Teams | 32 | ||||
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Finals site | Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri | ||||
Champions | Grand Canyon (AZ) (3 title, 3 title game, 3 Fab Four) | ||||
Runner-up | Auburn-Montgomery (1 title game, 1 Fab Four) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Charles Stevenson Hustle Award | Shawn McCallister (Waynesburg (PA)) | ||||
Chuck Taylor MVP | Rodney Johns (Grand Canyon) | ||||
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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.