1990 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament

1990 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1989–90
Teams	8
Site	Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, MS
Champions	Louisville (8th title)
Winning coach	Denny Crum (8th title)
MVP	LaBradford Smith (Louisville)
Metro Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 1989 1991 →

1989–90 Metro Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 16 Louisville †	12	–	2		.857			27	–	8		.771
Southern Miss	9	–	5		.643			20	–	12		.625
Cincinnati	9	–	5		.643			20	–	14		.588
Memphis State	8	–	6		.571			18	–	12		.600
Florida State	6	–	8		.429			16	–	15		.516
South Carolina	6	–	8		.429			14	–	14		.500
Virginia Tech	5	–	9		.357			13	–	18		.419
Tulane	1	–	13		.071			4	–	24		.143
† 1990 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi.^[1]

Louisville defeated Southern Miss in the championship game, 83–80, to win their eighth Metro men's basketball tournament.

The Cardinals received the conference's automatic bid to the

. Southern Miss received an at-large bid.

Format

All eight members of the conference participated. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

	Quarterfinal Thursday, March 8					Semifinals Friday, March 9					Championship Saturday, March 10
	1	Louisville	79
	8	Tulane	58
						1	Louisville	76
						4	Memphis State	73
	4	Memphis State	71
	5	South Carolina	56
											1	Louisville	83
											2	Southern Miss	80
	3	Cincinnati	65
	6	Florida State	64
						3	Cincinnati	63
						2	Southern Miss	75
	7	Virginia Tech	67
	2	Southern Miss	81

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