1995 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament
The 1995 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 10–12 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.[2]
1995 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1994–95 |
Teams | 7 |
Site | Freedom Hall Louisville, FY |
Champions | Louisville (11th title) |
Winning coach | Denny Crum (11th title) |
MVP | DeJuan Wheat (Louisville) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Charlotte | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville † | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VCU | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1995 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
Louisville defeated Southern Miss in the championship game, 78–64, to win their 11th Metro men's basketball tournament. The Cardinals received an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA tournament.
This was the final Metro Conference men's basketball tournament, as five members of the Metro Conference and six members of the Great Midwest Conference joined to form Conference USA. The inaugural Conference USA men's basketball tournament was played March 7–9, 1996.
Format
All seven of the conference's members participated. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top team earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams entered into the preliminary first round.
Bracket
First round Friday, March 10 | Semifinals Saturday, March 11 | Championship Sunday, March 12 | ||||||||||||
1 | UNC Charlotte | 56 | ||||||||||||
5 | Southern Miss | 60 | ||||||||||||
4 | Virginia Tech | 66 | ||||||||||||
5 | Southern Miss | 82 | ||||||||||||
5 | Southern Miss | 64 | ||||||||||||
2 | Louisville | 78 | ||||||||||||
6 | South Florida | 64 | ||||||||||||
3 | Tulane | 73 | ||||||||||||
3 | Tulane | 80 | ||||||||||||
2 | Louisville | 81 | ||||||||||||
7 | VCU | 61 | ||||||||||||
2 | Louisville | 84 |
References
- sports-reference.com 1994-95 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
- "1994-95 Metro Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 7, 2020.