1988 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

1988 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1987–88
Teams 10
Site Pete Maravich Assembly Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Champions Kentucky (16th title)
Winning coach Eddie Sutton (2nd title)
MVP Rex Chapman (Kentucky)
Attendance 126,832
Television Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions (First and Second Rounds, and semifinals)
ABC (Championship Game)

The 1988 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 10 to 13, 1988 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[1] Kentucky won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, defeating Georgia by a score of 62–57.[2][3][4] Kentucky's championship was later vacated due to NCAA violations.[5] [6] The Wildcats were also placed on probatio [7]

Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions (in its second season of producing regionally syndicated SEC basketball games) provided television coverage of the first round, the quarterfinals, and the semifinals. Coverage of the championship game was broadcast on the ABC Television Network through its sports division, ABC Sports.

Bracket

[3][4]

  First Round
Thursday, March 10
Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions		 Second Round
Friday, March 11
Jefferson-Pilot		 Semi-Finals
Saturday, March 12
Jefferson-Pilot		 Finals
Sunday, March 13
ABC
                                     
8 Mississippi 64OT  
9 Alabama 59  
  8 Mississippi 64  
    1 Kentucky 82  
 
  1 Kentucky 86  
  4 LSU 80  
 
 
  5 Vanderbilt 80
    4 LSU 87  
 
  1 Kentucky 62
  7 Georgia 57
 
 
  6 Tennessee 60
    3 Florida 67  
 
  3 Florida 70
  7 Georgia 72  
 
 
  7 Georgia 65
    2 Auburn 60  
7 Georgia 64
10 Mississippi State 43  

References

  1. ↑ 2014-2015 Southeastern Conference Men’s Basketball Media Guide, page 134
  2. ↑ Note: Unofficial Result. Kentucky defeated Georgia in the tournament final, but the championship was vacated later because of NCAA violations.
  3. 1 2 1987-88 Southeastern Conference Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-reference.com
  4. 1 2 1987-88 Southeastern Conference Season Summary | at Sports-reference.com
  5. ↑ 2014-15 Kentucky Men’s Basketball Media Guide, page 133
  6. ↑ 2014-15 Southeastern Conference Men’s Basketball Media Guide, page 128
  7. ↑ “Kentucky Cheats”. BigBlueHistory.net, the Kentucky Wildcats Basketball Page. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
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