1989 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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1989 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1988–89
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
Finals siteGreensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, North Carolina
ChampionsSouth Carolina State (1st title)
Winning coachCy Alexander (1st title)
MVPTravis Williams (South Carolina State)
← 
1990 →
1988–89 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Carolina State † 14 – 2   .875 25 – 8   .758
Florida A&M 12 – 4   .750 20 – 10   .667
Coppin State 11 – 5   .688 18 – 11   .621
Morgan State 9 – 7   .563 16 – 13   .552
Bethune-Cookman 8 – 8   .500 12 – 16   .429
Delaware State 6 – 10   .375 11 – 17   .393
North Carolina A&T 6 – 10   .375 9 – 18   .333
Howard 5 – 11   .313 9 – 19   .321
Maryland Eastern Shore 1 – 15   .063 1 – 26   .037
† 1989 MEAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 3–5, 1989 at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. South Carolina State defeated Florida A&M, 83–79 in the championship game, to win its first MEAC Tournament title.

The Bulldogs earned an automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Tournament as #15 seed in the East region.

Format[]

Eight of nine conference members participated, with play beginning in the quarterfinal round. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record.

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals
March 3 		Semifinals
March 4 		Final
March 5
         
1 South Carolina State 89
8 Howard 75
1 South Carolina State 71
4 Morgan State 69
4 Morgan State 88
5 Bethune-Cookman 56
1 South Carolina State 83
2 Florida A&M 79
3 Coppin State 71
6 North Carolina A&T 58
3 Coppin State 74
2 Florida A&M 76
2 Florida A&M 112
7 Delaware State 105

* denotes overtime period

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References[]

  1. ^ "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
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