1990 TAAC men's basketball tournament

The 1990 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the ASUN men's basketball tournament) was held March 6–8 at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Arkansas.[1]

1990 TAAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1989–90
Teams8
SiteBarton Coliseum
Little Rock, AR
ChampionsArkansas–Little Rock (3rd title)
Winning coachMike Newell (3rd title)
MVPDerrick Owens (Arkansas–Little Rock)
TAAC men's basketball tournaments
← 1989
1991 →
1989–90 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Centenary 14 2   .875 22 8   .733
UTSA 13 3   .813 22 7   .759
Arkansas–Little Rock 12 4   .750 20 10   .667
Georgia Southern 11 5   .688 17 11   .607
Stetson 8 8   .500 15 17   .469
Hardin–Simmons 5 11   .313 9 18   .333
Samford 4 12   .250 6 22   .214
Georgia State 3 13   .188 5 23   .179
Mercer 2 14   .125 7 20   .259
1990 TAAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

In a rematch of the 1989 final, Arkansas–Little Rock upset top-seeded Centenary (LA) in the championship game, 105–95, to win their third (and second consecutive) TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament.

The Trojans, therefore, received the TAAC's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament, where they lost to eventual-champion UNLV in the first round.

Houston Baptist departed the TAAC prior to the season, leaving the conference membership at nine. Nonetheless, only the top eight teams in the conference standings were invited to the tournament.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 6
Semifinals
Wednesday, March 7
Championship
Thursday, March 8
         
1 Centenary (LA) 102
8 Georgia State 91
1 Centenary (LA) 97
5 Stetson 93
5 Stetson 80
4 Georgia Southern 55
1 Centenary (LA) 95
3 Arkansas–Little Rock 105
3 Arkansas–Little Rock 91
6 Hardin–Simmons 68
3 Arkansas–Little Rock 99
2 Texas–San Antonio 83
7 Samford 85
2 Texas–San Antonio 98

References

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  1. ^ "1989-90 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.