1989 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1989 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–6 at Super Pit in Denton, Texas.[1]

1989 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198889
Teams7
First round siteCampus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals siteSuper Pit
Denton, Texas
ChampionsMcNeese State (1st title)
Winning coachSteve Welch (1st title)
MVPMichael Cutright (McNeese State)
1988–89 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
North Texas State104 .714  1415  .483
NE Louisiana95 .643  1712  .586
McNeese State95 .643  1614  .533
Sam Houston State86 .571  1216  .429
Northwestern State77 .500  1316  .448
Texas State68 .429  1317  .433
UT Arlington410 .286  721  .250
Stephen F. Austin311 .214  1018  .357
1989 Southland Conference Tournament winner

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

  1. "1988-89 Southland Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
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