1990 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1990 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Asheville Civic Center
Asheville, NC
Champions East Tennessee State (2nd title)
Winning coach Les Robinson (2nd title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1989  1991»
1989–90 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East Tennessee State 12 2   .857     27 7   .794
Marshall 9 5   .643     15 13   .536
Appalachian State 8 6   .571     19 11   .633
VMI 7 7   .500     14 15   .483
Chattanooga 7 7   .500     14 14   .500
The Citadel 5 9   .357     12 16   .429
Furman 5 9   .357     15 16   .484
Western Carolina 3 11   .214     10 18   .357
SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1990; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2–4, 1990 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The East Tennessee State Buccaneers, led by head coach Les Robinson, won their second Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1990 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

All of the conference's eight members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 2
Semifinals
March 3
Finals
March 4
         
1 East Tennessee St. 75
8 Western Carolina 60
1 East Tennessee St. 99
4 VMI 84
4 VMI 83
5 Chattanooga 69
1 East Tennessee St. 96
3 Appalachian State 75
2 Marshall 77
7 Furman 82*
3 Appalachian State 79
7 Furman 62
3 Appalachian State 86
6 The Citadel 71

* Overtime game

See also

References

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