1990 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1990 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–5 at Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York.[1]

1990 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1989–90
Teams8
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 PCT  W L PCT
North
Holy Cross14–2 .875  24–6  .800
Siena11–5 .688  16–13  .552
Fordham10–6 .625  20–13  .606
Canisius5–11 .313  11–18  .379
Army5–11 .313  10–19  .345
Niagara5–11 .313  6–22  .214
South
No. 12 La Salle †16–0 1.000  30–2  .938
Iona8–8 .500  13–15  .464
Saint Peter's7–9 .438  14–14  .500
Manhattan7–9 .438  11–17  .393
Fairfield6–10 .375  10–19  .345
Loyola (MD)2–14 .125  4–24  .143
† 1990 MAAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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 St. 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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