1989 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
| 1989 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1988–89 |
| Teams | 7 |
| First round site | Campus Sites Campus Arenas |
| Finals site | Super Pit Denton, Texas |
| Champions | McNeese State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Steve Welch (1st title) |
| MVP | Michael Cutright (McNeese State) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NE Louisiana | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State † | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Arlington | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1989 Southland Conference tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1989 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–6 at Super Pit in Denton, Texas.[1]
McNeese State defeated North Texas in the championship game, 85–68, to win their first Southland men's basketball tournament.
The Cowboys received a bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament as #16 seed in the Midwest region. They were the only Southland member invited to the tournament.
Format
All six of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two teams earning byes into the semifinal round. The other four teams began play in the quarterfinal round.
First round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at the Super Pit in Denton, Texas.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 4 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 5 | Championship Thursday, March 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | North Texas State | 100 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Northwestern State | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Northwestern State | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Texas State | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | North Texas State | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | McNeese State | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | NE Louisiana | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Texas-Arlington | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | NE Louisiana | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | McNeese State | 80 | ||||||||||||
References
- ^ "1988-89 Southland Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
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