1988 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
The 1988 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10, 1988 with quarterfinal matchups being held at the home arena of the higher seed and the semifinals and championship game played at UNT Coliseum in Denton, Texas.[1]
| 1988 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1987–88 |
| Teams | 6 |
| First round site | Campus Sites Campus Arenas |
| Finals site | UNT Coliseum Denton, Texas |
| Champions | North Texas State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Jimmy Gales (1st title) |
| MVP | Tony Worrell (North Texas) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 9 | – | 22 | .290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 7 | – | 22 | .241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas-Arlington | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 7 | – | 22 | .241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1988 Southland Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas State defeated Northeast Louisiana in the championship game, 87–70, to win their first Southland men's basketball tournament.
The Mean Green received a bid to the 1988 NCAA Tournament as No. 15 seed in the West region. They were the only Southland member invited to the tournament.
Format
Six of eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two seeds earning byes into the semifinal round. New conference members Sam Houston State and Stephen F. Austin did not participate. The other four teams began play in the quarterfinal round.
First round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at UNT Coliseum in Denton, Texas.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 8 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 9 | Championship Thursday, March 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | North Texas State | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | McNeese State | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Texas State | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | McNeese State | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | North Texas State | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | NE Louisiana | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Northwestern State | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas-Arlington | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas-Arlington | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | NE Louisiana | 78 | ||||||||||||
References
- "1987-88 Southland Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2022.