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1988 NCAA Women's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams

Champions

Louisiana Tech (2nd title)

Runner-up

Auburn (1st title game)

Semifinalists

Tennessee (5th Final Four)
Long Beach State (2nd Final Four)

MOP

Erica Westbrooks Louisiana Tech

NCAA Women's Division I Tournaments

«1987

1989»

The 1988 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament began on March 16 and ended on April 3. The tournament featured 40 teams. The Final Four consisted of Long Beach State, Auburn, Tennessee, and Louisiana Tech, with Louisiana Tech winning its second title with a 56-54 victory over Auburn.^[1] Louisiana Tech's Erica Westbrooks was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. ^[2]

Contents

1 Qualifying teams - automatic
2 Qualifying teams - at-large
3 Bids by conference
4 First and second rounds
5 Regionals and Final Four
6 Bids by state
7 Brackets
8 All-Tournament Team
9 Game Officials
10 See also
11 References

Qualifying teams - automatic

Forty teams were selected to participate in the 1988 NCAA Tournament. Eighteen conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament. ^[3]

Automatic Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
Bowling Green State University	MAC	0.828 !24–5	0.875 !14–2	10
Eastern Illinois University	Missouri Valley Conference	0.759 !22–7	0.778 !14–4	10
Fairfield University	MAAC	0.679 !19–9	0.667 !8–4	10
University of Iowa	Big Ten	0.964 !27–1	0.944 !17–1	1
James Madison University	Colonial	0.897 !26–3	1.012 !12–0	4
University of Kansas	Big Eight	0.7 !21–9	0.571 !8–6	7
California State University, Long Beach	Big West Conference	0.833 !25–5	1.018 !18–0	2
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	ACC	0.828 !24–5	0.857 !12–2	2
Middle Tennessee State University	Ohio Valley Conference	0.759 !22–7	0.857 !12–2	10
University of Montana	Mountain West	0.966 !28–1	1.016 !16–0	4
New Mexico State University	High Country	0.929 !26–2	1.01 !10–0	6
Rutgers University	Atlantic 10	0.867 !26–4	0.944 !17–1	3
University of South Carolina	Metro	0.688 !22–10	0.833 !10–2	8
St. John's University	Big East	0.7 !21–9	0.625 !10–6	0
University of Tennessee	SEC	0.933 !28–2	0.889 !8–1	1
University of Texas at Austin	Southwest	0.938 !30–2	1.016 !16–0	1
University of Washington	Pac-12	0.857 !24–4	0.889 !16–2	3
Western Kentucky University	Sun Belt Conference	0.788 !26–7	0.667 !4–2	5

Qualifying teams - at-large

Twenty-two additional teams were selected to complete the forty invitations.^[3]

At-large Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
University of Alabama	Southeastern	0.667 !18–9	0.556 !5–4	9
Auburn University	Southeastern	0.933 !28–2	1.009 !9–0	1
Clemson University	Atlantic Coast	0.724 !21–8	0.571 !8–6	5
University of Colorado at Boulder	Big Eight	0.667 !20–10	0.571 !8–6	7
University of Georgia	Southeastern	0.69 !20–9	0.556 !5–4	4
University of Houston	Southwest	0.786 !22–6	0.688 !11–5	6
La Salle University	Metro Atlantic	0.862 !25–4	0.917 !11–1	8
Louisiana Tech University	American South	0.931 !27–2	1.009 !9–0	2
Louisiana State University	Southeastern	0.643 !18–10	0.667 !6–3	9
University of Mississippi	Southeastern	0.793 !23–6	0.556 !5–4	3
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Big Eight	0.786 !22–6	0.786 !11–3	5
Ohio State University	Big Ten	0.857 !24–4	0.889 !16–2	3
Old Dominion University	Sun Belt	0.607 !17–11	1.006 !6–0	6
Pennsylvania State University	Atlantic 10	0.613 !19–12	0.611 !11–7	9
University of Southern California	Pacific-10	0.75 !21–7	0.833 !15–3	4
Saint Joseph's University	Atlantic 10	0.767 !23–7	0.889 !16–2	7
Stanford University	Pacific-10	0.867 !26–4	0.778 !14–4	5
Stephen F. Austin State University	Southland	0.875 !28–4	0.929 !13–1	8
Syracuse University	Big East	0.733 !22–8	0.813 !13–3	6
Villanova University	Big East	0.714 !20–8	0.688 !11–5	8
University of Virginia	Atlantic Coast	0.862 !25–4	0.857 !12–2	2
Wake Forest University	Atlantic Coast	0.759 !22–7	0.643 !9–5	9

Bids by conference

Eighteen conferences earned an automatic bid. In eight cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Two conferences, Southland and American South sent a single representative as an at-large team. Twenty additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.^[3]

Bids	Conference	Teams
6	Southeastern	Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi, Tennessee
4	Atlantic Coast	Clemson, Maryland., Virginia, Wake Forest
3	Pacific-10	Southern California, Stanford, Washington
3	Big Eight	Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska
3	Big East	St. John’s NY , Syracuse, Villanova
3	Atlantic 10	Penn St., Rutgers, St. Joseph’s
2	Sun Belt	Old Dominion, Western Ky.
2	Southwest	Houston, Texas
2	Metro Atlantic	Fairfield, La Salle
2	Big Ten	Iowa, Ohio St.
1	Southland	Stephen F. Austin
1	Ohio Valley	Middle Tenn.
1	Mountain West	Montana
1	Missouri Valley	Eastern Ill.
1	Mid-American	Bowling Green
1	Metro	South Carolina
1	High Country	New Mexico St.
1	Colonial	James Madison
1	Big West	Long Beach St.
1	American South	Louisiana Tech

