1989 American South Conference men's basketball tournament
The 1989 American South Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–6 at the Cajundome at University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana.[2]
| 1989 American South Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1988–89 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Finals site | Cajundome Lafayette, LA |
| Champions | Louisiana Tech (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Tommy Joe Eagles (2nd title) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech † | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pan American | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1989 American South tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech defeated New Orleans in the championship game, 84–62, to take home their second American South men's basketball tournament title.
The Bulldogs received an automatic invitation to the 1989 NCAA Tournament as the #9 seed in the Southeast region. They defeated La Salle 83–74 before losing to #1 seed Oklahoma 124–81.
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 Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Friday, March 3 | Semifinals Saturday, March 4 | Championship Sunday, March 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Orleans | 89 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Southwestern Louisiana | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Pan American | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Southwestern Louisiana | 93 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Orleans | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Louisiana Tech | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Louisiana Tech | 103 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Lamar | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Louisiana Tech | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Arkansas State | 65 | ||||||||||||
References
- sports-reference.com 1988-89 American South Conference Season Summary
- "1988-89 American South Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2020.