1988 MEAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198788
Teams7
SiteGreensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, North Carolina
ChampionsNorth Carolina A&T (13th title)
Winning coachDon Corbett (7th title)
MVPClaude Williams (North Carolina A&T)
1987–88 MEAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North Carolina A&T160 1.000263  .897
Florida A&M115 .688228  .733
South Carolina State106 .6251613  .552
Howard97 .5631512  .556
Coppin State87 .5331314  .481
Morgan State78 .4671317  .433
Maryland Eastern Shore511 .313720  .259
Bethune–Cookman412 .250621  .222
Delaware State115 .063325  .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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.