCAA Division I-A football season, Recap of the year, UPI rankings shake-up
When the final votes were counted, Colorado had won their first national champion as voted by the Associated Press. The UPI coaches poll, however, saw a shake-up that resulted in Georgia Tech moving to No. 1 by one point. The deciding vote was cast by Colorado Buffaloes rival Nebraska's head coach Tom Osborne, the only coach who had played both teams during the 1990 season. Colorado beat Nebraska, 27–12, in Lincoln while Georgia Tech had beaten them in the Florida Citrus Bowl, 45–21.


1990 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
The 1990 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Georgia Southern Eagles and the Nevada Wolf Pack. The game was played on December 15, 1990, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The culminating game of the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Georgia Southern, 36–13. It was the second consecutive Division I-AA title, and fourth overall, for Georgia Southern.


1990 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams
The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1990 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket. The location of the final, the Georgia Southern Eagles' Paulson Stadium, had been predetermined via a three-year agreement the university reached with the NCAA in February 1989.


1990 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams, Georgia Southern Eagles
Georgia Southern finished their regular season with an 8–3 record, with one of their losses coming against Florida State of Division I-A. Ranked third in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll and seeded third in the tournament, the Eagles defeated The Citadel, Idaho, and UCF to reach the final. This was the fifth appearance for Georgia Southern in a Division I-AA championship game, having three prior wins (1985, 1986, and 1989) and one prior loss (1988).


1990 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams, Nevada Wolf Pack
Nevada finished their regular season with a 10–1 record (7–1 in conference); their only loss was an away game against Boise State. Ranked fourth in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll and seeded fourth in the tournament, the Wolf Pack defeated Northeast Louisiana, Furman, and Boise State to reach the final. Both the Furman and Boise State games went to triple overtime. This was the first appearance for Nevada in a Division I-AA championship game.


1990 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings
The 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the NCAA Division I-AA football committee. This is for the 1990 season.


1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season
The 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1990, and concluded with the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 15, 1990, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their fourth I-AA championship, defeating the Nevada Wolf Pack by a score of 36–13.


1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Postseason
The top four teams were seeded, and thus assured of home games in the opening round. The location of the final, the Georgia Southern Eagles' Paulson Stadium, had been predetermined via a three-year agreement the university reached with the NCAA in February 1989.


1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Postseason, NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
* By team name denotes host institution* By score denotes overtime periodsSource:


1990 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1989-90 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College, with Wade Green of runner-up California State University, Bakersfield named the Most Outstanding Player.


1990 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
The 1990 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 19th annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.


1990 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
Southern Connecticut State defeated Seattle Pacific in the final, winning in a penalty kick shootout after the championship match finished 0–0 through four overtime periods. This was the Owls' (22-0-1) second national title and first for coach Ray Reid.


1990 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
The final match was held in Melbourne, Florida on December 1, 1990.


1990 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament was the ninth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's  collegiate basketball in the United States.


1990 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
Defending champions Delta State defeated Bentley in the championship game, 77–43, claiming the Lady Statesmen's second NCAA Division II national title.


1990 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament was the third annual NCAA-sponsored tournament to determine the team national champion of Division II women's college soccer in the United States.


1990 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament
The championship was hosted at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida.


1990 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament
Sonoma State defeated defending champions Barry in the final, 2–0, to claim their first national title.


1990 NCAA Division II football rankings
The 1990 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the NCAA Division II football committee. This is for the 1990 season.


1990 NCAA Division II football season
The 1990 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1990, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 8, 1990, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. The North Dakota State Bison defeated the Indiana (PA) Crimson Hawks, then known as the Indians, 51–11, to win their fifth Division II national title.


1990 NCAA Division II football season
The Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Chris Simdorn, quarterback from North Dakota State.


1990 NCAA Division II football season, Conference summaries
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Winston-Salem StateGulf South Conference – Mississippi CollegeLone Star Conference – East Texas StateMidwest Intercollegiate Football Conference – Grand Valley StateMissouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Pittsburg StateNorth Central Conference – North Dakota StateNorthern California Athletic Conference – UC DavisNorthern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–Duluth, Northern State, and Southwest Minnesota StatePennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Millersville (East), Indiana (PA) (West)Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Colorado MesaSouth Atlantic Conference – Carson-NewmanSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Alabama A&MWestern Football League – Cal Poly–SLO and Cal State Northridge


1990 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason
The 1990 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 18th single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, for the fifth time.


1990 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1990 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 15th national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with six teams competing at a new location at C. O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, Michigan for the championship. Six regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series.


1990 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with one region consisting of six teams, four regions consisting of four teams, and one region consisting of two teams, which was played as best-of-five, for a total of 24 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was Eastern Connecticut State, who defeated Aurora for the championship.


