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1989 AMCU-8 Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1989 AMCU-8 men's basketball tournament was held March 6–8, 1989, at the Hammons Student Center at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. Southwest Missouri State defeated in the title game, 73–67, to win their second AMCU/Summit League championship. The Bears earned an automatic bid to the 1989 tournament as the #14 seed in the West region where they lost 60–51 in the opening round to eventual national runner-up Seton Hall Seton Hall University (SHU) is a private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesa .... Format Seven conference members qualified for the tournament. The top seed, Southwest Missouri State, was given a bye to the semifinal round. The other six teams were paired in the quarterfinal round with seedings based on regular season record. Bracket References { ...
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Hammons Student Center
The John Q. Hammons Student Center is an 8,846-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. It was built in 1976 and is the home of the Missouri State Bears. The arena was replaced by the Great Southern Bank Arena in 2008. References External links

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Springfield, Missouri
Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 481,483 in 2021 and includes the counties of Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, and Webster, and is the fastest growing metropolitan area in the state of Missouri. Springfield's nickname is "Queen City of the Ozarks" as well as "The 417" after the area code for the city. It is also known as the "Birthplace of Route 66". It is home to several universities and colleges, including Missouri State University, Drury University, and Evangel University. The city is an important center of education and medical care, with two of the largest hospitals in the area, CoxHealth and Mercy, employing over 20,000 people combined, and being the largest employers in the region. It has been called the "Buckle of the Bible Belt" due to its as ...
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1988–89 Southwest Missouri State Bears Basketball Team
The 1988–89 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball team represented Southwest Missouri State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball during the 1988–89 season. Playing in the Summit League (AMCU-8) and led by head coach Charlie Spoonhour, the Bears finished the season with a 21–10 overall record and won the AMCU-8 regular season and conference tournament titles. Southwest Missouri State lost to Seton Hall in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=9, Regular season , - !colspan=9, 1989 AMCU-8 men's basketball tournament , - !colspan=10, 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament References {{DEFAULTSORT:1988-89 Missouri State Bears Basketball Team Missouri State Bears basketball seasons Southwest Missouri State Missouri State Bears Basketball Team Missouri State Bears Basketball Team Southwest Missouri State Missouri State Uni ...
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Charlie Spoonhour
Charles Graham Spoonhour (June 23, 1939 – February 1, 2012) was an American basketball coach. Spoonhour was born in Mulberry, Kansas, attended high school in Rogers, Arkansas, and received an education degree from the University of the Ozarks. He spent seven seasons as a high school basketball coach, then fourteen seasons bouncing between Division I assistant coaching positions and junior college head coaching positions. This included a four-year stretch from 1969 to 1973 as an assistant coach on the staff of head coach Bill Thomas at then- Division II Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State). Ten years later, Spoonhour was on the staff of Nebraska coach Moe Iba, when he was hired as head coach of SMS for the 1983–84 season, a year after the Bears had moved up to Division I. He led the Bears to five NCAA tournament appearances in a six-season stretch from 1987 to 1992. His best season was in 1986–87 when the Bears won the Mid-Continent Conference with a 13–1 mark an ...
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1987 AMCU-8 Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1987 AMCU-8 men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7, 1987, at the Hammons Student Center at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which had an estimat .... SW Missouri State defeated in the title game, 90–87, to win their first AMCU/Summit League championship. The Bears earned an automatic bid to the 1987 tournament. Format All eight conference members qualified for the tournament. First round seedings were based on regular season record. Bracket References {{1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox Summit League men's basketball tournament 1986–87 AMCU-8 men's basketball season 1987 in sports in Missouri ...
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1990 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1990 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7, 1990, at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa Cedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 40,713. It is home to the University of Northern Iowa, a public university. History Cedar Falls was first settled in March 1845 by .... This was the seventh edition of the tournament for the AMCU-8/Mid-Con, now known as the Summit League. Bracket References {{1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox 1989–90 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball season Summit League men's basketball tournament 1990 in sports in Iowa ...
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Southwest Missouri State University
Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second largest university by enrollment, with an enrollment of 22,926 in the fall semester of 2021. The school also operates a campus in West Plains, Missouri, offering associate degrees. A bachelor's degree in business is offered at Liaoning Normal University in China. The university also operates a fruit research station in Mountain Grove, Missouri and a Department of Defense and Strategic Studies program in Fairfax, Virginia. History Missouri State University was formed as the Fourth District Normal School, by legislative action on March 17, 1905. Like other normal schools of the day, the school's primary purpose was the preparation of teachers for the public school system. Classes began on June 11, 1906, with the first class totaling 543 students in an off-campus fa ...
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Sports Reference
Sports Reference, LLC, is an American company which operates several sports-related websites, including Sports-Reference.com, Baseball-Reference.com for baseball, Basketball-Reference.com for basketball, Hockey-Reference.com for ice hockey, Pro-Football-Reference.com for American football, and FBref.com for association football (soccer). They also operate a subscription based service for statistics, called Stathead. Between 2008 and 2020, Sports Reference also provided pages for Olympic Games and its competitors. Description The site also includes sections on college football, college basketball and the Olympics. The sites attempt a comprehensive approach to sports data. For example, Baseball-Reference contains more than 100,000 box scores and Pro-Football-Reference contains data on every scoring play in the National Football League since . The company, which is based in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded as Sports Reference in 2004 and was ...
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1989 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 1989, and ended with the championship game on April 3 in Seattle. A total of 63 games were played. Michigan, coached by Steve Fisher, won the national title with an 80–79 overtime victory in the final game over Seton Hall, coached by P. J. Carlesimo. Glen Rice of Michigan set an NCAA tournament record by scoring 184 points in six games and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Just prior to the start of this tournament, Michigan coach Bill Frieder had announced that he would accept the head coaching position at Arizona State University at the end of the season. Michigan athletic director Bo Schembechler promptly fired Frieder and appointed top assistant Fisher as interim coach, stating famously, that "a Michigan man is going to coach a Michigan team." Tw ...
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1988–89 Seton Hall Pirates Men's Basketball Team
The 1988–89 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University as members of the Big East Conference during the 1988–89 NCAA men's basketball season. The Pirates were led by seventh year head coach P.J. Carlesimo. They played their home games at Walsh Gymnasium and Meadowlands Arena. Unranked to start the season, Seton Hall finished the season as national runner-up with a 31–7 overall record (11–5 in Big East play). As the No. 3 seed in the West Regional of the NCAA tournament, they defeated Southwest Missouri State, Evansville, Indiana, and UNLV to reach the Final Four. In the national semifinals, the Pirates dispatched Duke 95-78. The magical tournament run ended with an 80-79 overtime loss to Michigan in the National Championship Game. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style=, Regular season , - !colspan=9 style=, , - !colspan=9 style=,
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Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
The Summit League men's basketball tournament is the post-season tournament for NCAA Division I conference Summit League. The winner of the tournament receives the Summit League's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. The tournament was first played in 1984, when the league was known as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (AMCU). The league was also known as the Mid-Continent Conference from 1989 to 2007, after which it was renamed to The Summit League. Format Currently, the top 8 men's basketball teams in the Summit League receive a berth in the conference tournament (barring NCAA sanctions). After the 16-game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers: * Head-to-head competition * Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (starting with #1 and moving down until the tie is broken) * Ratings Percentage Index * Coin flip Tournament champions Performance by school * Teams in bold ...
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