1990 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 9
Site Orlando Arena
Orlando, Florida [1]
Champions Alabama (5th title)
Winning coach Wimp Sanderson (3rd title)
MVP Melvin Cheatum (Alabama)
Attendance 75,982
Television Jefferson Pilot Sports
ABC (Championship game)
SEC Men's Basketball Tournaments
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The 1990 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament was held March 8-11, 1990 at the Orlando Arena in Orlando, Florida. The Alabama Crimson Tide won the tournament and received the SEC’s automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament by defeating the Ole Miss Rebels by a score of 70-51.

Television coverage of the first round, the quarterfinals, and semifinals were regionally syndicated by Jefferson Pilot Sports, and the championship game was nationally televised on ABC.

Note: The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team was not qualified to participate in either the SEC or NCAA tournaments of 1990 and 1991 due to NCAA probation.

Bracket

  First round Second round Semifinals Championship game
                                     
 Vanderbilt 68  
 Florida 58  
   Vanderbilt 78  
     Georgia 74 (OT)  
      
        
   Ole Miss 65  
   Vanderbilt 62  
        
        
   Ole Miss 87
     Tennessee 86  
      
        
   Ole Miss 51
   Alabama 70
        
        
   Alabama 59
     Mississippi State 44  
      
        
   Alabama 87
   Auburn 81  
        
        
   Auburn 78
     LSU 76  
      

References

  1. ↑ 2014-2015 Southeaastern Conference Men’s Basketball Media Guide, page 134

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