1990 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was the 16th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.


1990 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
Held during March 1990, the field included forty teams. The championship rounds were again contested in Springfield, Ohio.


1990 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
Rochester defeated DePauw, 43–42, to clinch their first NCAA Division III national title.


1990 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1989–90 season, the 7th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Wisconsin-Stevens Point defeating Plattsburgh State in the championship series 1-0 in the deciding minigame. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.


1990 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament. There were no automatic bids, however, conference tournament champions were given preferential consideration. No formal seeding was used while quarter and semifinal matches were arranged so that the road teams would have the shortest possible travel distances. Because the semifinal series were played at home team venues the NCAA elected to select an equal amount of eastern and western teams.


1990 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. Starting in 1988, each round of the tournament consisted of a two-game series where the first team to reach 3 points was declared a winner (2 points for winning a game, 1 point each for tying). If both teams ended up with 2 points after the first two games a 20-minute mini-game used to determine a winner. Mini-game scores are in italics. The teams were seeded according to geographic proximity in the quarterfinals so the visiting team would have the shortest feasible distance to travel.


1990 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament was the ninth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.


1990 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
Hope defeated St. John Fisher in the championship game, 65–63, to claim the Flying Dutchmen's first Division III national title.


1990 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
The championship rounds were hosted by Hope College in Holland, Michigan.


1990 NCAA Division III football season
The 1990 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 1990, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1990 at Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton, Florida. The Allegheny Gators won their first Division III championship by defeating the Lycoming Warriors, 21−14, in overtime.


1990 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason
The 1990 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 18th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton, Florida for the first time. Like the previous five tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.


1990 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The Consensus 1990 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.


1990 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
The 1990 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 21st annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball. The tournament was played at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia during May 1990.


1990 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
USC defeated Long Beach State in the final match, 3–1 (15–10, 12–15, 15–4, 15–6), to win their fourth national title. The Trojans (26–7) were coached by Jim McLaughlin.


1990 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
USC's Bryan Ivie was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Ivie, along with five other players, comprised the All-Tournament Team.


1990 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Qualification
Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs, whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III, were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1990 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The 1990 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 22nd annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1990.


1990 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
California defeated Stanford in the final, 8–7, to win their ninth national title. Coached by Steve Heaston, the Golden Bears finished the season 29–1.


1990 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The Most Outstanding Player of the tournament was Chris Humbert (California). Humbert, along with six other players, was named to the All-Tournament Team.


1990 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The tournament's leading scorer, with 10 goals, was Lucas Nicolao from Navy.


1990 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship, Qualification
Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1990 NCAA Rifle Championships
The 1990 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 10th annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was held at the Bancroft Hall Rifle Range at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.


1990 NCAA Rifle Championships
West Virginia, with a team score of 6,205, once again retained the team championship, finishing 104 points ahead of hosts Navy. It was the Mountaineers third consecutive and sixth overall national title.


1990 NCAA Rifle Championships
The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Michelle Scarborough (South Florida), and Gary Hardy (West Virginia), for the air rifle.


1990 NCAA Rifle Championships, Qualification
Since there is only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of six teams ultimately contested this championship.


1990 NCAA Skiing Championships
The 1990 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Stowe Mountain Resort in Stowe, Vermont as the 37th annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate slalom and cross country skiing in the United States.


1990 NCAA Skiing Championships
Defending champions Vermont, coached by Chip LaCasse, claimed their third team national championship, finishing 100 points ahead of Utah in the cumulative team standings.


1990 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
This year's NCAA skiing championships were hosted at the Stowe Mountain Resort in Stowe, Vermont


1990 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
These were the sixth championships held in the state of Vermont (1955, 1961, 1973, 1980, 1986, and 1990) and third at Stowe (1980, 1986, and 1990).


1990 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
The 1990 NCAA Women's Golf Championships were contested at the ninth annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of women's collegiate golf in the United States. Until 1996, the NCAA would hold just one annual women's golf championship for all programs across Division I, Division II, and Division III.


1990 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Cobblestone Park Golf Course in Blythewood, South Carolina, a suburb of Columbia.


1990 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
Arizona State won the team championship, the Sun Devils' first.


1990 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship
The 1990 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship involved 12 schools competing for the national championship of women's NCAA Division I gymnastics. It was the ninth NCAA gymnastics national championship and the defending NCAA Team Champion for 1989 was Georgia. The competition took place in Corvallis, Oregon hosted by the Oregon State University in Gill Coliseum. The 1990 Championship was won by Utah.


1990 NFL Draft
The 1990 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 22–23, 1990, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City, New York. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season.