1990–91 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team

1990–91 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball
SoCon regular season co-champions and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 17
Record28–5 (11–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home arenaETSU/Mountain States Health
Alliance Athletic Center
1990–91 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Furman 11 3   .786 20 9   .690
No. 17 East Tennessee State 11 3   .786 28 5   .848
Chattanooga 11 3   .786 19 10   .655
Appalachian State 7 7   .500 16 14   .533
Marshall 7 7   .500 14 14   .500
VMI 5 9   .357 10 18   .357
Western Carolina 3 11   .214 11 17   .393
The Citadel 1 13   .071 6 22   .214
1991 SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1991
Rankings from AP poll

The 1990–91 East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball team represented East Tennessee State University during the 1990-91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by first-year coach Alan LeForce. LeForce was an assistant the previous year under coach Les Robinson who left to become head coach at NC State. 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 Iowa in the first round. They finished ranked No. 17 in the final AP poll.