The 1991 American South Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 1–3 at Lakefront Arena at the University of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana.[2]
| 1991 American South Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1990–91 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Finals site | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA |
| Champions | Louisiana Tech (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Jerry Loyd (1st title) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech † | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Pan American | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1991 American South tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech defeated New Orleans in the championship game, 61–56, to take home their third American South men's basketball tournament title in four years.
The Bulldogs received an automatic invitation to the 1991 NCAA Tournament as the #12 seed in the Southeast region. Regular season co-champion New Orleans received an at-large bid as the #14 seed in the Southeast region.
Format
editAll seven conference members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top seed, New Orleans, was given a bye into the semifinals while the other six teams were placed and paired into the initial quarterfinal round.
All games were played at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals Friday, March 1 | Semifinals Saturday, March 2 | Championship Sunday, March 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Orleans | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Southwestern Louisiana | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Southwestern Louisiana | 99 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Lamar | 83 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Orleans | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Louisiana Tech | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Louisiana Tech | 89 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | UCF | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Louisiana Tech | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Arkansas State | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas–Pan American | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Arkansas State | 80 | ||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ sports-reference.com 1990-91 American South Conference Season Summary
- ^ "1990-91 American South Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2020.