1990 MAAC men's basketball tournament

1990 MAAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1989–90
Teams10
First round siteCampus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals siteKnickerbocker Arena
Albany, NY
ChampionsLa Salle (3rd title)
Winning coachSpeedy Morris (3rd title)
MVPLionel Simmons (2nd MVP) (La Salle)
1989–90 MAAC men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North
Holy Cross14–2 .87524–6  .800
Siena11–5 .68816–13  .552
Fordham10–6 .62520–13  .606
Canisius5–11 .31311–18  .379
Army5–11 .31310–19  .345
Niagara5–11 .3136–22  .214
South
No. 12 La Salle †16–0 1.00030–2  .938
Iona8–8 .50013–15  .464
Saint Peter's7–9 .43814–14  .500
Manhattan7–9 .43811–17  .393
Fairfield6–10 .37510–19  .345
Loyola (MD)2–14 .1254–24  .143
† 1990 MAAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1990 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 2–5 at Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York.[1]

Top-seeded La Salle defeated Fordham in the championship game, 71–61, to win their third MAAC men's basketball tournament.

The Explorers received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament as the #4 seed in the East region.

Format

Ten of the conference's twelve members participated in the tournament field. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top two seeds received byes into the quarterfinals. All games were played at the new Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York.

Bracket

First round
Friday, March 2 		Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 3 		Semifinals
Sunday, March 4 		Championship
Monday, March 5
            
S1 La Salle 90
S5 Fairfield 60
N4 Niagara 63
S5 Fairfield 66
S1 La Salle 106
N2 Siena 90
N6 Canisius 61
S3 Manhattan 59
N6 Canisius 53
N2 Siena 71
S1 La Salle 71
N3 Fordham 61
N1 Holy Cross 87
N5 Army 62
S4 Saint Peter's 56
N5 Army 58
N1 Holy Cross 71
N3 Fordham 82
S6 Loyola (MD) 69
N3 Fordham 81
N3 Fordham 69
S2 Iona 66

References

  1. ↑ "1989-90 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
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