1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

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1988 NCAA Division I
men's basketball tournament
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Season 198788
Teams64
Finals site Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Kansas Jayhawks (2nd title, 5th title game,
8th Final Four)
Runner-up Oklahoma Sooners (2nd title game,
3rd Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Larry Brown (1st title)
MOP Danny Manning (Kansas)
Attendance558,998
Top scorerDanny Manning (Kansas)
(163 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
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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.

Contents

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 2023, 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 miles (64 km) 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

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Atlanta
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South Bend
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Cincinnati
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Hartford
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Lincoln
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Chapel Hill
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Los Angeles
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Salt Lake City
1988 first and second rounds
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Seattle
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Pontiac
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Birmingham
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E. Rutherford
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Kansas City
1988 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

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

First and Second Rounds

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

Teams

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A ticket from the tournament's Final Four
RegionSeedTeamCoachConferenceFinishedFinal opponentScore
East
East1 Temple John Chaney Atlantic 10Regional Runner-up2 Duke L 63–53
East2 Duke Mike Krzyzewski Atlantic CoastNational semifinals6 Kansas L 66–59
East3 Syracuse Jim Boeheim Big EastRound of 3211 Rhode Island L 97–94
East4 Indiana Bob Knight Big TenRound of 6413 Richmond L 72–69
East5 Georgia Tech Bobby Cremins Atlantic CoastRound of 3213 Richmond L 59–55
East6 Missouri Norm Stewart Big EightRound of 6411 Rhode Island L 87–80
East7 SMU Dave Bliss SouthwestRound of 322 Duke L 94–79
East8 Georgetown John Thompson Big EastRound of 321 Temple L 74–53
East9 LSU Dale Brown SoutheasternRound of 648 Georgetown L 66–63
East10 Notre Dame Digger Phelps IndependentRound of 647 SMU L 83–75
East11 Rhode Island Tom Penders Atlantic 10Sweet Sixteen2 Duke L 73–72
East12 Iowa State Johnny Orr Big EightRound of 645 Georgia Tech L 90–78
East13 Richmond Dick Tarrant ColonialSweet Sixteen1 Temple L 69–47
East14 North Carolina A&T Don Corbett Mid-EasternRound of 643 Syracuse L 69–55
East15 Boston University Mike Jarvis ECAC NorthRound of 642 Duke L 85–69
East16 Lehigh Fran McCaffery East CoastRound of 641 Temple L 87–73
Midwest
Midwest1 Purdue Gene Keady Big TenSweet Sixteen4 Kansas State L 73–70
Midwest2 Pittsburgh Paul Evans Big EastRound of 327 Vanderbilt L 80–74
Midwest3 NC State Jim Valvano Atlantic CoastRound of 6414 Murray State L 78–75
Midwest4 Kansas State Lon Kruger Big EightRegional Runner-up6 Kansas L 71–58
Midwest5 DePaul Joey Meyer IndependentRound of 324 Kansas State L 66–58
Midwest6 Kansas Larry Brown Big EightChampion1 Oklahoma W 83–79
Midwest7 Vanderbilt C. M. Newton SoutheasternSweet Sixteen6 Kansas L 77–64
