1988 MAAC men's basketball tournament

1988 MAAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1987–88
Teams8
First round siteCampus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals siteMeadowlands Arena
East Rutherford, NJ
ChampionsLa Salle (1st title)
Winning coachSpeedy Morris (1st title)
MVPRich Tarr (La Salle)
← 1987
1989 →
1987–88 MAAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
La Salle † 14 – 0   1.000 24 – 10   .706
Saint Peter's 11 – 3   .786 20 – 9   .690
Fordham 9 – 5   .643 18 – 15   .545
Holy Cross 8 – 6   .571 14 – 15   .483
Iona 5 – 9   .357 11 – 16   .407
Army 4 – 10   .286 9 – 19   .321
Fairfield 4 – 10   .286 8 – 20   .286
Manhattan 1 – 13   .071 7 – 23   .233
† 1988 MAAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 2–7 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.[1] This was the first edition of the tournament.

Top-seeded La Salle defeated Fordham in the championship game, 79–70, to win their first MAAC men's basketball tournament.

The Explorers received an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament as the #13 seed in the Midwest region.

Format

All eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records.

First Round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at a neutral site at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Friday, March 2 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 5 		Championship
Sunday, March 7
         
1 La Salle 62
8 Manhattan 51
1 La Salle 88
4 Holy Cross 64
4 Holy Cross 91
5 Iona 85
1 La Salle 79
3 Fordham 70
3 Fordham 101
6 Army 59
3 Fordham 53
2 St. Peter's 52
2 Saint Peter's 63
7 Fairfield 60

References

  1. ^ "1987-88 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2020.