From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament

Field	Value
Year	1988
Image	1988 Final Four logo.png
Teams	64
FinalFourArena	Kemper Arena
FinalFourCity	Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Kansas Jayhawks
TitleCount	2nd
ChampGameCount	5th
ChampFFCount	8th
RunnerUp	Oklahoma Sooners
GameCount	2nd
RunnerFFCount	3rd
Semifinal1	Arizona Wildcats
FinalFourCount	1st
Semifinal2	Duke Blue Devils
FinalFourCount2	6th
Coach	Larry Brown
CoachCount	1st
MOP	Danny Manning
MOPTeam	Kansas
Attendance	558,998
TopScorer	Danny Manning
TopScorerTeam	Kansas
Points	163

The 1988 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. The 50th annual edition of the tournament began on March 17, 1988, and ended with the championship game on April 4 returning to Kansas City for the 10th time. A total of 63 games were played.

Kansas, coached by Larry Brown, won the national title with an 83–79 victory in the final game over Big Eight Conference rival Oklahoma, coached by Billy Tubbs. As of 2024, this was the last national championship game to feature two schools from the same conference. Danny Manning of Kansas was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Even though the Final Four was contested 40 mi from its campus in Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas was considered a long shot against the top rated Sooners because Oklahoma had previously defeated the Jayhawks twice by 8 points that season—at home in Norman, Oklahoma and on the road in Kansas' Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas's upset was the third biggest point-spread upset in Championship Game history. After this upset, the 1988 Kansas team was remembered as "Danny and the Miracles."

This was the first NCAA Tournament which barred teams from playing on their home courts, or in any facility in which it played four or more regular season games. The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee made this change after each of the previous two Final Fours featured a team which played its first and second-round games at home: LSU in 1986 (as a No. 11 seed) and Syracuse in 1987.

The team which was arguably hurt the most by the change was North Carolina, whose Dean Smith Center hosted for the first (and as of 2023, only) time. The Tar Heels were a No. 2 seed, but with the hosting ban now in effect, they were shipped to the West, where they were routed in the regional final by top seed Arizona. Archrival Duke was the No. 2 seed in the East and won its first two games at Chapel Hill on its way to the Final Four.

Arizona, now known as a prominent basketball powerhouse, made their debut in this year's Final Four, marking the 80th different school (including official NCAA vacations; 78th otherwise) to do so. This is notable because Arizona's Final Four appearance was the first by a new school since the 1983 tournament, the longest gap at that point.

Schedule and venues

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1988 tournament:

First and Second Rounds

March 17 and 19
- East Region
  - Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Host: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
- Midwest Region
  - Edmund P. Joyce Center, South Bend, Indiana (Host: University of Notre Dame)
- Southeast Region
  - Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia (Host: Georgia Tech)
- West Region
  - Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (Host: University of Utah)
March 18 and 20
- East Region
  - Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut (Host: University of Connecticut)
- Midwest Region
  - Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, Nebraska (Host: University of Nebraska–Lincoln)
- Southeast Region
  - Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio (Hosts: University of Cincinnati, Xavier University)
- West Region
  - Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California (Host: UCLA)

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

March 24 and 26
- East Regional, Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey (Hosts: Seton Hall University, Big East Conference)
- Southeast Regional, BJCC Coliseum, Birmingham, Alabama (Host: Southeastern Conference)
March 25 and 27
- Midwest Regional, Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan (Hosts: University of Detroit Mercy, Midwestern Collegiate Conference)
- West Regional, Kingdome, Seattle, Washington (Host: University of Washington)

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

April 2 and 4
- Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Big 8 Conference)

