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1988 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

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1988 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1987–88
Teams6
First round siteCampus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals siteUNT Coliseum
Denton, Texas
ChampionsNorth Texas State (1st title)
Winning coachJimmy Gales (1st title)
MVPTony Worrell (North Texas)
← 1987
1989 →
1987–88 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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


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]

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 NCAA tournament. Conference tournament runner-up Northeast Louisiana was invited to the 1988 NIT Tournament.

Format

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "1987-88 Southland Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2022.