1990 American South Conference men's basketball tournament
The 1990 American South Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 2–4 at the Convocation Center at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas.[2]
| 1990 American South Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1989–90 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Finals site | Convocation Center Jonesboro, AR |
| Champions | New Orleans (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Tim Floyd (1st title) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans † | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Pan American | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 1 | – | 9 | .100 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1990 American South tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Orleans defeated Texas–Pan American in the championship game, 48–44, to take home their first American South men's basketball tournament title.
The Privateers did not receive an automatic invitation to the 1990 NCAA Tournament. Instead, they participated in the 1990 NIT.
Format
All six of the conference's founding members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top two teams were given byes into the semifinals while the bottom four teams were placed and paired into the initial quarterfinal round.
All games were played at the Convocation Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Friday, March 2 | Semifinals Saturday, March 3 | Championship Sunday, March 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Orleans | 91 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Southwestern Louisiana | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Arkansas State | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Southwestern Louisiana | 83 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Orleans | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas–Pan American | 44 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas–Pan American | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Lamar | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas–Pan American | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Louisiana Tech | 76 | ||||||||||||
References
- sports-reference.com 1989-90 American South Conference Season Summary
- "1989-90 American South Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2020.