The 1990 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the final event of the 1989–90 season in the

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. The tournament was held March 3–5, 1990, at Racer Arena in

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defeated in the championship game, 63–57, to win their fifth OVC men's basketball tournament. The Racers received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament as the #16 seed in the Southeast region. They took #1 seed Michigan State to overtime before falling, 75–71.

Format

All seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top seed (Murray State) receiving a bye to the semifinal round. The teams were re-seeded after the opening round.

Bracket

References

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Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament This is a list of regular season and tournament champions in men's basketball of the NCAA Division I Ohio Valley Conference. Men's basketball conference champions The Ohio Valley Conference basketball tournament was held in Louisville from 1949 ...