1988 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

1988 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Site Pete Maravich Assembly Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana [1]
Champions Kentucky [1] (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)
SEC Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1987  1989»

The 1988 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 10-13, 1988 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Kentucky Wildcats won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament by defeating Georgia by a score of 62-57. [2] [3][4]

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.

1988 SEC Tournament

[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 64  
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  

Notes

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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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