1989 AMCU-8 Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1989 AMCU-8 Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–8, 1989 at the Hammons Student Center at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.[1]
| 1989 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1988–89 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri |
| Champions | SW Missouri State (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Charlie Spoonhour (2nd title) |
| MVP | Hubert Henderson (SW Missouri State) |
Association of Mid-Continent Universities Men's Basketball Tournaments | |
| 1988–89 AMCU-8 Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwest Missouri State † | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Green Bay | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois-Chicago | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1989 AMCU-8 Tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SW Missouri State defeated Illinois–Chicago in the title game, 73–67, to win their second AMCU/Summit League championship. The Bears earned an automatic bid to the 1989 Tournament as the #14 seed in the West region where they lost 60–51 in the opening round to eventual national runner-up Seton Hall.
Format
Seven conference members qualified for the tournament. The top seed, SW Missouri State, was given a bye to the semifinal round. The other six teams were paired in the quarterfinal round with seedings based on regular season record.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 6 |
Semifinals Friday, March 7 |
Finals Saturday, March 8 | |||||||||||
| 1 | SW Missouri State | 82 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Valparaiso | 50 | |||||||||||
| 4 | UW–Green Bay | 51 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Valparaiso | 53 | |||||||||||
| 1 | SW Missouri State | 73 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Illinois–Chicago | 67 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Eastern Illinois | 81 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Western Illinois | 47 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Eastern Illinois | 75 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Illinois–Chicago | 91 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Illinois–Chicago | 90 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Northern Iowa | 69 | |||||||||||
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References
- "1988-89 Summit League Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
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