1989 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1989 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Asheville Civic Center
Asheville, NC
Champions East Tennessee State (1st title)
Winning coach Les Robinson (1st title)
1988–89 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Chattanooga 10 – 4   .714     18 – 12   .600
Furman 9 – 5   .643     17 – 12   .586
Appalachian State 8 – 6   .571     20 – 8   .714
East Tennessee State† 7 – 7   .500     20 – 11   .645
The Citadel 7 – 7   .500     16 – 12   .571
Marshall 6 – 8   .429     15 – 15   .500
VMI 5 – 9   .357     11 – 17   .393
Western Carolina 4 – 10   .286     12 – 16   .429
† Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1988; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 3–5, 1989 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The East Tennessee State Buccaneers, led by head coach Les Robinson, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1989 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 3 		Semifinals
March 4 		Finals
March 5
         
1 Chattanooga 72
8 Western Carolina 63
1 Chattanooga 73
4 East Tennessee St. 76
4 East Tennessee St. 93
5 The Citadel 89
4 East Tennessee St. 96
6 Marshall 73
2 Furman 81
7 VMI 73
2 Furman 68
6 Marshall 91
3 Appalachian State 69
6 Marshall 83

* Overtime game

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1988–89 Southern Conference Season Summary
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