1990 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

The 1990 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was held as the conclusion to the 1989-90 Atlantic 10 Conference collegiate men's basketball season.

1990 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1989–90
Teams	10
Site	The Palestra Philadelphia and McGonigle Hall Philadelphia
Champions	Temple (4th title)
Winning coach	John Chaney (4th title)
MVP	Mark Macon (Temple)
Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournaments

1989–90 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Temple †	15	–	3		.833			20	–	11		.645
Penn State	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
West Virginia	11	–	7		.611			16	–	12		.571
Rhode Island	11	–	7		.611			15	–	13		.536
Rutgers	11	–	7		.611			18	–	17		.514
UMass	10	–	8		.556			17	–	14		.548
George Washington	6	–	12		.333			14	–	17		.452
Saint Joseph's	5	–	13		.278			7	–	21		.250
Duquesne	5	–	13		.278			7	–	22		.241
St. Bonaventure	3	–	15		.167			8	–	20		.286
† 1990 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

First Round, Quarterfinals, and Semifinals were held on consecutive days from March 3 to March 5, 1990, at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Finals were held on March 8, 1990, at McGonigle Hall in Philadelphia, in which the Temple Owls beat the Massachusetts Minutemen by a two point margin to win the Tournament on home ground.

Temple was the only team to receive an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The top six teams in the conference received first-round byes.

Bracket

	First round March 3 Palestra, Philadelphia, PA					Quarterfinals March 4 Palestra					Semifinals March 5 Palestra					Final March 8 McGonigle Hall, Philadelphia
						1	Temple	61
						9	Duquesne	50
	8	Saint Joseph's	70
	9	Duquesne	96
											1	Temple	65
											5	Rutgers	57
						4	Rhode Island	79
						5	Rutgers	80
																1	Temple	53
																6	UMass	51
						2	Penn State	83
						7	George Washington	72
	7	George Washington	85
	10	St. Bonaventure	77
											2	Penn State	59
											6	UMass	64
						3	West Virginia	55
						6	UMass	78

Trivia

Although Tournament champions and overall season champions are awarded separately, in the 1989-90 season the Temple Owls won both.

The Atlantic 10 Conference tournament finals have only ever been won by a margin of two points one other time, when the Saint Louis Billikens beat the St. Bonaventure Bonnies in 2019.