1989 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
1989 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1988–89 |
Teams | 7 |
Site | Winthrop Coliseum Rock Hill, SC |
Champions | UNC Asheville (1st title) |
Winning coach | Don Doucette (1st title) |
MVP | Milton Moore (UNC Asheville) |
1988–89 Big South Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campbell | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baptist College | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Asheville † | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radford | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winthrop | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Augusta State | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 5 | – | 23 | .179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1989 Big South Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1989 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2–4, 1989 at the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, South Carolina. For the first time in their school history, the UNC Asheville Bulldogs won the tournament, led by head coach Don Doucette.[1]
Format[]
All of the conference's seven members participated in the tournament, hosted at the Winthrop Coliseum, home of the Winthrop Eagles. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage.
Bracket[]
Quarterfinals March 2 |
Semifinals March 3 |
Finals March 4 | |||||||||||
4 | UNC Asheville | 62 | |||||||||||
5 | Radford | 58 | |||||||||||
1 | Coastal Carolina | 76 | |||||||||||
4 | UNC Asheville | 88 | |||||||||||
2 | Campbell | 78 | |||||||||||
2 | Campbell | 90 | 4 | UNC Asheville | 93 | ||||||||
7 | Augusta State | 84 | |||||||||||
2 | Campbell | 78 | |||||||||||
6 | Winthrop | 55 | |||||||||||
3 | Baptist College | 68 | |||||||||||
6 | Winthrop | 81 |
* Asterisk indicates overtime game
All-Tournament Team[]
- Milton Moore, UNC Asheville
- , UNC Asheville
- , UNC Asheville
- , Campbell
- Henry Wilson, Campbell
- , Winthrop
This was the last year in which six players were selected to the All-Tournament Team. It was reduced to five the following year.[1]
References[]
Categories:
- 1988–89 Big South Conference men's basketball season
- Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
- 1989 in sports in South Carolina
- March 1989 sports events in the United States