1988 TAAC men's basketball tournament
| 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) |
TAAC men's basketball tournaments | |
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]
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.