1989 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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1989 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1988–89
Teams8
First round siteCampus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals siteMeadowlands Arena
East Rutherford, NJ
ChampionsLa Salle (2nd title)
Winning coachSpeedy Morris (2nd title)
MVPLionel Simmons (La Salle)
← 1988
1990 →
1988–89 MAAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
La Salle † 13 – 1   .929 26 – 6   .813
Saint Peter's 11 – 3   .786 22 – 9   .710
Iona 8 – 6   .571 15 – 16   .484
Fordham 8 – 6   .571 14 – 15   .483
Army 6 – 8   .429 12 – 16   .429
Holy Cross 5 – 9   .357 13 – 15   .464
Manhattan 3 – 11   .214 7 – 21   .250
Fairfield 2 – 12   .143 7 – 21   .250
† 1989 MAAC Tournament winner


The 1989 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–3 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.[1] This was the first edition of the tournament.

Top-seeded La Salle defeated St. Peter's in the championship game, 71–58, to win their first MAAC men's basketball tournament.

The Explorers received an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament as the #8 seed in the Southeast region.

Format[]

All eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records.

First Round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at a neutral site at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals
Friday, March 2 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 3 		Championship
Sunday, March 4
         
1 La Salle 91
8 Fairfield 62
1 La Salle 85
4 Fordham 69
4 Fordham 77
5 Army 63
1 La Salle 71
2 St. Peter's 58
3 Iona 76
6 Holy Cross 63
3 Iona 76
2 St. Peter's 77
2 St. Peter's 76
7 Manhattan 63

References[]

  1. ^ "1988-89 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
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