1990 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
1990 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1989–90 |
Teams | 7 |
Site | Racer Arena Murray, Kentucky |
Champions | Murray State (5th title) |
Winning coach | Steve Newton (2nd title) |
MVP | Popeye Jones (Murray State) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State † | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1990 OVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
The 1990 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 1989–90 season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 3-5, 1990 at Racer Arena in Murray, Kentucky.
Murray State defeated Eastern Kentucky in the championship game, 63–57, to win their fourth OVC men's basketball tournament.
The Racers received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Tournament as the #16 seed in the Southeast region. They took #1 seed Michigan State to overtime before falling, 75–71.
Format
All seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top seed (Murray State) receiving a bye to the semifinal round. The teams were re-seeded after the opening round.
Bracket
Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 3 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 4 | Championship Thursday, March 5 | ||||||||||||
1 | Murray State | 68 | ||||||||||||
7 | Austin Peay | 67 | ||||||||||||
4 | Eastern Kentucky | 65 | ||||||||||||
5 | Middle Tennessee State | 52 | ||||||||||||
1 | Murray State | 73 | ||||||||||||
4 | Eastern Kentucky | 67 | ||||||||||||
3 | Morehead State | 92 | ||||||||||||
6 | Tennessee State | 89 | ||||||||||||
4 | Eastern Kentucky | 52 | ||||||||||||
3 | Morehead State | 50 | ||||||||||||
2 | Tennessee Tech | 57 | ||||||||||||
7 | Austin Peay | 75 |