Jump to content

1989 MEAC men's basketball tournament

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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)
← 1988
1990 →
1988–89 MEAC 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 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 1989 NCAA tournament as #15 seed in the East region.

Format

[edit]

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

Bracket

[edit]
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

[1]

References

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