1990 American South Conference men's basketball tournament

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1990 American South Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification
Convocation Center
Jonesboro, AR
ChampionsNew Orleans (1st title)
Winning coachTim Floyd (1st title)
1989–90 American South Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Louisiana Tech 8 2   .800 20 8   .714
New Orleans 8 2   .800 21 11   .656
Texas–Pan American
7 3   .700 21 9   .700
Southwestern Louisiana
4 6   .400 20 9   .690
Arkansas State
2 8   .200 15 13   .536
Lamar 1 9   .100 7 21   .250
1990 American South tournament winner
Rankings from
AP Poll[1]

The 1990

Texas–Pan American
in the championship game, 48–44, to take home their first American South men's basketball tournament title.

The Privateers did not receive an automatic invitation to the

1990 NCAA Tournament. Instead, they participated in the 1990 NIT
.

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

.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Friday, March 2
Semifinals
Saturday, March 3
Championship
Sunday, March 4
         
1 New Orleans 91
4 Southwestern Louisiana 76
5
Arkansas State
69
4
Southwestern Louisiana
83
1 New Orleans 48
3 Texas–Pan American 44
3
Texas–Pan American
92
6 Lamar 82
3 Texas–Pan American 82
2 Louisiana Tech 76

References

  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1989-90 American South Conference Season Summary
  2. ^ "1989-90 American South Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2020.