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The 1990 MAC men's basketball tournament took place March 9–11, 1990, at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Ball State defeated Central Michigan, 78–56 in the championship game, to win its second straight (4th overall) MAC Tournament title.
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1990 MAC men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1989–90 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Cobo Arena Detroit, Michigan |
Champions | Ball State (4th title) |
Winning coach | Dick Hunsaker (1st title) |
MVP | Billy Butts (Ball State) |
MAC men's basketball tournaments |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State† | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1990 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The Cardinals earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament as No. 12 seed in the West region. In the round of 64, Ball State defeated Oregon State, led by Gary Payton, 54–53. The Cardinals then knocked off Louisville, 62–60, to make the first Sweet Sixteen appearance in program history. Though their cinderella run would end, Ball State was up to the challenge, falling to No. 1 seed and eventual national champion UNLV by just two points, 69–67.
Eight of nine conference members participated, with Western Michigan left out of the competition due to their last place finish in the regular season standings.
Quarterfinals March 9 | Semifinals March 10 | Final March 11 | ||||||||||||
1 | Ball State | 77 | ||||||||||||
8 | Ohio | 70 | ||||||||||||
1 | Ball State | 69 | ||||||||||||
5 | Eastern Michigan | 58 | ||||||||||||
4 | Bowling Green | 60 | ||||||||||||
5 | Eastern Michigan | 62 | ||||||||||||
1 | Ball State | 78 | ||||||||||||
7 | Central Michigan | 56 | ||||||||||||
3 | Miami (OH) | 108 | ||||||||||||
6 | Toledo | 80 | ||||||||||||
3 | Miami (OH) | 76 | ||||||||||||
7 | Central Michigan | 78 | ||||||||||||
7 | Central Michigan | 82 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kent State | 68 |
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