1989 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

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1989 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification
Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte, NC
ChampionsSouth Alabama (1st title)
Winning coachRonnie Arrow (1st title)
MVPJeff Hodge (South Alabama)
1988–89 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Alabama 11 3   .786 23 9   .719
UNC Charlotte
10 4   .714 17 12   .586
VCU
9 5   .643 13 15   .464
UAB 8 6   .571 22 12   .647
Old Dominion 7 7   .500 15 13   .536
Jacksonville 5 9   .357 14 16   .467
Western Kentucky
4 10   .286 14 15   .483
South Florida 2 12   .143 7 21   .250
1989 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner
Rankings from
AP Poll


The 1989

Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1]

Top-seeded South Alabama easily defeated Jacksonville in the championship game, 105–59, to win their first Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Jaguars, in turn, received an automatic bid to the

1989 NCAA tournament
. No other Sun Belt members received at-large bids to the tournament.

Format

There were no changes to the existing tournament format. All eight conference members were placed into the initial quarterfinal round and each team was seeded based on its regular season conference record.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4
Semifinals
Sunday, March 5
Championship
Monday, March 6
         
1 South Alabama 70
8 South Florida 65
1 South Alabama 103
4 UAB 84
5 Old Dominion 87
4 UAB 89
1 South Alabama 105
6 Jacksonville 59
3
VCU
85
6 Jacksonville 93
6 Jacksonville 77
7 Western Kentucky 72
7
Western Kentucky
65
2 UNC Charlotte 63

See also

References

  1. ^ "1988–89 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.