#ThrowbackThursday: 1990-91 Pac-10 Champions
 
TUCSON, Ariz. – The fifth installment of our #ThrowbackThursday series takes a look at the 1990-91 team that went 14-4 to win the Pac-10 regular season title. The team would go on to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament to finish the season with a 28-7 record.
 
The regular season saw the 'Cats also claim the Preseason N.I.T. championship with wins over Notre Dame and Arkansas in New York City and then the Fiesta Bowl Classic title by virtue of wins over Pepperdine and Iowa State. Other notable non-conference wins included at Villanova and at home against Duke in double overtime.
 
Below is a look at the roster, season results and more from that team.
 
1990-91 Arizona Basketball Roster

#	Name	Year	Pos.	Ht.	PPG
42	Chris Mills	So.	F	6-6	15.6
21	Brian Williams	Jr.	F	6-11	14.0
45	Sean Rooks	Jr.	C	6-11	11.9
24	Matt Muehlebach	Sr.	G	6-2	10.1
3	Khalid Reeves	Fr.	G	6-1	9.1
12	Matt Othick	Jr.	G	6-2	7.8
41	Ed Stokes	So.	C	7-0	5.9
30	Wayne Womack	Jr.	F	6-8	5.8
23	Deron Johnson	Fr.	F	6-6	3.9
34	Tony Clark	Fr.	F	6-8	3.2
11	Casey Schmidt	So.	G	6-5	2.8
51	Kevin Flanagan	Fr.	F	6-8	1.5

 
1990-91 Season Results

Won 28, Lost 7
Coach:  Lute Olson
Dodge Preseason N.I.T Champions
Valley Bank Fiesta Bowl Classic Champions
Pacific-10 Conference Champions
NCAA Tournament Participants
N14	Austin Peay (1)	W	122-80
N16	East Tennessee State (1)	W	88-79
N21	Notre Dame (2)	W	91-61
N23	Arkansas (2)	W	89-77
N26	Western Illinois	W	90-51
D1	Long Beach State	W	95-68
D5	at Northern Arizona	W	100-64
D8	at Louisiana State	L	82-92
D23	Providence	W	99-87
D27	Pepperdine (3)	W	80-66
D29	Iowa State (3)	W	102-77
J3	*at Washington	L	56-70
J5	*at Washington State	W	84-71
J10	*USC	W	87-85
J12	*UCLA	W	82-77
J17	*at Arizona State	W	74-71
J19	at Villanova	W	72-64
J24	*at Stanford	W	78-76
J26	*at California	L	78-85
J31	*Washington State	W	84-71
F2	*Washington	W	85-56
F7	*at USC	L	83-87
F10	*at UCLA (ot)	W	105-94
F13	*Arizona State	W	71-50
F17	Georgia Tech (4)	L	56-62
F21	*California	W	100-63
F24	Duke (2ot)	W	103-96
F26	*Stanford	W	89-51
F28	*at Oregon State	W	103-65
M2	*at Oregon	L	58-62
M7	*Oregon State	W	82-67
M9	*Oregon	W	107-65
M14	St. Francis, Pa. (5)	W	93-80
M16	Brigham Young (5)	W	76-61
M21	Seton Hall (6)	L	77-81
*  Pacific-10 Conference game (14-4, 1st)
(1)  at Preseason N.I.T., Tucson, Ariz.
(2)  at Preseason N.I.T., New York, N.Y.
(3)  at Valley Bank Fiesta Bowl Classic, Tucson, Ariz.
(4)  at Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, N.J.
(5)  at NCAA Tournament, Salt Lake City, Utah
(6)  at NCAA West Regional, Seattle, Wash.

 
Notes

• The 1990-91 Arizona Wildcats team featured a pair of All-Americans in Chris Mills and Brian Williams, just the second time in program history that UA had two All-Americans in one season (1987-88 – Elliott, Kerr). Mills and Williams were also named USBWA All-District players.
• Brian Williams also garnered All-Regional teams of the NCAA Tournament in 1991.
• Senior Matt Muehlebach garnered Academic All-American accolades in 1991, still the most recent honoree from Arizona men's basketball. He averaged 10.1 points, 4.6 assists and shot 50.7 percent from the floor.
• The Wildcats outscored their opponents by an average of 14.6 points per game while scoring 86.3 points per game, the fifth-best single season total in school history
• The 51.4 percent the team shot from the floor still ranks as the fourth-best single season percentage in program history
• Williams shots 61.9 percent from the floor for the season while Mills was just behind at 51.9 percent.
• Freshman Khalid Reeves was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team after averaging 9.1 points, 2.9 assists and shooting 46.3 percent from the 3-point line.