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
Teams10
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
1991 →
1989–90 MAAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Holy Cross 14 2   .875 24 6   .800
Siena 11 5   .688 16 13   .552
Fordham 10 6   .625 20 13   .606
Canisius 5 11   .313 11 18   .379
Army 5 11   .313 10 19   .345
Niagara 5 11   .313 6 22   .214
South
No. 12 La Salle 16 0   1.000 30 2   .938
Iona 8 8   .500 13 15   .464
Saint Peter's 7 9   .438 14 14   .500
Manhattan 7 9   .438 11 17   .393
Fairfield 6 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

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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

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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 Saint 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

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  1. ^ "1989-90 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2020.