The 1990–91 East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball team represented

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during the

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. The team was led by first-year coach Alan LeForce. LeForce was an assistant the previous year under coach

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who left to become head coach at

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. The Bucs finished the season 28–5 and 11–3 in Southern Conference play to finish in a tie for first place. They won the Southern Conference tournament championship in Asheville to receive the automatic berth to the NCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the Midwest region. They lost to No. 7

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in the first round. They finished ranked No. 17 in the final AP poll.

Roster

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Rankings

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Schedule and results

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Awards and honors

*Keith Jennings – SoCon Player of the Year (Coaches), Consensus Second-Team All-American

References

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