1988 NAIA men's basketball tournament

The 1988 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 51st annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] The last time 3rd and 4th decided on the court.

1988 (1988) NAIA men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteKemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsGrand Canyon (AZ) (3 title, 3 title game,
3 Fab Four)
Runner-upAuburn-Montgomery (1 title game,
1 Fab Four)
Semifinalists
  • Charleston (SC) (2 Final Four)
  • Waynesburg (PA) (1 Final Four)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Shawn McCallister (Waynesburg (PA))
Chuck Taylor MVPRodney Johns (Grand Canyon)
NAIA men's tournaments
«1987 1989»

Awards and honors
  • Leading scorers: Reginald Henderson Rodney Johns
  • Leading rebounder:
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994.[2]

Bracket
First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
               
1 St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.) 93
- Hillsdale (Mich.) 83
1 St. Thomas Aquinas 84
16 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 69
16 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 74
- Westmont (Calif.) 59
9 Charleston (S.C.) 81
TOP TIER
1 St. Thomas Aquinas 61
9 College of Charleston (S.C.) 78
- Defiance (Ohio) 62
9 Charleston (S.C.) 73'
- Ozarks (Ark.) 59
8 Transylvania (Ky.) 75
- Ozarks (Ark.) 79*
9 Charleston (S.C.) 70
4 Auburn-Montgomery 74
5 William Jewell (Mo.) 68
- Georgia College 55
12 Western Washington 70
5 William Jewell 89
12 Western Washington 80
- West Virginia Tech 67
5 William Jewell 49
TOP TIER
4 Auburn-Montgomery 51
13 Grace (Ind.) 97
- Paul Quinn (Tex.) 89
- Grace 66
4 Auburn-Montgomery 73
4 Auburn–Montgomey (Ala.) 79'
- Hawaii Pacific 69
4 Auburn-Montgomery 86
11 Grand Canyon 89*
3 David Lipscomb (Tenn.) 89
- East Texas Baptist 63
3 David Lipscomb 108
14 College of Idaho 123
14 College of Idaho 88
- Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 75
11 Grand Canyon 99*
BOTTOM TIER
14 College of Idaho 96
11 Grand Canyon (Ariz.) 103
- Hastings (Neb.) 75
11 Grand Canyon 101
6 Fort Hays State 95
6 Fort Hays State (Kan.) 95
- Belmont Abbey (N.C.) 63
11 Grand Canyon 108
2 Waynesburg 106
7 McKendree (Ill.) 124
- Huron (S.D.) 107
7 McKendree 79
- Dordt 86
10 Mobile (Ala.) 71 NAIA third-place game
- Dordt (Iowa) 86
- Dordt 66 9 Charleston (S.C.) 89
BOTTOM TIER
2 Waynesburg 87 2 Waynesburg 61
15 Minnesota Duluth 70
- Eastern (Pa.) 42
15 Minnesota-Duluth 64
2 Waynesburg 68
2 Waynesburg (Pa.) 83
- Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 72
  •  * denotes overtime.

See also

References
  1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  2. NAIA Championship History Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
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