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
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
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
- ^ "1987-88 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 9, 2020.