1988 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1988 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 10–12 at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida.[1]
| 1988 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1987–88 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL |
| Champions | Texas–San Antonio (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Ken Burmeister (1st title) |
| MVP | Frank Hampton (Texas–San Antonio) |
Texas–San Antonio upset top-seeded Georgia Southern in the championship game, 76–69, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Roadrunners, therefore, received an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Tournament, their first Division I tournament appearance.
For the second straight year, only the top eight teams in the conference standings were invited to the tournament.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 |
Semifinals Friday, March 11 |
Championship Saturday, March 12 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 71 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Georgia State | 55 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 60 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Mercer | 52 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Mercer | 57 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Hardin–Simmons | 52 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 69 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Texas–San Antonio | 76 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Texas–San Antonio | 78 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Stetson | 74 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Texas–San Antonio | 101 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Arkansas–Little Rock | 75 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Centenary (LA) | 71 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Arkansas–Little Rock | 99 | |||||||||||
References
- "1987-88 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
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