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1989 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

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1989 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1988–89
Teams7
First round siteCampus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals siteSuper Pit
Denton, Texas
ChampionsMcNeese State (1st title)
Winning coachSteve Welch (1st title)
MVPMichael Cutright (McNeese State)
← 1988
1990 →
1988–89 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Texas State 10 4   .714 14 15   .483
NE Louisiana 9 5   .643 17 12   .586
McNeese State 9 5   .643 16 14   .533
Sam Houston State 8 6   .571 12 16   .429
Northwestern State 7 7   .500 13 16   .448
Texas State 6 8   .429 13 17   .433
UT Arlington 4 10   .286 7 21   .250
Stephen F. Austin 3 11   .214 10 18   .357
1989 Southland Conference tournament winner


The 1989 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–6 at Super Pit in Denton, Texas.[1]

McNeese State defeated North Texas in the championship game, 85–68, to win their first Southland men's basketball tournament.

The Cowboys received a bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament as #16 seed in the Midwest region. They were the only Southland member invited to the NCAA tournament.

Format

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All six of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two teams earning byes into the semifinal round. The other four teams began play in the quarterfinal round.

First round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at the Super Pit in Denton, Texas.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 4
Semifinals
Wednesday, March 5
Championship
Thursday, March 6
         
1 North Texas State 100
5 Northwestern State 77
5 Northwestern State 82
4 Texas State 81
1 North Texas State 68
2 McNeese State 85
3 NE Louisiana 81
6 Texas-Arlington 75
3 NE Louisiana 65
2 McNeese State 80

References

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  1. ^ "1988-89 Southland Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 17, 2020.