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

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.

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
  • Alan LeForce (1st season)
Home arenaETSU/Mountain States Health
Alliance Athletic Center
1990–91 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Furman113 .786209  .690
No. 17 East Tennessee State113 .786285  .848
Chattanooga113 .7861910  .655
Appalachian State77 .5001614  .533
Marshall77 .5001414  .500
VMI59 .3571018  .357
Western Carolina311 .2141117  .393
The Citadel113 .071622  .214
1991 SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1991
Rankings from AP poll
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