The 1988 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1987–88 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Lowell (now the University of Massachusetts Lowell), and Lowell's Leo Parent was the Most Outstanding Player.
Regional participants SchoolOutcomeAssumptionFourth PlaceLowellRegional ChampionNew HavenRunner-upQuinnipiacThird Place SchoolOutcomeAlabama A&MRegional ChampionAshlandFourth PlaceKentucky WesleyanRunner-upLewisThird Place SchoolOutcomeFlorida SouthernRegional ChampionNorfolk StateFourth PlaceNorth AlabamaThird PlaceTampaRunner-up SchoolOutcomeAngelo StateFourth PlaceMissouri–St. LouisRunner-upSouth Dakota StateThird PlaceSE Missouri StateRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeAugustana (SD)Fourth PlaceFerris StateRegional ChampionSt. Cloud StateThird PlaceUC RiversideRunner-up SchoolOutcomeAlaska–AnchorageRegional ChampionCal State BakersfieldThird PlaceCal State HaywardRunner-upSacramento StateFourth Place SchoolOutcomeNorth Carolina CentralRunner-upTroy StateRegional ChampionVirginia StateFourth PlaceVirginia UnionThird Place SchoolOutcomeCalifornia (PA)Runner-upGannonRegional ChampionKutztownFourth PlaceLe MoyneThird Place
*denotes tie
Regionals
New England - New Haven, Connecticut Location: Charger Gymnasium Host: University of New Haven
Third Place - Quinnipiac 88, Assumption 73
Great Lakes - Owensboro, Kentucky Location: Owensboro Sportscenter Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College
Third Place - Lewis 89, Ashland 73
South - Lakeland, Florida Location: Jenkins Field House Host: Florida Southern College
Third Place - North Alabama 87, Norfolk State 76
South Central - Cape Girardeau, Missouri Location: Show Me Center Host: Southeast Missouri State University
Third Place - South Dakota State 87, Angelo State 84
North Central - Saint Cloud, Minnesota Location: Halenbeck Hall Host: St. Cloud State University
Third Place - St. Cloud State 118, Augustana 114**
West - Hayward, California Location: Physical Education Complex Host: California State University, Hayward
Third Place - Cal State Bakersfield 90, Sacramento State 89
South Atlantic - Richmond, Virginia Location: Arthur Ashe, Jr. Athletic Center Host: Virginia Union University
Third Place - Virginia Union 90, Virginia State 89
East - Erie, Pennsylvania Location: Hammermill Center Host: Gannon University
Third Place - Le Moyne 89, Kutztown 81
*denotes each overtime played
National Quarterfinals
National Finals - Springfield, Massachusetts Location: Springfield Civic Center Hosts: American International College and Springfield College
Third Place - Florida Southern 94, Troy State 84 *denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team Jerry Johnson (Florida Southern) Bobby Licare (Lowell) Leo Parent (Lowell) Averian Parrish (Alaska–Anchorage) Darryl Thomas (Troy State)
See also 1988 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 1988 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament 1988 NAIA men's basketball tournament
References
Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1988 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament jonfmorse.com