1989 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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1989 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1988–89
Teams8
SiteCharlotte Coliseum
Charlotte, NC
ChampionsSouth Alabama (1st title)
Winning coachRonnie Arrow (1st title)
MVPJeff Hodge (South Alabama)
← 1988
1990 →
1988–89 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Alabama † 11 – 3   .786 23 – 9   .719
UNC Charlotte 10 – 4   .714 17 – 12   .586
VCU 9 – 5   .643 13 – 15   .464
UAB 8 – 6   .571 22 – 12   .647
Old Dominion 7 – 7   .500 15 – 13   .536
Jacksonville 5 – 9   .357 14 – 16   .467
Western Kentucky 4 – 10   .286 14 – 15   .483
South Florida 2 – 12   .143 7 – 21   .250
† 1989 Sun Belt Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–6 at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1]

Top-seeded South Alabama easily defeated Jacksonville in the championship game, 105–59, to win their first Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Jaguars, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament. No other Sun Belt members received at-large bids to the tournament.

Format[]

There were no changes to the existing tournament format. All eight conference members were placed into the initial quarterfinal round and each team was seeded based on its regular season conference record.

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4 		Semifinals
Sunday, March 5 		Championship
Monday, March 6
         
1 South Alabama 70
8 South Florida 65
1 South Alabama 103
4 UAB 84
5 Old Dominion 87
4 UAB 89
1 South Alabama 105
6 Jacksonville 59
3 VCU 85
6 Jacksonville 93
6 Jacksonville 77
7 Western Kentucky 72
7 Western Kentucky 65
2 UNC Charlotte 63

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "1988–89 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
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