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1990 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
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The 1990 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was held as the conclusion to the 1989-90 Atlantic 10 Conference collegiate men's basketball season.
First Round, Quarterfinals, and Semifinals were held on consecutive days from March 3 to March 5, 1990, at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1989-90 Atlantic 10 Conference Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/atlantic-10/1990.html 2020-09-04 College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com en
Finals were held on March 8, 1990, at McGonigle Hall in Philadelphia, in which the Temple Owls beat the Massachusetts Minutemen by a two point margin to win the Tournament on home ground.
Temple was the only team to receive an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The top six teams in the conference received first-round byes.
Bracket
First roundMarch 3Palestra, Philadelphia, PA Quarterfinals March 4Palestra SemifinalsMarch 5Palestra FinalMarch 8McGonigle Hall, Philadelphia high 8 1989 Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Joseph's 70 9 1989 Duquesne Dukes Duquesne 96 7 1989 George Washington Colonials George Washington 85 10 1989 St. Bonaventure Bonnies St. Bonaventure 77 1 Temple 61 9 Duquesne 50 4 1989 Rhode Island Rams Rhode Island 79 5 1989 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers 80 2 1989 none Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 83 7 George Washington 72 3 1989 West Virginia Mountaineers West Virginia 55 6 1989 none UMass Minutemen UMass 78 1 Temple 65 5 Rutgers 57 2 Penn State 59 6 UMass 64 1 Temple 53 6 UMass 51
2019-20 Men's Basketball Media Guide - Atlantic 10 https://atlantic10.com/sports/2019/11/4/MBB_1920MediaGiude.aspx 122 Atlantic 10 Conference March 17, 2020
Trivia
Although Tournament champions and overall season champions are awarded separately, in the 1989-90 season the Temple Owls won both.
The Atlantic 10 Conference tournament finals have only ever been won by a margin of two points one other time, when the Saint Louis Billikens beat the St. Bonaventure Bonnies in 2019.2018-19 Atlantic 10 Conference Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/atlantic-10/2019.html 2020-09-04 College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com en
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