Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

1988 SWAC men's basketball tournament

1988 SWAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1987–88
Teams8
SiteF. G. Clark Activity Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
ChampionsSouthern (4th title)
Winning coachBen Jobe (2nd title)
MVPAvery Johnson (Southern)
← 1987
1989 →
1987–88 SWAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Southern 12 2   .857 24 7   .774
Texas Southern 11 3   .786 21 8   .724
Grambling State 9 5   .643 13 17   .433
Jackson State 7 7   .500 13 15   .464
Mississippi Valley State 5 9   .357 8 20   .286
Alcorn State 5 9   .357 8 21   .276
Alabama State 4 10   .286 8 20   .286
Prairie View A&M 3 11   .214 5 22   .185
1988 SWAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1988 SWAC men's basketball tournament was held March 10–12, 1988, at the F. G. Clark Activity Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[2] Southern defeated Grambling State, 78–62 in the championship game to capture their second straight SWAC Tournament title. The Jaguars received the conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament as No. 15 seed in the Southeast Region.

Bracket and results

Quarterfinals
March 10
Semifinals
March 11
Final
March 12
         
1 Southern 108
8 Prairie View A&M 70
1 Southern 87
5 Alcorn State 73
4 Jackson State 63
5 Alcorn State 79
1 Southern 78
3 Grambling State 62
3 Grambling State 87
6 Mississippi Valley State 62
3 Grambling State 81
2 Texas Southern 75
2 Texas Southern 105
7 Alabama State 93

References