1990 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

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1990 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1989–90
Teams9
SiteOrlando Arena
Orlando, Florida[1]
ChampionsAlabama (5th title)
Winning coachWimp Sanderson (3rd title)
MVP (Alabama)
Attendance75,982
TelevisionJefferson Pilot Sports
ABC (Championship game)
← 1989
1991 →

The 1990 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11, 1990 at the Orlando Arena in Orlando, Florida. The Alabama Crimson Tide won the tournament and received the SEC’s automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament by defeating the Ole Miss Rebels by a score of 70–51.

Television coverage of the first round, the quarterfinals, and semifinals were regionally syndicated by Jefferson Pilot Sports, and the championship game was nationally televised on ABC.

Note: The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team was not qualified to participate in either the SEC or NCAA tournaments of 1990 and 1991 due to NCAA probation.

Bracket[]

First round Second round Semifinals Championship game
            
Vanderbilt 68
Florida 58
Vanderbilt 78
#25 Georgia 74 (OT)
Ole Miss 65
Vanderbilt 62
Ole Miss 87
Tennessee 86
Ole Miss 51
Alabama 70
Alabama 59
Mississippi State 44
Alabama 87
Auburn 81
Auburn 78
#16 LSU 76

References[]

  1. ^ 2014-2015 Southeaastern Conference Men’s Basketball Media Guide, page 134
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