1990 MEAC men's basketball tournament

1990 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1989–90
Teams	8
Site	Campus sites
Finals site	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
Champions	Coppin State (1st title)
Winning coach	Fang Mitchell (1st title)
MVP	Reggie Isaac (Coppin State)
MEAC men's basketball tournaments

1989–90 MEAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Coppin State †	15	–	1		.938			26	–	7		.788
Florida A&M	13	–	3		.813			18	–	11		.621
Delaware State	9	–	7		.563			14	–	14		.500
South Carolina State	8	–	8		.500			13	–	16		.448
Bethune–Cookman	8	–	8		.500			10	–	18		.357
North Carolina A&T	6	–	10		.375			12	–	17		.414
Howard	5	–	11		.313			8	–	19		.296
Maryland Eastern Shore	4	–	12		.250			10	–	17		.370
Morgan State	4	–	12		.250			8	–	20		.286
† 1990 MEAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place on March 1–3, 1990, at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. Coppin State defeated North Carolina A&T, 54–50 in the championship game, to win its first MEAC Tournament title.

The Eagles earned an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament as #15 seed in the Southeast region.

Format

Eight of nine conference members participated, with play beginning in the quarterfinal round. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 1					Semifinals March 2					Final March 3
	1	Coppin State	90
	8	Morgan State	67
						1	Coppin State	48
						4	South Carolina State	37
	4	South Carolina State	78
	5	Bethune-Cookman	71
											1	Coppin State	54
											6	North Carolina A&T	50
	3	Delaware State	77
	6	North Carolina A&T	96
						6	North Carolina A&T	65
						2	Florida A&M	64
	2	Florida A&M	69
	7	Howard	53

* denotes overtime period

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References

1. "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 8, 2020.