| Sport: | basketball |
| Year: | 1989–90 |
| Team: | Wisconsin Badgers |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Record: | 14–17 |
| Conf Record: | 4–14 |
| Head Coach: | Steve Yoder |
| Hc Year: | 8th |
| Arena: | Wisconsin Field House |
The 1989–90 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Steve Yoder, coaching his eighth season with Wisconsin. The Badgers finished 14-17, 4-14 in Big Ten play to finish in eighth place.
Yoder's top assistant Brad McNulty, suspended without pay since August 1, 1989, was fired just prior to his eighth season at Wisconsin for billing personal phone calls to the university from January 1988 to May 1989. McNulty made 51 calls to Nevada hotel casinos, which cost the university over $2,000 and resulted in a felony charge.[1] [2]
|-!colspan=12| Regular Season[5]
| Minutes | Scoring | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | Free Throws | Rebounds | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | TO | Blk | Stl | PF | ||
| Jones, Danny | 31 | 31 | 1043 | 33.6 | 548 | 17.7 | 215 | 412 | .522 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 118 | 188 | .628 | align="right" | - | - | 140 | 4.5 | 26 | 68 | 15 | 20 | 91 | |
| Simms, Willie | 30 | 30 | 970 | 32.3 | 400 | 13.3 | 153 | 284 | .539 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 92 | 146 | .630 | - | - | 145 | 4.8 | 97 | 99 | 11 | 33 | 85 | ||
| Locum, Tim | 30 | 19 | 792 | 26.4 | 295 | 9.8 | 94 | 194 | .485 | 67 | 143 | .469 | 40 | 45 | .889 | - | - | 69 | 2.3 | 67 | 35 | 0 | 33 | 61 | ||
| Tompkins, Patrick | 28 | 19 | 719 | 25.7 | 186 | 6.6 | 73 | 146 | .500 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 40 | 80 | .500 | - | - | 178 | 6.4 | 29 | 56 | 10 | 17 | 67 | ||
| Good, Brian | 30 | 5 | 471 | 15.7 | 170 | 5.7 | 41 | 111 | .369 | 31 | 81 | .383 | 57 | 63 | .905 | - | - | 21 | 0.7 | 37 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 35 | ||
| Hisle, Larry | 31 | 12 | 516 | 16.6 | 141 | 4.5 | 46 | 126 | .365 | 17 | 52 | .327 | 32 | 46 | .696 | - | - | 44 | 1.4 | 33 | 46 | 7 | 18 | 48 | ||
| Portmann, Kurt | 31 | 16 | 652 | 21.0 | 115 | 3.7 | 53 | 127 | .417 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9 | 25 | .360 | - | - | 134 | 4.3 | 37 | 42 | 30 | 24 | 77 | ||
| Douglass, Billy | 31 | 17 | 525 | 16.9 | 86 | 2.8 | 32 | 72 | .444 | 9 | 19 | .474 | 13 | 18 | .722 | - | - | 41 | 1.3 | 65 | 41 | 1 | 17 | 49 | ||
| Ellenson, John | 30 | 6 | 368 | 12.3 | 58 | 1.9 | 26 | 54 | .481 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 17 | .294 | - | - | 57 | 1.9 | 39 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 32 | ||
| Robinson, Byron | 9 | 0 | 71 | 7.9 | 12 | 1.3 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | - | - | 13 | 1.4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | ||
| Harrell, Damon | 19 | 0 | 123 | 6.5 | 20 | 1.1 | 8 | 24 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 8 | .500 | - | - | 19 | 1.0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Total | 31 | align="center" style="" | - | 6250 | 40.3 | 2031 | 65.5 | 744 | 1558 | .478 | 121 | 311 | .408 | 416 | 642 | .648 | - | - | 933 | 30.1 | 445 | 450 | 78 | 195 | 569 | |
| Opponents | 31 | align="center" | - | 6250 | 40.3 | 2004 | 64.6 | 721 | 1591 | .453 | 117 | 313 | .374 | 445 | 622 | .715 | - | - | 951 | 30.7 | 363 | 440 | 59 | 189 | 580 | |
| Legend | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | Tot | Total count | Avg | Average per game | Pts | Points | |
| FG | Field goals made | FGA | Field goal attempts | 3FG | 3-pointers made | 3FA | 3-point attempts | FT | Free throws made | |
| FTA | Free throw attempts | Off | Offensive rebounds | Def | Defensive rebounds | A | Assists | TO | Turnovers | |
| Blk | Blocks | Stl | Steals | PF | Personal fouls | Team high | ||||
Danny Jones was named Second Team All-Big Ten by the media at the conclusion of the season.