The 1987–88 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the

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during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was

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. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in

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, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. In the Pacific-10 Basketball tournament, Arizona beat Oregon State by a score of 93–67 to claim its first Pac-10 title. The Wildcats built on that momentum by reaching the Final Four of the NCAA tournament.

Roster

Schedule and results

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NCAA basketball tournament

Seeding in brackets *West **Arizona (1) 90, Cornell (16) 50 **Arizona 84, Seton Hall (8) 55 **Arizona 99, Iowa (5) 79 **Arizona 70, North Carolina (2) 52 *Final Four **Oklahoma 86, Arizona 78

Rankings

Awards and honors

*Sean Elliott,

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Most Valuable Player *Sean Elliott, Pacific-10 Player of the Year

Team players in the 1988 NBA draft

References

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