Midwest8 Baylor Gene Iba SouthwestRound of 649 Memphis State L 75–60
Midwest9 Memphis State Larry Finch MetroRound of 321 Purdue L 100–73
Midwest10 Utah State Rod Tueller Pacific CoastRound of 647 Vanderbilt L 80–77
Midwest11 Xavier Pete Gillen MidwesternRound of 646 Kansas L 85–72
Midwest12 Wichita State Eddie Fogler Missouri ValleyRound of 645 DePaul L 83–62
Midwest13 La Salle Speedy Morris Metro AtlanticRound of 644 Kansas State L 66–53
Midwest14 Murray State Steve Newton Ohio ValleyRound of 326 Kansas L 61–58
Midwest15 Eastern Michigan Ben Braun Mid-AmericanRound of 642 Pittsburgh L 108–90
Midwest16 Fairleigh Dickinson Tom Green ECAC MetroRound of 641 Purdue L 94–79
Southeast
Southeast1 Oklahoma Billy Tubbs Big EightRunner Up6 Kansas L 83–79
Southeast2 Kentucky (Vacated) Eddie Sutton SoutheasternSweet Sixteen#6 Villanova L 80–74
Southeast3 Illinois Lou Henson Big TenRound of 326 Villanova L 66–63
Southeast4 BYU LaDell Andersen Western AthleticRound of 325 Louisville L 97–76
Southeast5 Louisville Denny Crum MetroSweet Sixteen1 Oklahoma L 108–98
Southeast6 Villanova Rollie Massimino Big EastRegional Runner-up1 Oklahoma L 78–59
Southeast7 Maryland Bob Wade Atlantic CoastRound of 322 Kentucky L 90–81
Southeast8 Auburn Sonny Smith SoutheasternRound of 321 Oklahoma L 107–87
Southeast9 Bradley Stan Albeck Missouri ValleyRound of 648 Auburn L 90–86
Southeast10 UC Santa Barbara Jerry Pimm Pacific CoastRound of 647 Maryland L 92–82
Southeast11 Arkansas Nolan Richardson SouthwestRound of 646 Villanova L 82–74
Southeast12 Oregon State Ralph Miller Pacific-10Round of 645 Louisville L 70–61
Southeast13 Charlotte Jeff Mullins Sun BeltRound of 644 BYU L 98–92
Southeast14 UTSA Ken Burmeister Trans AmericaRound of 643 Illinois L 81–72
Southeast15 Southern Ben Jobe Southwest AthleticRound of 642 Kentucky L 99–84
Southeast16 Chattanooga Mack McCarthy SouthernRound of 641 Oklahoma L 94–66
West
West1 Arizona Lute Olson Pacific-10National semifinals1 Oklahoma L 86–78
West2 North Carolina Dean Smith Atlantic CoastRegional Runner-up1 Arizona L 70–52
West3 Michigan Bill Frieder Big TenSweet Sixteen2 North Carolina L 78–69
West4 UNLV Jerry Tarkanian Pacific CoastRound of 325 Iowa L 104–86
West5 Iowa Tom Davis Big TenSweet Sixteen1 Arizona L 99–79
West6 Florida Norm Sloan SoutheasternRound of 323 Michigan L 108–85
West7 Wyoming Benny Dees Western AthleticRound of 6410 Loyola Marymount L 119–115
West8 Seton Hall P.J. Carlesimo Big EastRound of 321 Arizona L 84–55
West9 UTEP Don Haskins Western AthleticRound of 648 Seton Hall L 80–64
West10 Loyola Marymount Paul Westhead West CoastRound of 322 North Carolina L 123–97
West11 St. John's Lou Carnesecca Big EastRound of 646 Florida L 62–59
West12 Florida State Pat Kennedy MetroRound of 645 Iowa L 102–98
West13 Southwest Missouri State Charlie Spoonhour Mid-ContinentRound of 644 UNLV L 54–50
West14 Boise State Bobby Dye Big SkyRound of 643 Michigan L 63–58
West15 North Texas State Jimmy Gales SouthlandRound of 642 North Carolina L 83–65
West16 Cornell Mike Dement Ivy LeagueRound of 641 Arizona L 90–50

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

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East Regional – East Rutherford, New Jersey

First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 Temple87
16 Lehigh 73
1 Temple74
Hartford
8 Georgetown 53
8 Georgetown66
9 LSU 63
1 Temple69
13 Richmond 47
5 Georgia Tech90
12 Iowa State 78
5 Georgia Tech 55
Hartford
13 Richmond59
4 Indiana 69
13 Richmond72
1 Temple 53
2 Duke63
6 Missouri 80
11 Rhode Island87
11 Rhode Island97
Chapel Hill
3 Syracuse 94
3 Syracuse69
14 North Carolina A&T 55
11 Rhode Island 72
2 Duke73
7 SMU83
10 Notre Dame 75
7 SMU 79
Chapel Hill
2 Duke94
2 Duke85
15 Boston University 69