Teams

A ticket from the tournament's Final Four

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final opponent	Score
East	1	Temple	John Chaney	Atlantic 10	Regional Runner-up	2 Duke	L 63–53
East	2	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	Atlantic Coast	National semifinals	6 Kansas	L 66–59
East	3	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Big East	Round of 32	11 Rhode Island	L 97–94
East	4	Indiana	Bob Knight	Big Ten	Round of 64	13 Richmond	L 72–69
East	5	Georgia Tech	Bobby Cremins	Atlantic Coast	Round of 32	13 Richmond	L 59–55
East	6	Missouri	Norm Stewart	Big Eight	Round of 64	11 Rhode Island	L 87–80
East	7	SMU	Dave Bliss	Southwest	Round of 32	2 Duke	L 94–79
East	8	Georgetown	John Thompson	Big East	Round of 32	1 Temple	L 74–53
East	9	LSU	Dale Brown	Southeastern	Round of 64	8 Georgetown	L 66–63
East	10	Notre Dame	Digger Phelps	Independent	Round of 64	7 SMU	L 83–75
East	11	Rhode Island	Tom Penders	Atlantic 10	Sweet Sixteen	2 Duke	L 73–72
East	12	Iowa State	Johnny Orr	Big Eight	Round of 64	5 Georgia Tech	L 90–78
East	13	Richmond	Dick Tarrant	Colonial	Sweet Sixteen	1 Temple	L 69–47
East	14	North Carolina A&T	Don Corbett	Mid-Eastern	Round of 64	3 Syracuse	L 69–55
East	15	Boston University	Mike Jarvis	ECAC North	Round of 64	2 Duke	L 85–69
East	16	Lehigh	Fran McCaffery	East Coast	Round of 64	1 Temple	L 87–73
Midwest	1	Purdue	Gene Keady	Big Ten	Sweet Sixteen	4 Kansas State	L 73–70
Midwest	2	Pittsburgh	Paul Evans	Big East	Round of 32	7 Vanderbilt	L 80–74
Midwest	3	NC State	Jim Valvano	Atlantic Coast	Round of 64	14 Murray State	L 78–75
Midwest	4	Kansas State	Lon Kruger	Big Eight	Regional Runner-up	6 Kansas	L 71–58
Midwest	5	DePaul	Joey Meyer	Independent	Round of 32	4 Kansas State	L 66–58
Midwest	6	Kansas	Larry Brown	Big Eight	Champion	1 Oklahoma	W 83–79
Midwest	7	Vanderbilt	C. M. Newton	Southeastern	Sweet Sixteen	6 Kansas	L 77–64
Midwest	8	Baylor	Gene Iba	Southwest	Round of 64	9 Memphis State	L 75–60
Midwest	9	Memphis State	Larry Finch	Metro	Round of 32	1 Purdue	L 100–73
Midwest	10	Utah State	Rod Tueller	Pacific Coast	Round of 64	7 Vanderbilt	L 80–77
Midwest	11	Xavier	Pete Gillen	Midwestern	Round of 64	6 Kansas	L 85–72
Midwest	12	Wichita State	Eddie Fogler	Missouri Valley	Round of 64	5 DePaul	L 83–62
Midwest	13	La Salle	Speedy Morris	Metro Atlantic	Round of 64	4 Kansas State	L 66–53
Midwest	14	Murray State	Steve Newton	Ohio Valley	Round of 32	6 Kansas	L 61–58
Midwest	15	Eastern Michigan	Ben Braun	Mid-American	Round of 64	2 Pittsburgh	L 108–90
Midwest	16	Fairleigh Dickinson	Tom Green	ECAC Metro	Round of 64	1 Purdue	L 94–79
Southeast	1	Oklahoma	Billy Tubbs	Big Eight	Runner Up	6 Kansas	L 83–79
Southeast	2	Kentucky (Vacated)	Eddie Sutton	Southeastern	Sweet Sixteen#	6 Villanova	L 80–74
Southeast	3	Illinois	Lou Henson	Big Ten	Round of 32	6 Villanova	L 66–63
Southeast	4	BYU	LaDell Andersen	Western Athletic	Round of 32	5 Louisville	L 97–76
Southeast	5	Louisville	Denny Crum	Metro	Sweet Sixteen	1 Oklahoma	L 108–98
Southeast	6	Villanova	Rollie Massimino	Big East	Regional Runner-up	1 Oklahoma	L 78–59
Southeast	7	Maryland (Vacated)	Bob Wade	Atlantic Coast	Round of 32	2 Kentucky	L 90–81
Southeast	8	Auburn	Sonny Smith	Southeastern	Round of 32	1 Oklahoma	L 107–87
Southeast	9	Bradley	Stan Albeck	Missouri Valley	Round of 64	8 Auburn	L 90–86
Southeast	10	UC Santa Barbara	Jerry Pimm	Pacific Coast	Round of 64	7 Maryland	L 92–82
Southeast	11	Arkansas	Nolan Richardson	Southwest	Round of 64	6 Villanova	L 82–74
Southeast	12	Oregon State	Ralph Miller	Pacific-10	Round of 64	5 Louisville	L 70–61
Southeast	13		Jeff Mullins	Sun Belt	Round of 64	4 BYU	L 98–92
Southeast	14	UTSA	Ken Burmeister	Trans America	Round of 64	3 Illinois	L 81–72
Southeast	15	Southern	Ben Jobe	Southwest Athletic	Round of 64	2 Kentucky	L 99–84
Southeast	16		Mack McCarthy	Southern	Round of 64	1 Oklahoma	L 94–66
West	1	Arizona	Lute Olson	Pacific-10	National semifinals	1 Oklahoma	L 86–78
West	2	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Atlantic Coast	Regional Runner-up	1 Arizona	L 70–52
West	3	Michigan	Bill Frieder	Big Ten	Sweet Sixteen	2 North Carolina	L 78–69
West	4	UNLV	Jerry Tarkanian	Pacific Coast	Round of 32	5 Iowa	L 104–86
West	5	Iowa	Tom Davis	Big Ten	Sweet Sixteen	1 Arizona	L 99–79
West	6	Florida	Norm Sloan	Southeastern	Round of 32	3 Michigan	L 108–85
West	7	Wyoming	Benny Dees	Western Athletic	Round of 64	10 Loyola Marymount	L 119–115
West	8	Seton Hall	P.J. Carlesimo	Big East	Round of 32	1 Arizona	L 84–55
West	9	UTEP	Don Haskins	Western Athletic	Round of 64	8 Seton Hall	L 80–64
West	10	Loyola Marymount	Paul Westhead	West Coast	Round of 32	2 North Carolina	L 123–97
West	11	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Big East	Round of 64	6 Florida	L 62–59
West	12	Florida State	Pat Kennedy	Metro	Round of 64	5 Iowa	L 102–98
West	13	Southwest Missouri State	Charlie Spoonhour	Mid-Continent	Round of 64	4 UNLV	L 54–50
West	14	Boise State	Bobby Dye	Big Sky	Round of 64	3 Michigan	L 63–58
West	15	North Texas State	Jimmy Gales	Southland	Round of 64	2 North Carolina	L 83–65
West	16	Cornell	Mike Dement	Ivy League	Round of 64	1 Arizona	L 90–50

