1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 2, 1988, and ended with the championship game on April 4 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 63 games were played.

Kansas, coached by Larry Brown, won the national title with a 83-79 victory in the final game over Oklahoma, coached by Billy Tubbs. Danny Manning of Kansas was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 Midwest region 3.3 Southeast region 3.4 West region 3.5 Final Four 4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Hartford, Connecticut
Midwest	Pontiac, Michigan	Lincoln, Nebraska, South Bend, Indiana
Southeast	Birmingham, Alabama	Atlanta, Georgia, Cincinnati, Ohio
West	Seattle, Washington	Los Angeles, California, Salt Lake City, Utah
Finals	Kansas City, Missouri

[edit] Teams

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

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	1	Temple	87
	16	Lehigh	73
						1	Temple	74
						8	Georgetown	53
	8	Georgetown	66
	9	LSU	63
											1	Temple	69
										13	Richmond	47
	5	Georgia Tech	90
	12	Iowa St	78
						5	Georgia Tech	55
						13	Richmond	59
	4	Indiana	69
	13	Richmond	72
																1	Temple	53
																2	Duke	63
	6	Missouri	80
	11	Rhode Island	87
						11	Rhode Island	97
						3	Syracuse	94
	3	Syracuse	69
	14	North Carolina A&T	55
											11	Rhode Island	72
										2	Duke	73
	7	SMU	83
	10	Notre Dame	75
						7	SMU	79
						2	Duke	94
	2	Duke	85
	15	Boston U	69

[edit] Midwest region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	1	Purdue	94
	16	FDU-Teaneck	79
						1	Purdue	100
						9	Memphis St	73
	8	Baylor	60
	9	Memphis St	75
											1	Purdue	70
										4	Kansas St	73
	5	DePaul	83
	12	Wichita St	62
						5	DePaul	58
						4	Kansas St	66
	4	Kansas St	66
	13	La Salle	53
																4	Kansas St	58
																6	Kansas	71
	6	Kansas	85
	11	Xavier	72
						6	Kansas	61
						14	Murray St	58
	3	N.C. State	75
	14	Murray St	78
											6	Kansas	77
										7	Vanderbilt	64
	7	Vanderbilt	80
	10	Utah St	77
						7	Vanderbilt	80
						2	Pittsburgh	74*
	2	Pittsburgh	108
	15	Eastern Michigan	90

[edit] Southeast region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	1	Oklahoma	94
	16	Tennessee-Chattanooga	66
						1	Oklahoma	107
						8	Auburn	87
	8	Auburn	90
	9	Bradley	86
											1	Oklahoma	108
										5	Louisville	98
	5	Louisville	70
	12	Oregon St	61
						5	Louisville	97
						4	BYU	76
	4	BYU	98
	13	UNC-Charlotte	92*
																1	Oklahoma	78
																6	Villanova	59
	6	Villanova	82
	11	Arkansas	74
						6	Villanova	66
						3	Illinois	63
	3	Illinois	81
	14	Texas San Antonio	72
											6	Villanova	80
										2	Kentucky	74
	7	Maryland	92
	10	UC Santa Barbara	82
						7	Maryland	81
						2	Kentucky	90
	2	Kentucky	99
	15	Southern-BR	84

[edit] West region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	1	Arizona	90
	16	Cornell	50
						1	Arizona	84
						8	Seton Hall	55
	8	Seton Hall	80
	9	UTEP	64
											1	Arizona	99
										5	Iowa	79
	5	Iowa	102
	12	Florida St	98
						5	Iowa	104
						4	UNLV	86
	4	UNLV	54
	13	Southwest Missouri St	50
																1	Arizona	70
																2	North Carolina	52
	6	Florida	62
	11	St Johns	59
						6	Florida	85
						3	Michigan	108
	3	Michigan	63
	14	Boise St	58
											3	Michigan	69
										2	North Carolina	78
	7	Wyoming	115
	10	Loyola Marymount	119
						10	Loyola Marymount	97
						2	North Carolina	123
	2	North Carolina	83
	15	North Texas	65

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
	2	Duke	59
	6	Kansas	66
						6	Kansas	83
						1	Oklahoma	79
	1	Oklahoma	86
	1	Arizona	78

[edit] External links

• 1988 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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