1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Year=1988


ImageSize=
Caption=
Teams=64
FinalFourArena=Kemper Arena
FinalFourCity=Kansas City, Missouri
Champions=Kansas
TitleCount=4th
RunnerUp=Oklahoma
GameCount=2nd
Semifinal1=Arizona
FinalFourCount=1st
Semifinal2=Duke
FinalFourCount2=6th
Coach=Larry Brown
CoachCount=1st
MOP=Danny Manning
MOPTeam=Kansas
Attendance=558,998
OneTopScorer=*
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=Danny Manning
TopScorerTeam=Kansas
Points=163The 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 17, 1988, and ended with the championship game on April 4 returning to Kansas City, Missouri 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 8 Conference rival Oklahoma, coached by Billy Tubbs. Danny Manning of Kansas was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Locations

Teams

(*) Kentucky was later stripped of its two NCAA tournament wins due to an ineligible player.

Bracket

East region

16TeamBracket | RD3=Sweet Sixteen | RD4=Elite Eight | RD1-seed01=1
RD1-team01=Temple
RD1-score01=87
RD1-seed02=16
RD1-team02=Lehigh
RD1-score02=73
RD1-seed03=8
RD1-team03=Georgetown
RD1-score03=66
RD1-seed04=9
RD1-team04=LSU
RD1-score04=63
RD1-seed05=5
RD1-team05=Georgia Tech
RD1-score05=90
RD1-seed06=12
RD1-team06=Iowa St
RD1-score06=78
RD1-seed07=4
RD1-team07=Indiana
RD1-score07=69
RD1-seed08=13
RD1-team08=Richmond
RD1-score08=72
RD1-seed09=6
RD1-team09=Missouri
RD1-score09=80
RD1-seed10=11
RD1-team10=Rhode Island
RD1-score10=87
RD1-seed11=3
RD1-team11=Syracuse
RD1-score11=69
RD1-seed12=14
RD1-team12=North Carolina A&T
RD1-score12=55
RD1-seed13=7
RD1-team13=SMU
RD1-score13=83
RD1-seed14=10
RD1-team14=Notre Dame
RD1-score14=75
RD1-seed15=2
RD1-team15=Duke
RD1-score15=85
RD1-seed16=15
RD1-team16=Boston U
RD1-score16=69
RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Temple
RD2-score01=74
RD2-seed02=8
RD2-team02=Georgetown
RD2-score02=53
RD2-seed03=5
RD2-team03=Georgia Tech
RD2-score03=55
RD2-seed04=13
RD2-team04=Richmond
RD2-score04=59
RD2-seed05=11
RD2-team05=Rhode Island
RD2-score05=97
RD2-seed06=3
RD2-team06=Syracuse
RD2-score06=94
RD2-seed07=7
RD2-team07=SMU
RD2-score07=79
RD2-seed08=2
RD2-team08=Duke
RD2-score08=94
RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Temple
RD3-score01=69
RD3-seed02=13
RD3-team02=Richmond
RD3-score02=47
RD3-seed03=11
RD3-team03=Rhode Island
RD3-score03=72
RD3-seed04=2
RD3-team04=Duke
RD3-score04=73
RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=Temple
RD4-score01=53
RD4-seed02=2
RD4-team02=Duke
RD4-score02=63

Midwest region

16TeamBracket | RD3=Sweet Sixteen | RD4=Elite Eight | RD1-seed01=1
RD1-team01=Purdue
RD1-score01=94
RD1-seed02=16
RD1-team02=FDU-Teaneck
RD1-score02=79
RD1-seed03=8
RD1-team03=Baylor
RD1-score03=60
RD1-seed04=9
RD1-team04=Memphis St
RD1-score04=75
RD1-seed05=5
RD1-team05=DePaul
RD1-score05=83
RD1-seed06=12
RD1-team06=Wichita St
RD1-score06=62
RD1-seed07=4
RD1-team07=Kansas St
RD1-score07=66
RD1-seed08=13
RD1-team08=La Salle
RD1-score08=53
RD1-seed09=6
RD1-team09=Kansas
RD1-score09=85
RD1-seed10=11
RD1-team10=Xavier
RD1-score10=72
RD1-seed11=3
RD1-team11=N.C. State
RD1-score11=75
RD1-seed12=14
RD1-team12=Murray St
RD1-score12=78
RD1-seed13=7
RD1-team13=Vanderbilt
RD1-score13=80
RD1-seed14=10
RD1-team14=Utah St
RD1-score14=77
RD1-seed15=2
RD1-team15=Pittsburgh
RD1-score15=108
RD1-seed16=15
RD1-team16=Eastern Michigan
RD1-score16=90
RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Purdue
RD2-score01=100
RD2-seed02=9
RD2-team02=Memphis St
RD2-score02=73
RD2-seed03=5
RD2-team03=DePaul
RD2-score03=58
RD2-seed04=4
RD2-team04=Kansas St
RD2-score04=66
RD2-seed05=6
RD2-team05=Kansas
RD2-score05=61
RD2-seed06=14
RD2-team06=Murray St
RD2-score06=58
RD2-seed07=7
RD2-team07=Vanderbilt
RD2-score07=80
RD2-seed08=2
RD2-team08=Pittsburgh
RD2-score08=74*
RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Purdue
RD3-score01=70
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=Kansas St
RD3-score02=73
RD3-seed03=6
RD3-team03=Kansas
RD3-score03=77
RD3-seed04=7
RD3-team04=Vanderbilt
RD3-score04=64
RD4-seed01=4
RD4-team01=Kansas St
RD4-score01=58
RD4-seed02=6
RD4-team02=Kansas
RD4-score02=71

