1989 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1989 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 2–4, 1989, at the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, South Carolina. For the first time in their school history, the UNC Asheville Bulldogs won the tournament, led by head coach Don Doucette.

1989 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1988–89
Teams	7
Site	Winthrop Coliseum Rock Hill, SC
Champions	UNC Asheville (1st title)
Winning coach	Don Doucette (1st title)
MVP	Milton Moore (UNC Asheville)
Big South Conference men's basketball tournaments

1988–89 Big South Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Coastal Carolina	9	–	3		.750			14	–	14		.500
Campbell	8	–	4		.667			18	–	12		.600
Baptist	6	–	6		.500			12	–	16		.429
UNC Asheville †	6	–	6		.500			16	–	14		.533
Radford	5	–	7		.417			15	–	13		.536
Winthrop	5	–	7		.417			16	–	13		.552
Augusta State	3	–	9		.250			5	–	23		.179
† 1989 Big South tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Format

All of the conference's seven members participated in the tournament, hosted at the Winthrop Coliseum, home of the Winthrop Eagles. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 2					Semifinals March 3					Finals March 4
						1	Coastal Carolina	76
						4	UNC Asheville	88
	4	UNC Asheville	62
	5	Radford	58
											2	Campbell	78
											4	UNC Asheville	93
	2	Campbell	90
	7	Augusta State	84
						2	Campbell	78
						6	Winthrop	55
	3	Baptist	68
	6	Winthrop	81

• Source

All-Tournament Team

• Milton Moore, UNC Asheville
• Harvey Shropshire, UNC Asheville
• Brent Keck, UNC Asheville
• Mark Mocnik, Campbell
• Henry Wilson, Campbell
• Greg Washington, Winthrop

This was the last year in which six players were selected to the All-Tournament Team. It was reduced to five the following year.