The 1988

Southland Conference men's basketball tournament The Southland Conference's men's basketball tournament began in 1981, with the winner of the tournament receiving the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. From 1981 to 2001, the first round of the t ...

was held March 8–10, 1988 with quarterfinal matchups being held at the home arena of the higher seed and the semifinals and championship game played at

UNT Coliseum The UNT Coliseum is a 9,797-seat multi-purpose arena located in Denton, Texas, United States, built in 1973. While the arena's formal name is the UNT Coliseum, the building is more commonly referred to as the Super Pit, a nickname derived f ...

in Denton, Texas. North Texas State defeated in the championship game, 87–70, to win their first Southland men's basketball tournament. The Mean Green received a bid to the 1988 NCAA Tournament as No. 15 seed in the West region. They were the only Southland member invited to the NCAA tournament. Conference tournament runner-up Northeast Louisiana was invited to the 1988 NIT Tournament.

Format

Six of eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two seeds earning byes into the semifinal round. New conference members and did not participate. The other four teams began play in the quarterfinal round. First round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at

in Denton, Texas.

Bracket

References

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