1990 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
1990 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1989–90 |
Teams | 7 |
Site | Fant-Ewing Coliseum Monroe, Louisiana |
Champions | Northeast Louisiana (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Mike Vining (2nd title) |
MVP | Anthony Jones (Northeast Louisiana) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeast Louisiana † | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwest Texas State | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas–Arlington | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas State | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 2 | – | 25 | .074 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1990 Southland Conference tournament winner |
The 1990 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7 at Fant-Ewing Coliseum in Monroe, Louisiana.[1]
Northeast Louisiana defeated North Texas in the championship game, 84–68, to win their first Southland men's basketball tournament.
The Warhawks received a bid to the 1990 NCAA Tournament as the #15 seed in the Midwest region.
Format
[edit]All seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top team earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams began play in the quarterfinal round.
Games in the quarterfinal round were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at Fant-Ewing Coliseum in Monroe, Louisiana.
Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 5 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 6 | Championship Thursday, March 7 | ||||||||||||
1 | NE Louisiana | 65 | ||||||||||||
5 | Texas-Arlington | 50 | ||||||||||||
4 | Sam Houston State | 66 | ||||||||||||
5 | Texas–Arlington | 72 | ||||||||||||
1 | NE Louisiana | 84 | ||||||||||||
7 | North Texas State | 68 | ||||||||||||
3 | Texas State | 58 | ||||||||||||
6 | Northwestern State | 82 | ||||||||||||
6 | Northwestern State | 61 | ||||||||||||
7 | North Texas State | 63 | ||||||||||||
2 | McNeese State | 62 | ||||||||||||
7 | North Texas State | 67 |
References
[edit]- ^ "1989-90 Southland Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 17, 2020.