Season | 1987–88 | ||||
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Teams | 64 | ||||
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 |
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Winning coach | Larry Brown (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Danny Manning (Kansas) | ||||
Attendance | 558,998 | ||||
Top scorer | Danny Manning (Kansas) (163 points) | ||||
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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.
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.
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)
Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Conference | Finished | Final opponent | Score |
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East | |||||||
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 | |||||||
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 | |||||||
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 | 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 | Charlotte | 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 | Chattanooga | Mack McCarthy | Southern | Round of 64 | 1 Oklahoma | L 94–66 |
West | |||||||
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 was later stripped of its two NCAA tournament wins due to an ineligible player.
* – Denotes overtime period
First round | Quarter-finals | Regional semifinals | Regional Finals | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Temple | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Lehigh | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Temple | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
Hartford | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Georgetown | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Georgetown | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | LSU | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Temple | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Richmond | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Georgia Tech | 90 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Iowa State | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Georgia Tech | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
Hartford | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||
Chapel Hill | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||
Chapel Hill | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Duke | 94 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Duke | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
15 | Boston University | 69 |
First round | Quarter-finals | Regional semifinals | Regional Finals | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Purdue | 94 | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Purdue | 100 | |||||||||||||||||
South Bend | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Memphis | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Baylor | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Memphis | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Purdue | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Kansas State | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | DePaul | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Wichita State | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | DePaul | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
South Bend | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Kansas State | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Kansas State | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | La Salle | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Kansas State | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Kansas | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Kansas | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Xavier | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Kansas | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
Lincoln | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Murray State | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | NC State | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Murray State | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Kansas | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Vanderbilt | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Vanderbilt | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Utah State | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Vanderbilt | 80* | |||||||||||||||||
Lincoln | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Pittsburgh | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Pittsburgh | 108 | |||||||||||||||||
15 | Eastern Michigan | 90 |
First round | Quarter-finals | Regional semifinals | Regional Finals | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Oklahoma | 94 | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Chattanooga | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Oklahoma | 107 | |||||||||||||||||
Atlanta | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Auburn | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Auburn | 90 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Bradley | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Oklahoma | 108 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Louisville | 98 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Louisville | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Oregon State | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Louisville | 97 | |||||||||||||||||
Atlanta | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | BYU | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | BYU | 98* | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Charlotte | 92 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Oklahoma | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Villanova | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Villanova | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Arkansas | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Villanova | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Illinois | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Illinois | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | UTSA | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Villanova | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
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.
First round | Quarter-finals | Regional semifinals | Regional Finals | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Arizona | 90 | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Cornell | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Arizona | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Seton Hall | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Seton Hall | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | UTEP | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Arizona | 99 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Iowa | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Iowa | 102 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Florida State | 98 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Iowa | 104 | |||||||||||||||||
Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | UNLV | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | UNLV | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Southwest Missouri State | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Arizona | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | North Carolina | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Florida | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | St. John's | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Florida | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt Lake City | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Michigan | 108 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Michigan | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Boise State | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Michigan | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | North Carolina | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Wyoming | 115 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Loyola Marymount | 119 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Loyola Marymount | 97 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt Lake City | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | North Carolina | 123 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | North Carolina | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
15 | North Texas State | 65 |
National semifinals | National Championship Game | ||||||||
E2 | Duke | 59 | |||||||
MW6 | Kansas | 66 | |||||||
MW6 | Kansas | 83 | |||||||
SE1 | Oklahoma | 79 | |||||||
SE1 | Oklahoma | 86 | |||||||
W1 | Arizona | 78 |
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 |
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