The 1989 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Tournament took place from May 12 through 14. The top 4 regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held in Chicago, Illinois. won the tournament for the sixth time. The Bears would leave the conference after the 1990 season, the first time they did not win the Tournament.
Format and seeding The top two teams from each division advanced to the tournament. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the second round. + Blue Division Team W L Pct. GB Seed 7 3 .700 — 1B 5 4 .556 1.5 2B 3 8 .273 4.5 —+ Gray Division Team W L Pct. GB Seed 8 2 .800 — 1G 6 2 .750 1 2G 3 7 .300 5 — 1 7 .125 6 —
Tournament
All-Tournament Team Name School Scott Asche Cleveland State Dale Bowling Southwest Missouri State Dan Briese Eastern Illinois Jim Clinton UIC Jim Cseh Cleveland State Corby Fister Southwest Missouri State Dan Hargis Eastern Illinois Earnie Johnson Southwest Missouri State Matt Legaspi Eastern Illinois Dana Leibovitz Eastern Illinois Ken O’Rell Cleveland State Jim Phillos UIC Julius Smith Eastern Illinois Chris Steil Eastern Illinois
Tournament Most Valuable Player Earnie Johns of Southwest Missouri State was named Tournament MVP.
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