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1990 MAAC men's basketball tournament
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1990 MAAC I Men's 200px 10 Campus Sites Campus Arenas Knickerbocker Arena Albany, NY La Salle 3rd Speedy Morris 3rd Lionel Simmons (2nd MVP) La Salle
The 1990 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 2–5 at Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York.1989-90 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/maac/1990.html March 14, 2020
Top-seeded La Salle defeated 1989 Fordham Rams 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
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
First roundFriday, March 2 QuarterfinalsSaturday, March 3 SemifinalsSunday, March 4 ChampionshipMonday, March 5 high N4 1989 Niagara Purple Eagles Niagara 63 S5 1989 Fairfield Stags Fairfield 66 N6 1989 Canisius Golden Griffins Canisius 61 S3 1989 none Manhattan Jaspers Manhattan 59 S4 1989 Saint Peter's Peacocks Saint Peter's 56 N5 1989 Army Cadets Army 58 S6 1989 Loyola Greyhounds Loyola (MD) 69 N3 1989 Fordham Rams Fordham 81 S1 La Salle 90 S5 Fairfield 60 N6 Canisius 53 N2 1989 Siena Saints Siena 71 N1 1989 Holy Cross Crusaders Holy Cross 87 N5 Army 62 N3 Fordham 69 S2 1989 Iona Gaels Iona 66 S1 La Salle 106 N2 Siena 90 N1 Holy Cross 71 N3 Fordham 82 S1 La Salle 71 N3 Fordham 61
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