1989 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

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1989 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 198889
Teams10
Site The Palestra
Philadelphia
Finals site Rutgers Athletic Center
Piscataway, New Jersey
Champions Rutgers University (2nd title)
Winning coach Bob Wenzel (1st title)
MVP Tom Savage (Rutgers)
  1988
1990  
1988–89 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 17 West Virginia 171 .944265  .839
Temple 153 .8331812  .600
Rutgers135 .7221813  .581
Penn State 126 .6672012  .625
Rhode Island 99 .5001315  .464
St. Bonaventure 711 .3891315  .464
Duquesne 711 .3891316  .448
UMass 513 .2781018  .357
Saint Joseph's 414 .222821  .276
George Washington 117 .056127  .036
1989 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was played from March 4 to March 6, 1989, and March 9, 1989, at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, except for the final that was played at Louis Brown Athletic Center in Piscataway, New Jersey. The winner was named champion of the Atlantic 10 Conference and received an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Rutgers University won the tournament. West Virginia University also received a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Contents

Format

All ten conference members participated, with the top six teams in the conference received first-round byes. Seeds were based on regular season conference record.

Bracket

First round
March 4
Palestra, Philadelphia, PA
Quarterfinals
March 5
Palestra
Semifinals
March 6
Palestra
Final
March 9
Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, NJ
            
1 #15 West Virginia 79
9 Saint Joseph's 59
8 Massachusetts 83
9 Saint Joseph's 87
1 #15 West Virginia 64
4 Penn State86
4 Penn State 84
5 Rhode Island 68
4 Penn State 66
3 Rutgers70
2 Temple 64
7 Duquesne 51
7 Duquesne 74
10 George Washington 63
2 Temple 59
3 Rutgers62
3 Rutgers 100
6 St. Bonaventure 67

* - Overtime

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