1988 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1988 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 11–13 at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee.[2]
| 1988 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1987–88 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, TN |
| Champions | Louisville (6th title) |
| Winning coach | Denny Crum (6th title) |
| MVP | Herbert Crook (Louisville) |
| 1987–88 Metro Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville † | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis State | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1988 Metro Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville defeated Memphis State in the championship game, 81–73, to win their sixth Metro men's basketball tournament.
The Cardinals, in turn, received a bid to the 1988 NCAA Tournament.
Format
All seven of the conference's members participated. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top team earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams entered into the preliminary first round.
Bracket
| First Round Friday, March 11 |
Semifinals Saturday, March 12 |
Championship Sunday, March 13 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 89 | |||||||||||
| 3 | South Carolina | 57 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Virginia Tech | 81 | |||||||||||
| 3 | South Carolina | 93 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 81 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Memphis State | 73 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Southern Miss | 84 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Memphis State | 97 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Memphis State | 81 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Florida State | 74 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Cincinnati | 74 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Florida State | 84 | |||||||||||
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References
- sports-reference.com 1987-88 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
- "1987-88 Metro Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
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