1988 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1988 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Richmond Coliseum
Richmond, VA
Champions UNC Charlotte (2nd title)
Winning coach Jeff Mullins (2nd title)
MVP Byron Dinkins (UNC Charlotte)
Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1987  1989»

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The 1988 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 5–7 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia.[1]

Top-seeded UNC Charlotte defeated hosts VCU in the championship game, 81–79, to win their second Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The 49ers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Tournament. No other Sun Belt members received at-large bids to the tournament.

Format

There were no changes to the existing tournament format. All eight conference members were placed into the initial quarterfinal round and each team was seeded based on its regular season conference record.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 5
Semifinals
Sunday, March 6
Championship
Monday, March 7
         
1 UNC Charlotte 73
8 Jacksonville 72
1 UNC Charlotte 71
4 South Alabama 67
5 UAB 73
4 South Alabama 78
1 UNC Charlotte 81
2 VCU 79
3 Old Dominion 86
6 Western Kentucky 84
3 Old Dominion 69
2 VCU 91
7 South Florida 60
2 VCU 82

See also

References

  1. "1987–88 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
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