1989 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1989 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte, NC
Champions South Alabama (1st title)
Winning coach Ronnie Arrow (1st title)
MVP Jeff Hodge (South Alabama)
Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1988  1990»

Template:1988–89 Sun Belt men's basketball standings

The 1989 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–6 at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1]

Top-seeded South Alabama easily defeated Jacksonville in the championship game, 105–59, to win their first Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Jaguars, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament. No other Sun Belt members received at-large bids to the tournament.

Format

There were no changes to the existing tournament format. All eight conference members were placed into the initial quarterfinal round and each team was seeded based on its regular season conference record.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4
Semifinals
Sunday, March 5
Championship
Monday, March 6
         
1 South Alabama 70
8 South Florida 65
1 South Alabama 103
4 UAB 84
5 Old Dominion 87
4 UAB 89
1 South Alabama 105
6 Jacksonville 59
3 VCU 85
6 Jacksonville 93
6 Jacksonville 77
7 Western Kentucky 72
7 Western Kentucky 65
2 UNC Charlotte 63

See also

References

  1. "1988–89 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
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