Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The Metro Conference was an NCAA athletic conference that existed from 1975 to 1995, and the predecessor to Conference USA. These venues hosted the conference men’s basketball tournament.

Tournament champions by year

Year	Metro Champion	Score	Runner-up	Most Outstanding Player	Venue (and city)
1976	Cincinnati	103–95	Memphis State	Dexter Reed, Memphis State	Freedom Hall (Louisville, Kentucky)
1977	Cincinnati	74–61	Georgia Tech	Gary Yoder, Cincinnati	Mid-South Coliseum (Memphis, Tennessee)
1978	Louisville	94–93	Florida State	Rick Wilson, Louisville	Riverfront Coliseum (Cincinnati, Ohio)
1979	Virginia Tech	68–60	Florida State	Dale Solomon, Virginia Tech	Mid-South Coliseum (Memphis, Tennessee)
1980	Louisville	81–72	Florida State	Darrell Griffith, Louisville	Freedom Hall (Louisville, Kentucky)
1981	Louisville	42–31	Cincinnati	Rodney McCray, Louisville	Freedom Hall (Louisville, Kentucky)
1982	Memphis State	73–62	Louisville	Keith Lee, Memphis State	Mid-South Coliseum (Memphis, Tennessee)
1983	Louisville	66–51	Tulane	Rodney McCray, Louisville	Riverfront Coliseum (Cincinnati, Ohio)
1984	Memphis State	78–65	Virginia Tech	Keith Lee, Memphis State	Mid-South Coliseum (Memphis, Tennessee)
1985	Memphis State	90–86 (OT)	Florida State	Dean Shaffer, Florida State	Freedom Hall (Louisville, Kentucky)
1986	Louisville	88–79	Memphis State	Pervis Ellison, Louisville	Freedom Hall (Louisville, Kentucky)
1987	Memphis State	75–52	Louisville	Marvin Alexander, Memphis State	Freedom Hall (Louisville, Kentucky)
1988	Louisville	81–73	Memphis State	Herbert Crook, Louisville	Mid-South Coliseum (Memphis, Tennessee)
1989	Louisville	87–80	Florida State	Pervis Ellison, Louisville	Carolina Coliseum (Columbia, South Carolina)
1990	Louisville	83–80	Southern Mississippi	LaBradford Smith, Louisville	Mississippi Coast Coliseum (Biloxi, Mississippi)
1991	Florida State	76–69	Louisville	LaBradford Smith, Louisville	Roanoke Civic Center (Roanoke, Virginia)
1992	UNC Charlotte	64–63	Tulane	Henry Williams, UNC Charlotte	Freedom Hall (Louisville, Kentucky)
1993	Louisville	90–78	Virginia Commonwealth	Dwayne Morton, Louisville	Freedom Hall (Louisville, Kentucky)
1994	Louisville	69–61	Southern Mississippi	Clifford Rozier, Louisville	Mississippi Coast Coliseum (Biloxi, Mississippi)
1995	Louisville	78–64	Southern Mississippi	DeJuan Wheat, Louisville	Freedom Hall (Louisville, Kentucky)

Championships by school

Titles	School
11	Louisville
4	Memphis
2	Cincinnati
1	Charlotte, Florida State, Virginia Tech

Television coverage

Main article: Metro Conference Basketball Tournament broadcasters

See also

• Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

References

• 1992–93 Metro Conference Men's Basketball media guide
• 2008–09 Louisville Cardinals Men's Basketball Media Guide