1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
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| MVP | Danny Manning, Kansas | ||||||||||
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The 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1987-88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 1988 National Title Game was played on April 4, 1988 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 1988 National Title Game was played between the 1988 Southeast Regional Champions, #1-seeded Oklahoma and the 1988 Midwest Regional Champions, #6-seeded Kansas.
Participating Teams
Kansas
- Midwest
- Kansas (6) 85, Xavier (11) 72
- Kansas 61, Murray State (14) 58
- Kansas 77, Vanderbilt (7) 64
- Kansas 71, Kansas State (4) 58
- Final Four
- Kansas 66, Duke (2) 59
Oklahoma
- Southeast
- Oklahoma (1) 94, Chattanooga (16) 66
- Oklahoma 107, Auburn (8) 87
- Oklahoma 108, Louisville (5) 98
- Oklahoma 78, Villanova (6) 59
- Final Four
- Oklahoma 86, Arizona (1) 78
Box Score
Source:[1]
April 4, 1988
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| Kansas Jayhawks 83, Oklahoma Sooners 79 | ||
| Scoring by half: 50-50, 33-29 | ||
| Pts: Danny Manning 31 Rebs: Danny Manning 18 Asts: Kevin Pritchard, Clint Normore 4 |
Pts: Dave Sieger 22 Rebs: Stacey King, Ricky Grace 7 Asts: Dave Sieger, Ricky Grace 7 | |
Notables
- As of today, this was the last national title game to be played between two teams from the same conference
- Kansas's upset of Oklahoma was the third-biggest point-spread upset in the national title game in NCAA Tournament History
- After this win, the 1988 Kansas team was remembered as "Danny and the Miracles" use to Danny Manning's excellence throughout the tournament, including a double-double in the national championship game with 31 points and 18 rebounds