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1988 MEAC men's basketball tournament

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1988 MEAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1987–88
Teams7
SiteGreensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, North Carolina
ChampionsNorth Carolina A&T (13th title)
Winning coachDon Corbett (7th title)
MVPClaude Williams (North Carolina A&T)
← 1987
1989 →
1987–88 MEAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Carolina A&T 16 0   1.000 26 3   .897
Florida A&M 11 5   .688 22 8   .733
South Carolina State 10 6   .625 16 13   .552
Howard 9 7   .563 15 12   .556
Coppin State 8 7   .533 13 14   .481
Morgan State 7 8   .467 13 17   .433
Maryland Eastern Shore 5 11   .313 7 20   .259
Bethune–Cookman 4 12   .250 6 21   .222
Delaware State 1 15   .063 3 25   .107
1988 MEAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1988 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 3–5, 1988, at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. North Carolina A&T defeated Florida A&M, 101–86 in the championship game, to win its seventh consecutive MEAC Tournament title.

The Aggies earned an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament as a No. 14 seed in the East region.

Format

Seven of nine conference members participated, with play beginning in the quarterfinal round. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 3
Semifinals
March 4
Final
March 5
         
1 North Carolina A&T 67
4 Howard 62
4 Howard 65
5 Morgan State 59
1 North Carolina A&T 101
2 Florida A&M 86
3 South Carolina State 88
6 Maryland Eastern Shore 77
3 South Carolina State 65
2 North Carolina A&T 73
2 Florida A&M 104
7 Delaware State 73

[2]

References

  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1987-88 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Season Summary
  2. ^ "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 27, 2022.