1989 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament
1989 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1988–89 |
Teams | 7 |
Site | UD Arena Dayton, Ohio |
Champions | Xavier (5th title) |
Winning coach | Pete Gillen (4th title) |
MVP | Tyrone Hill (Xavier) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evansville | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 25 | – | 6 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 27 | – | 10 | .730 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier † | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit Mercy | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (IL) | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1989 MCC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1989 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the Horizon League men's basketball tournament) was held March 9–11 at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio.[1]
Xavier defeated Evansville in the championship game, 85–78, to win their fourth consecutive (fifth overall) MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.
The Musketeers received an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA tournament as the #14 seed in the Southeast region. Evansville received an at-large bid as the #11 seed in the West region. Xavier lost to the eventual national champion, Michigan, in the first round. Evansville defeated Oregon State, before losing to eventual national runner-up Seton Hall in the second round.
Format
[edit]All seven conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top seed (Evansville) earning a bye into the semifinal round.
Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals Friday, March 9 | Semifinals Saturday, March 10 | Championship Sunday, March 11 | ||||||||||||
1 | Evansville | 84 | ||||||||||||
4 | Dayton | 79 | ||||||||||||
4 | Dayton | 77 | ||||||||||||
5 | Detroit | 54 | ||||||||||||
1 | Evansville | 78 | ||||||||||||
3 | Xavier | 85 | ||||||||||||
3 | Xavier | 85 | ||||||||||||
6 | Loyola-Chicago | 83 | ||||||||||||
3 | Xavier | 79 | ||||||||||||
2 | Saint Louis | 56 | ||||||||||||
7 | Butler | 64 | ||||||||||||
2 | Saint Louis | 68 |
References
[edit]- ^ "1988-89 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 9, 2020.