1988 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament
| 1988 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1987–88 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Site | Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Champions | Xavier (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Pete Gillen (3rd title) |
| MVP | Byron Larkin (3rd MVP) (Xavier) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Xavier † | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | 26 | – | 4 | .867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evansville | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola (IL) | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit Mercy | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1988 MCC tournament winner Rankings from AP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1988 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the Horizon League men's basketball tournament) was held March 10–12 at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.[1]
Xavier defeated Detroit in the championship game, 122–96, to win their third consecutive (fourth overall) MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.
The Musketeers received an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament as the #11 seed in the Midwest region.
Format
[edit]All six conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two teams (Xavier, Evansville) earning a bye into the semifinal round.
Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals Friday, March 10 | Semifinals Saturday, March 11 | Championship Sunday, March 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | #20 Xavier | 117 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Loyola-Chicago | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Butler | 59 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Loyola-Chicago | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | #20 Xavier | 122 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Detroit | 96 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Saint Louis | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Detroit | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Detroit | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Evansville | 74 | ||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "1987-88 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
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