1989 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1989 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from 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.[1]

1989 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198889
Teams7
SiteWinthrop Coliseum
Rock Hill, SC
ChampionsUNC Asheville (1st title)
Winning coachDon Doucette (1st title)
MVPMilton Moore (UNC Asheville)
1988–89 Big South Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Coastal Carolina93 .750  1414  .500
Campbell84 .667  1812  .600
Baptist College66 .500  1216  .429
UNC Asheville66 .500  1614  .533
Radford57 .417  1513  .536
Winthrop57 .417  1613  .552
Augusta State39 .250  523  .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
                           
  4 UNC Asheville 62    
  5 Radford 58    
      1 Coastal Carolina 76  
            4 UNC Asheville 88    
               
      2 Campbell 78
  2 Campbell 90               4 UNC Asheville 93
  7 Augusta State 84              
      2 Campbell 78    
        6 Winthrop 55  
  3 Baptist College 68    
  6 Winthrop 81  

* Asterisk indicates overtime game

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.[1]

References

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