1988 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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1988 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1987–88
Teams8
SiteOcean Center
Daytona Beach, FL
ChampionsTexas–San Antonio (1st title)
Winning coachKen Burmeister (1st title)
MVPFrank Hampton (Texas–San Antonio)
← 1987
1989 →

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[]

  1. ^ "1987-88 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
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