1989 MAAC men's basketball tournament

The 1989 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 2–3 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. This was the first edition of the tournament.

1989 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1988–89
Teams	8
First round site	Campus Sites Campus Arenas
Finals site	Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ
Champions	La Salle (2nd title)
Winning coach	Speedy Morris (2nd title)
MVP	Lionel Simmons (La Salle)
MAAC men's basketball tournaments

1988–89 MAAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
La Salle †	13	–	1		.929			26	–	6		.813
Saint Peter's	11	–	3		.786			22	–	9		.710
Iona	8	–	6		.571			15	–	16		.484
Fordham	8	–	6		.571			14	–	15		.483
Army	6	–	8		.429			12	–	16		.429
Holy Cross	5	–	9		.357			13	–	15		.464
Manhattan	3	–	11		.214			7	–	21		.250
Fairfield	2	–	12		.143			7	–	21		.250
† 1989 MAAC tournament winner

Top-seeded La Salle defeated St. Peter's in the championship game, 71–58, to win their second MAAC men's basketball tournament.

The Explorers received an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA tournament as the #8 seed in the Southeast region.

Format

All eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records.

First Round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at a neutral site at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, March 2					Semifinals Saturday, March 3					Championship Sunday, March 4
	1	La Salle	91
	8	Fairfield	62
						1	La Salle	85
						4	Fordham	69
	4	Fordham	77
	5	Army	63
											1	La Salle	71
											2	Saint Peter's	58
	3	Iona	76
	6	Holy Cross	63
						3	Iona	76
						2	Saint Peter's	77
	2	Saint Peter's	76
	7	Manhattan	63