1988 NAIA men's basketball tournament

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»

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]

This was the last time that a third-place game (featuring the losing national semifinalist teams) determined 3rd and 4th places in the tournament on the court.

  1. ^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2020.