1988 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1988 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1987-8 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Lowell (now the University of Massachusetts Lowell), and Lowell's Leo Parent was the Most Outstanding Player.
Teams | 32 |
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Finals site | Springfield, Massachusetts |
Champions | Lowell (MA) River Hawks (1st title) |
Runner-up | Alaska–Anchorage Seawolves (1st title game) |
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Winning coach | Don Doucette (1st title) |
MOP | Leo Parent, Lowell |
Attendance | 56,123 |
Regional participants
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*denotes tie
Regionals
New England - New Haven, Connecticut
Location: Charger Gymnasium
Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
Lowell | 90 | ||||||||
Assumption | 65 | ||||||||
Lowell | 84 | ||||||||
New Haven | 72 | ||||||||
New Haven | 96 | ||||||||
Quinnipiac | 62 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Quinnipiac 88, Assumption 73
Great Lakes - Owensboro, Kentucky
Location: Owensboro Sportscenter
Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 82 | ||||||||
Lewis | 74 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 88 | ||||||||
Alabama A&M | 92 | ||||||||
Alabama A&M | 75* | ||||||||
Ashland | 73 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Lewis 89, Ashland 73
South - Lakeland, Florida
Location: Jenkins Field House
Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
Tampa | 71 | ||||||||
Norfolk State | 68 | ||||||||
Tampa | 63 | ||||||||
Florida Southern | 76 | ||||||||
Florida Southern | 99 | ||||||||
North Alabama | 76 | ||||||||
- Third Place - North Alabama 87, Norfolk State 76
South Central - Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Location: Show Me Center
Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
Missouri-St. Louis | 68 | ||||||||
South Dakota State | 63 | ||||||||
Missouri-St. Louis | 69 | ||||||||
SE Missouri State | 73 | ||||||||
SE Missouri State | 111 | ||||||||
Angelo State | 75 | ||||||||
- Third Place - South Dakota State 87, Angelo State 84
North Central - Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Location: Halenbeck Hall
Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
Ferris State | 91 | ||||||||
Augustana (SD) | 75 | ||||||||
Ferris State | 80 | ||||||||
UC Riverside | 64 | ||||||||
UC Riverside | 78 | ||||||||
St. Cloud State | 71 | ||||||||
- Third Place - St. Cloud State 118, Augustana 114**
West - Hayward, California
Location: Physical Education Complex
Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
Alaska-Anchorage | 89* | ||||||||
Cal State Bakersfield | 82 | ||||||||
Alaska-Anchorage | 72 | ||||||||
Cal State Hayward | 67 | ||||||||
Cal State Hayward | 96 | ||||||||
Sacramento State | 85 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Cal State Bakersfield 90, Sacramento State 89
South Atlantic - Richmond, Virginia
Location: Arthur Ashe, Jr. Athletic Center
Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
North Carolina Central | 56 | ||||||||
Virginia State | 49 | ||||||||
North Carolina Central | 65 | ||||||||
Troy State | 66* | ||||||||
Troy State | 75 | ||||||||
Virginia Union | 71 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Virginia Union 90, Virginia State 89
East - Erie, Pennsylvania
Location: Hammermill Center
Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
California (PA) | 91 | ||||||||
LeMoyne | 88 | ||||||||
California (PA) | 75 | ||||||||
Gannon | 93 | ||||||||
Gannon | 84 | ||||||||
Kutztown | 64 | ||||||||
- Third Place - LeMoyne 89, Kutztown 81
*denotes each overtime played
National Quarterfinals
Quarterfinal - Normal, AL | ||||
Lowell | 76 | |||
Alabama A&M | 68 | |||
Quarterfinal - Lakeland, FL | ||||
Florida Southern | 78 | |||
SE Missouri State | 75 | |||
Quarterfinal - Troy, AL | ||||
Troy State | 100 | |||
Gannon | 79 | |||
Quarterfinal - Anchorage, AK | ||||
Ferris State | 85 | |||
Alaska-Anchorage | 97 | |||
National Finals - Springfield, Massachusetts
Location: Springfield Civic Center
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
Lowell | 88 | ||||||||
Florida Southern | 81 | ||||||||
Lowell | 75 | ||||||||
Alaska-Anchorage | 72 | ||||||||
Alaska-Anchorage | 77 | ||||||||
Troy State | 72 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Florida Southern 94, Troy State 84
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team
- Jerry Johnson (Florida Southern)
- Bobby Licare (Lowell)
- Leo Parent (Lowell)
- Averian Parrish (Alaska-Anchorage)
- Darryl Thomas (Troy State)