1986 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1986 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–8 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.[1]
| 1986 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1985–86 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Freedom Hall Louisville, KY |
| Champions | Louisville (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Denny Crum (5th title) |
| MVP | Pervis Ellison (Louisville) |
| 1985–86 Metro Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Louisville † | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 32 | – | 7 | .821 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Memphis State | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Mississippi | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1986 Metro Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville defeated Memphis State in the championship game, 88–79, to win their fifth Metro men's basketball tournament.
The Cardinals received an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament, and would go on to win the National championship.
Format
All seven of the conference's members participated. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top team earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams entered into the preliminary first round.
Bracket
| First Round Thursday, March 6 |
Semifinals Friday, March 7 |
Championship Saturday, March 8 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 86 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Cincinnati | 65 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Cincinnati | 75 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Southern Miss | 74 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 88 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Memphis State | 79 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Virginia Tech | 84 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Florida State | 97 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Florida State | 71 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Memphis State | 73 | |||||||||||
| 7 | South Carolina | 59 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Memphis State | 100 | |||||||||||
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References
- "1985-86 Metro Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
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