1990 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1990 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1989–90
Teams	8
Site	Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, AL
Champions	South Florida (1st title)
Winning coach	Bobby Paschal (1st title)
MVP	Radenko Dobra (South Florida)
Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «1989  1991»

The 1990 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 3–5 at the Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham, Alabama.

South Florida defeated UNC Charlotte in the championship game, 81–74, to win their first Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Bulls, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Tournament, their first appearance in the Division I tournament. They were joined in the tournament by regular season champions UAB, who received an at-large bid.

Format

There were no changes to the existing tournament format. All eight conference members were placed into the initial quarterfinal round and each team was seeded based on its regular season conference record.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Saturday, March 3					Semifinals Sunday, March 4					Championship Monday, March 5
	1	UAB	83
	8	VCU	68
						1	UAB	57
						5	UNC Charlotte	61
	5	UNC Charlotte	91
	4	Western Kentucky	67
											5	UNC Charlotte	74
											2	South Florida	81
	3	Old Dominion	88
	6	Jacksonville	94
						6	Jacksonville	59
						2	South Florida	86
	7	South Alabama	78
	2	South Florida	80

See also

• Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Tournament