1988 MAAC men's basketball tournament

The 1988 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 2–7 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.[1] This was the first edition of the tournament.

1988 MAAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1987–88
Teams8
First round siteCampus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals siteMeadowlands Arena
East Rutherford, NJ
ChampionsLa Salle (1st title)
Winning coachSpeedy Morris (1st title)
MVPRich Tarr (La Salle)
← 1987
1989 →
1987–88 MAAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
La Salle140 1.0002410 .706
Saint Peter's113 .786209 .690
Fordham95 .6431815 .545
Holy Cross86 .5711415 .483
Iona59 .3571116 .407
Army410 .286919 .321
Fairfield410 .286820 .286
Manhattan113 .071723 .233
1988 MAAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Top-seeded La Salle defeated Fordham in the championship game, 79–70, to win their first MAAC men's basketball tournament.

The Explorers received an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament as the #13 seed in the Midwest region.

Format

All eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records.

First Round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at a neutral site at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Friday, March 2
Semifinals
Saturday, March 5
Championship
Sunday, March 7
         
1La Salle62
8Manhattan51
1La Salle88
4Holy Cross64
4Holy Cross91
5Iona85
1La Salle79
3Fordham70
3Fordham101
6Army59
3Fordham53
2St. Peter's52
2Saint Peter's63
7Fairfield60

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