1991 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1991 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 7–9 at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia.

1991 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1990–91
Teams	8
Site	Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, VA
Champions	Florida State (1st title)
Winning coach	Pat Kennedy (1st title)
MVP	LaBradford Smith (Louisville)
Metro Conference men's basketball tournaments

1990–91 Metro Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 25 Southern Miss	10	–	4		.714			21	–	8		.724
Florida State †	9	–	5		.643			21	–	11		.656
Cincinnati	8	–	6		.571			18	–	12		.600
Tulane	7	–	7		.500			15	–	13		.536
Memphis	7	–	7		.500			17	–	15		.531
Virginia Tech	6	–	8		.429			13	–	16		.448
South Carolina	5	–	9		.357			20	–	13		.606
Louisville	4	–	10		.286			14	–	16		.467
† 1991 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Florida State defeated Louisville in the championship game, 76–69, to win their first Metro men's basketball tournament.

The Seminoles received the conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Tournament. Additionally, Southern Miss, the regular season conference champions, received an at-large bid.

Format

All eight members of the conference participated. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

	Quarterfinal Thursday, March 7					Semifinals Friday, March 8					Championship Saturday, March 9
	1	Southern Miss	76
	8	Louisville	83
						8	Louisville	72
						4	Memphis State	70
	4	Memphis State	84
	5	Tulane	77
											8	Louisville	69
											2	Florida State	76
	3	Cincinnati	69
	6	Virginia Tech	75
						6	Virginia Tech	71
						2	Florida State	91
	7	South Carolina	55
	2	Florida State	65