1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams	64
Finals site	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Kansas (2nd title, 5th title game, 8th Final Four)
Runner-up	Oklahoma (2nd title game, 3rd Final Four)
Semifinalists	Arizona (1st Final Four) Duke (6th Final Four)
Winning coach	Larry Brown (1st title)
MOP	Danny Manning Kansas
Attendance	558,998
Top scorer	Danny Manning Kansas (163 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments «1987 1989»

A ticket from the tournament's Final Four

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 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 Eight Conference rival Oklahoma, coached by Billy Tubbs. As of 2016, 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 only 40 miles from its campus in Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas was considered a long shot against the top rated Sooners because Oklahoma had previously easily defeated the Jayhawks twice 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."

Locations

Atlanta

South Bend

Cincinnati

Hartford

Lincoln

Chapel Hill

Los Angeles

Salt Lake City

1988 first and second rounds

Seattle

Pontiac

Birmingham

E. Rutherford

Kansas City

1988 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

First and second rounds

• Atlanta (Omni Coliseum)
• Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Dean Smith Center)
• Cincinnati, Ohio (Riverfront Coliseum)
• Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford Civic Center)
• Lincoln, Nebraska (Bob Devaney Sports Center)
• Los Angeles (Pauley Pavilion)
• Salt Lake City (Jon M. Huntsman Center)
• South Bend, Indiana (Edmund P. Joyce Center)

Later rounds

Region	Site
East	East Rutherford, New Jersey (Meadowlands Arena)
Midwest	Pontiac, Michigan (Pontiac Silverdome)
Southeast	Birmingham, Alabama (BJCC Arena)
West	Seattle (Kingdome)
Finals	Kansas City, Missouri (Kemper Arena)

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final opponent	Score
East
East	1	Temple	John Chaney	Regional Runner-up	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	Regional Runner-up	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	Regional Runner-up	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	Charlotte	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	Regional Runner-up	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	Bobby 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

(#) 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					Second round					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 St	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 U	69

Midwest Regional – Pontiac, Michigan

	First round					Second round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Finals
	1	Purdue	94
	16	Fairleigh Dickinson	79
						1	Purdue	100
	South Bend
						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
	South Bend
						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
	Lincoln
						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
	Lincoln
						2	Pittsburgh	74*
	2	Pittsburgh	108
	15	Eastern Michigan	90

Southeast Regional – Birmingham, Alabama

	First round					Second round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Finals
	1	Oklahoma	94
	16	Tennessee-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 St	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	Texas San Antonio	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 U	84

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

West Regional – Seattle

	First round					Second round					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 St	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 St	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

Final Four @ Kansas City, Missouri

	National Semifinals					National Championship Game
	E2	Duke	59
	M6	Kansas	66
						M6	Kansas	83
						S1	Oklahoma	79
	S1	Oklahoma	86
	W1	Arizona	78

Game summaries

Final Four April 2

Box Score

Kansas Jayhawks 66, 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: Quinn Snyder 5
Kansas advances to Championship Game

Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri Attendance: 16,392

Final Four April 2

Box Score

Arizona Wildcats 78, Oklahoma Sooners 86
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

Announcers

• Brent Musburger and Billy Packer
• Dick Stockton and Billy Cunningham
• Tim Brant and Bill Raftery
• Verne Lundquist and Tom Heinsohn
• Tim Ryan and Curry Kirkpatrick