Kentucky and Maryland were later stripped of its NCAA tournament wins due to ineligible players.

Bracket

East Regional – East Rutherford, New Jersey

Midwest Regional – Pontiac, Michigan

Southeast Regional – Birmingham, Alabama

Kentucky was later stripped of its two NCAA tournament wins due to an ineligible player. Maryland also vacated its appearance in the 1988 tournament due to usage of ineligible players. Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with Maryland and Kentucky removing the wins from their own records.

West Regional – Seattle, Washington

Final Four – Kansas City, Missouri

Game summaries

April 2

Main article: 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game

Announcers

Television

CBS Sports

Jim Nantz & James Brown served as studio hosts.
Brent Musburger and Billy Packer – first round (Florida–St. John's) at Salt Lake City, Utah; second round at Hartford, Connecticut and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; West Regional at Seattle, Washington; Final Four at Kansas City, Missouri
Tim Brant and Bill Raftery – First (UNLV–SW Missouri State) and Second Rounds at Los Angeles, California; East Regional at East Rutherford, New Jersey
Dick Stockton and Billy Cunningham – second round at Lincoln, Nebraska and Salt Lake City, Utah; Southeast Regional at Birmingham, Alabama
Verne Lundquist and Tom Heinsohn – second round at Cincinnati, Ohio and South Bend, Indiana; Midwest Regional at Pontiac, Michigan
Tim Ryan and Curry Kirkpatrick – second round at Atlanta, Georgia ESPN and NCAA Productions
John Saunders (NCAA Tournament Today) and Bob Ley (NCAA Tournament Tonight) served as studio hosts and Dick Vitale served as studio analyst.
Mike Gorman and Ron Perry – first round (Temple–Lehigh, Georgia Tech–Iowa State) at Hartford, Connecticut
Bob Carpenter and Dan Belluomini – first round (Indiana–Richmond, Georgetown–LSU) at Hartford, Connecticut
Ralph Hacker and Bucky Waters – first round (Duke–Boston University, Missouri–Rhode Island) at Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Bob Rathbun and Dan Bonner – first round (Syracuse–North Carolina A&T, SMU–Notre Dame) at Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Fred White and Larry Conley – first round (Oklahoma–Chattanooga, Louisville–Oregon State) at Atlanta, Georgia
Mike Patrick and Bob Ortegel – first round (Brigham Young–Charlotte, Auburn–Bradley) at Atlanta, Georgia
Tom Hammond and Mike Pratt – first round (Kentucky–Southern, Illinois–UTSA) at Cincinnati, Ohio
Mick Hubert and Jack Givens – first round (Villanova–Arkansas, Maryland–UC Santa Barbara) at Cincinnati, Ohio
Eddie Doucette and John Laskowski – first round (Purdue–Fairleigh Dickinson, Kansas State–La Salle) at South Bend, Indiana
Wayne Larrivee and Jim Gibbons – first round (DePaul–Wichita State, Baylor–Memphis State) at South Bend, Indiana
Ron Franklin and Quinn Buckner – first round (Pittsburgh–Eastern Michigan, N.C. State–Murray State) at Lincoln, Nebraska
John Sanders and Gary Thompson – first round (Kansas–Xavier, Vanderbilt–Utah State) at Lincoln, Nebraska
Pete Solomon and Derrek Dickey – first round (Arizona–Cornell) at Los Angeles, California
Phil Stone and Lynn Shackelford – first round (Iowa–Florida State, Seton Hall–UTEP) at Los Angeles, California
Ted Robinson and Bruce Larson – first round (North Carolina–North Texas) at Salt Lake City, Utah
Frank Fallon and Bruce Larson – first round (Michigan–Boise State) at Salt Lake City, Utah
Frank Fallon and Irv Brown – first round (Wyoming–Loyola Marymount) at Salt Lake City, Utah

References

"Forfeits and Vacated Games".
Associated Press. (March 6, 1990). "Maryland Gets 3-Year Penalty : College basketball: NCAA cites university for 18 violations and orders it to return money earned from 1988 tournament.". [[Los Angeles Times]].

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

ncaa-division-i-men's-basketball-tournament 1987–88-ncaa-division-i-men's-basketball-season 1988-in-sports-in-missouri march-1988-sports-events-in-the-united-states april-1988-sports-events-in-the-united-states

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report