Midwest Regional – Pontiac, Michigan

First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 Purdue94
16 Fairleigh Dickinson 79
1 Purdue100
South Bend
9 Memphis 73
8 Baylor 60
9 Memphis75
1 Purdue 70
4 Kansas State73
5 DePaul83
12 Wichita State 62
5 DePaul 58
South Bend
4 Kansas State66
4 Kansas State66
13 La Salle 53
4 Kansas State 58
6 Kansas71
6 Kansas85
11 Xavier 72
6 Kansas61
Lincoln
14 Murray State 58
3 NC State 75
14 Murray State78
6 Kansas77
7 Vanderbilt 64
7 Vanderbilt80
10 Utah State 77
7 Vanderbilt80*
Lincoln
2 Pittsburgh 74
2 Pittsburgh108
15 Eastern Michigan 90

Southeast Regional – Birmingham, Alabama

First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 Oklahoma94
16 Chattanooga 66
1 Oklahoma107
Atlanta
8 Auburn 87
8 Auburn90
9 Bradley 86
1 Oklahoma108
5 Louisville 98
5 Louisville70
12 Oregon State 61
5 Louisville97
Atlanta
4 BYU 76
4 BYU98*
13 Charlotte 92
1 Oklahoma78
6 Villanova 59
6 Villanova82
11 Arkansas 74
6 Villanova66
Cincinnati
3 Illinois 63
3 Illinois81
14 UTSA 72
6 Villanova80
2 Kentucky# 74
7 Maryland# 92
10 UC Santa Barbara 82
7 Maryland# 81
Cincinnati
2 Kentucky# 90
2 Kentucky# 99
15 Southern 84

# - 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. [1] [2] 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

First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 Arizona90
16 Cornell 50
1 Arizona84
Los Angeles
8 Seton Hall 55
8 Seton Hall80
9 UTEP 64
1 Arizona99
5 Iowa 79
5 Iowa102
12 Florida State 98
5 Iowa104
Los Angeles
4 UNLV 86
4 UNLV54
13 Southwest Missouri State 50
1 Arizona70
2 North Carolina 52
6 Florida62
11 St. John's 59
6 Florida 85
Salt Lake City
3 Michigan108
3 Michigan63
14 Boise State 58
3 Michigan 69
2 North Carolina78
7 Wyoming 115
10 Loyola Marymount119
10 Loyola Marymount 97
Salt Lake City
2 North Carolina123
2 North Carolina83
15 North Texas State 65

Final Four – Kansas City, Missouri

National semifinals National Championship Game
      
E2 Duke 59
MW6Kansas66
MW6Kansas83
SE1 Oklahoma 79
SE1Oklahoma86
W1 Arizona 78

Game summaries

Final Four
April 2
Kansas Jayhawks66, Duke Blue Devils 59
Scoring by half: 38–27, 28–32
Pts: Danny Manning 25
Rebs: Danny Manning 10
Asts: Kevin Pritchard 5
Pts: Danny Ferry 19
Rebs: Danny Ferry 12
Asts: Quin Snyder 5
Kansas advances to Championship Game
Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 16,392
Referees: Booker Turner, Jim Burr, Larry Lembo
Final Four
April 2
Arizona Wildcats 78, Oklahoma Sooners86
Scoring by half: 27–39, 51–47
Pts: Sean Elliott 31
Rebs: Tom Tolbert 13
Asts: Steve Kerr 5
Pts: Mookie Blaylock/Harvey Grant 21
Rebs: Harvey Grant 10
Asts: Ricky Grace 8
Oklahoma advances to Championship game
Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 16,392

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