The 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 17, 1988, and ended with the championship game on April 4 returning to Kansas City, Missouri for the 10th time. A total of 63 games were played.
Kansas, coached by Larry Brown, won the national title with an 83-79 victory in the final game over Big Eight Conference rival Oklahoma, coached by Billy Tubbs. As of 2016, this was the last national championship game to feature two schools from the same conference. Danny Manning of Kansas was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Even though the Final Four was contested only 40 miles from its campus in Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas was considered a long shot against the top rated Sooners because Oklahoma had previously easily defeated the Jayhawks twice that season--at home in Norman, Oklahoma and on the road in Kansas' Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas's upset was the third biggest point-spread upset in Championship Game history. After this upset, the 1988 Kansas team was remembered as "Danny and the Miracles."
Maps, Directions, and Place Reviews
Locations
First and second rounds
- Atlanta (Omni Coliseum)
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Dean Smith Center)
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Riverfront Coliseum)
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford Civic Center)
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Bob Devaney Sports Center)
- Los Angeles (Pauley Pavilion)
- Salt Lake City (Jon M. Huntsman Center)
- South Bend, Indiana (Edmund P. Joyce Center)
Later rounds
Ku Jayhawks Basketball Live Score Video
Teams
(#) Kentucky was later stripped of its two NCAA tournament wins due to an ineligible player.
Bracket
* - Denotes overtime period
East Regional - East Rutherford, New Jersey
Midwest Regional - Pontiac, Michigan
Southeast Regional - Birmingham, Alabama
(#) Kentucky was later stripped of its two NCAA tournament wins due to an ineligible player.
West Regional - Seattle
Final Four @ Kansas City, Missouri
Game summaries
Announcers
- Brent Musburger and Billy Packer
- Dick Stockton and Billy Cunningham
- Tim Brant and Bill Raftery
- Verne Lundquist and Tom Heinsohn
- Tim Ryan and Curry Kirkpatrick
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