1989 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1989 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on 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.
| 1989 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1988–89 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Campus sites |
| Finals site | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Champions | South Carolina State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Cy Alexander (1st title) |
| MVP | Travis Williams (South Carolina State) |
| 1988–89 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 Bulldogs earned an automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Tournament as #15 seed in the East region.
Format
Eight of nine conference members participated, with play beginning in the quarterfinal round. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record.
Bracket
| 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 | ||||||||||||
* denotes overtime period
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References
- "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
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