1991 American South Conference men's basketball tournament

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
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)
American South Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 1990

1990–91 American South Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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

All 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

	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