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
ClassificationDivision I
Season198788
Teams8
SiteOcean Center
Daytona Beach, FL
ChampionsTexas–San Antonio (1st title)
Winning coachKen Burmeister (1st title)
MVPFrank 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

  1. "1987-88 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
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