outheast region

16TeamBracket | RD3=Sweet Sixteen | RD4=Elite Eight | RD1-seed01=1
RD1-team01=Oklahoma
RD1-score01=94
RD1-seed02=16
RD1-team02=Tennessee-Chattanooga
RD1-score02=66
RD1-seed03=8
RD1-team03=Auburn
RD1-score03=90
RD1-seed04=9
RD1-team04=Bradley
RD1-score04=86
RD1-seed05=5
RD1-team05=Louisville
RD1-score05=70
RD1-seed06=12
RD1-team06=Oregon St
RD1-score06=61
RD1-seed07=4
RD1-team07=BYU
RD1-score07=98
RD1-seed08=13
RD1-team08=Charlotte
RD1-score08=92*
RD1-seed09=6
RD1-team09=Villanova
RD1-score09=82
RD1-seed10=11
RD1-team10=Arkansas
RD1-score10=74
RD1-seed11=3
RD1-team11=Illinois
RD1-score11=81
RD1-seed12=14
RD1-team12=Texas San Antonio
RD1-score12=72
RD1-seed13=7
RD1-team13=Maryland
RD1-score13=92
RD1-seed14=10
RD1-team14=UC Santa Barbara
RD1-score14=82
RD1-seed15=2
RD1-team15=Kentucky
RD1-score15=99
RD1-seed16=15
RD1-team16=Southern-BR
RD1-score16=84
RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Oklahoma
RD2-score01=107
RD2-seed02=8
RD2-team02=Auburn
RD2-score02=87
RD2-seed03=5
RD2-team03=Louisville
RD2-score03=97
RD2-seed04=4
RD2-team04=BYU
RD2-score04=76
RD2-seed05=6
RD2-team05=Villanova
RD2-score05=66
RD2-seed06=3
RD2-team06=Illinois
RD2-score06=63
RD2-seed07=7
RD2-team07=Maryland
RD2-score07=81
RD2-seed08=2
RD2-team08=Kentucky
RD2-score08=90
RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Oklahoma
RD3-score01=108
RD3-seed02=5
RD3-team02=Louisville
RD3-score02=98
RD3-seed03=6
RD3-team03=Villanova
RD3-score03=80
RD3-seed04=2
RD3-team04=Kentucky
RD3-score04=74
RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=Oklahoma
RD4-score01=78
RD4-seed02=6
RD4-team02=Villanova
RD4-score02=59

West region

16TeamBracket | RD3=Sweet Sixteen | RD4=Elite Eight | RD1-seed01=1
RD1-team01=Arizona
RD1-score01=90
RD1-seed02=16
RD1-team02=Cornell
RD1-score02=50
RD1-seed03=8
RD1-team03=Seton Hall
RD1-score03=80
RD1-seed04=9
RD1-team04=UTEP
RD1-score04=64
RD1-seed05=5
RD1-team05=Iowa
RD1-score05=102
RD1-seed06=12
RD1-team06=Florida St
RD1-score06=98
RD1-seed07=4
RD1-team07=UNLV
RD1-score07=54
RD1-seed08=13
RD1-team08=Binghamton
RD1-score08=50
RD1-seed09=6
RD1-team09=Florida
RD1-score09=62
RD1-seed10=11
RD1-team10=St John's
RD1-score10=59
RD1-seed11=3
RD1-team11=Michigan
RD1-score11=63
RD1-seed12=14
RD1-team12=Boise St
RD1-score12=58
RD1-seed13=7
RD1-team13=Wyoming
RD1-score13=115
RD1-seed14=10
RD1-team14=Loyola Marymount
RD1-score14=119
RD1-seed15=2
RD1-team15=North Carolina
RD1-score15=83
RD1-seed16=15
RD1-team16=North Texas
RD1-score16=65
RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Arizona
RD2-score01=84
RD2-seed02=8
RD2-team02=Seton Hall
RD2-score02=55
RD2-seed03=5
RD2-team03=Iowa
RD2-score03=104
RD2-seed04=4
RD2-team04=UNLV
RD2-score04=86
RD2-seed05=6
RD2-team05=Florida
RD2-score05=85
RD2-seed06=3
RD2-team06=Michigan
RD2-score06=108
RD2-seed07=10
RD2-team07=Loyola Marymount
RD2-score07=97
RD2-seed08=2
RD2-team08=North Carolina
RD2-score08=123
RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Arizona
RD3-score01=99
RD3-seed02=5
RD3-team02=Iowa
RD3-score02=79
RD3-seed03=3
RD3-team03=Michigan
RD3-score03=69
RD3-seed04=2
RD3-team04=North Carolina
RD3-score04=78
RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=Arizona
RD4-score01=70
RD4-seed02=2
RD4-team02=North Carolina
RD4-score02=52

Final Four

4TeamBracket | RD1=National Semifinals | RD2=National Championship Game
RD1-seed1=E2
RD1-team1=Duke
RD1-score1=59
RD1-seed2=M6
RD1-team2=Kansas
RD1-score2=66
RD1-seed3=S1
RD1-team3=Oklahoma
RD1-score3=86
RD1-seed4=W1
RD1-team4=Arizona
RD1-score4=78
RD2-seed1=M6
RD2-team1=Kansas
RD2-score1=83
RD2-seed2=S1
RD2-team2=Oklahoma
RD2-score2=79

External links

* [http://www.shrpsports.com/collbask/1988.htm 1988 NCAA Basketball Tournament] on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
* [http://www.hoopstournament.net/index.html HoopsTournament.Net] , source for much of the information on this page.