1988 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1988 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Site	Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL
Champions	Texas–San Antonio (1st title)
Winning coach	Ken Burmeister (1st title)
MVP	Frank Hampton (Texas–San Antonio)
TAAC Men's Basketball Tournaments «1987  1989»

Template:1987–88 TAAC men's basketball standings

The 1988 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 10–12 at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida.^[1]

Texas–San Antonio upset top-seeded Georgia Southern in the championship game, 76–69, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Roadrunners, therefore, received an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Tournament, their first Division I tournament appearance.

For the second straight year, only the top eight teams in the conference standings were invited to the tournament.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10					Semifinals Friday, March 11					Championship Saturday, March 12
	1	Georgia Southern	71
	8	Georgia State	55
						1	Georgia Southern	60
						5	Mercer	52
	5	Mercer	57
	4	Hardin–Simmons	52
											1	Georgia Southern	69
											3	Texas–San Antonio	76
	3	Texas–San Antonio	78
	6	Stetson	74
						3	Texas–San Antonio	101
						2	Arkansas–Little Rock	75
	7	Centenary (LA)	71
	2	Arkansas–Little Rock	99

References

1. "1987-88 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.