First and second rounds

In 1988, the field remained at 40 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-10 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 8 and 9 faced each other for the opportunity to face the 1 seed in the second round, while seeds 7 and 10 faced each other for the opportunity to face the 2 seed. In the first two rounds, the higher seed was given the opportunity to host the first round game. In most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exception:^[4]

Seventh seeded Colorado played tenth seeded Eastern Illinois at Eastern Illinois

The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the twenty-four first and second round locations:

Villanova

Queens

Philadelphia

Columbia

Lawrence

Nacogdoches

Charleston

1988 NCAA first round (The pogs for Lasalle (Philadelphia), St. Joe's (Philadelphia) and Villanova overlap)

Piscataway

Charlottesville

Knoxville

Harrisonburg

College Park

Columbus

Auburn

Athens

Missoula

Austin

University

Ruston

Iowa City

Seattle

Long Beach

Carson

1988 NCAA second round

Region	Rnd	Host	Venue	City	State
East	1	Villanova University	The Pavilion	Villanova	Pennsylvania
East	1	Saint John's University	Alumni Hall (Carnesecca)	Queens	New York
East	2	Rutgers University	Louis Brown Athletic Center	Piscataway	New Jersey
East	2	University of Virginia	University Hall (University of Virginia)	Charlottesville	Virginia
East	2	University of Tennessee	Stokely Athletic Center	Knoxville	Tennessee
East	2	James Madison University	James Madison University Convocation Center	Harrisonburg	Virginia
Mideast	1	Saint Joseph's University	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
Mideast	1	La Salle University	Hayman Hall (Tom Gola Arena)	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
Mideast	2	University of Maryland	Cole Field House	College Park	Maryland
Mideast	2	Ohio State University	St. John Arena	Columbus	Ohio
Mideast	2	Auburn University	Memorial Coliseum (Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum)	Auburn	Alabama
Mideast	2	University of Georgia	Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum)	Athens	Georgia
Midwest	1	University of South Carolina	Carolina Coliseum	Columbia	South Carolina
Midwest	1	University of Kansas	Allen Field House	Lawrence	Kansas
Midwest	2	University of Montana	Dahlberg Arena	Missoula	Montana
Midwest	2	University of Texas	Frank Erwin Center	Austin	Texas
Midwest	2	University of Mississippi	Tad Smith Coliseum	University	Mississippi
Midwest	2	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
West	1	Stephen F. Austin University	William R. Johnson Coliseum	Nacogdoches	Texas
West	1	Eastern Illinois University	Lantz Arena	Charleston	Illinois
West	2	University of Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	Iowa City	Indiana
West	2	University of Washington	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	Seattle	Washington
West	2	Long Beach State	University Gym (Gold Mine)	Long Beach	California

Regionals and Final Four

Athens

Austin

Long Beach

Norfolk

Tacoma

1988 NCAA Regionals and Final Four

The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 24 to March 26 at these sites:

Mideast Regional Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum), Athens, Georgia (Host: University of Georgia)
Midwest Regional Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas (Host: University of Texas)
West Regional University Gym (Gold Mine), Long Beach, California (Host: Long Beach State)
East Regional Old Dominion University Fieldhouse, Norfolk, Virginia (Host: Old Dominion University)

Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four, held April 1 and April 3 in Tacoma, Washington at the Tacoma Dome

Bids by state

The forty teams came from twenty-five states. Pennsylvania had the most teams with four. Twenty-five states did not have any teams receiving bids.^[3]

NCAA Women's basketball Tournament invitations by state 1988

Brackets

First and second round games played at higher seed except where noted.

West Regional - Long Beach, CA (Long Beach Arena)

First round March 16			Second round March 19-20			Regional semifinals March 24			Regional finals March 26

8	Stephen F. Austin	84
9	LSU	62
			8	Stephen F. Austin	65

			1	Iowa	83



						1	Iowa	79

						4	Southern California	67



			5	Nebraska	82

			4	Southern California	100



									1	Iowa	78

									2	Long Beach St.	98
7	Colorado	78

10	at Eastern Illinois	72
			7	Colorado	64

			2	Long Beach St.	103



						2	Long Beach St.	104

						3	Washington	78



			3	Washington	99

			6	New Mexico St.	74

Mideast Regional - Athens, GA (Stegeman Coliseum)

First round March 16			Second round March 19-20			Regional semifinals March 24			Regional finals March 26

8	La Salle	85
9	Penn St.	86
			9	Penn St.	66

			1	Auburn	94



						1	Auburn	68

						4	Georgia	65



			5	Western Kentucky	66

			4	Georgia	84



									1	Auburn	103

									2	Maryland	74
7	St. Joseph's	68

10	Bowling Green	66
			7	St. Joseph's	67

			2	Maryland	78



						2	Maryland	81

						3	Ohio St.	66



			3	Ohio St.	116

			6	Syracuse	75

East Regional - Norfolk, VA (Old Dominion University Fieldhouse)

First round March 16			Second round March 19-20			Regional semifinals March 24			Regional finals March 26

8	Villanova	51
9	Wake Forest	53
			9	Wake Forest	66

			1	Tennessee	94



						1	Tennessee	72

						4	James Madison	52



			5	Clemson	63

			4	James Madison	70



									1	Tennessee	84

									2	Virginia	76
7	St. John's (NY)	83

10	Fairfield	70
			7	St. John's (NY)	64

			2	Virginia	85



						2	Virginia	89

						3	Rutgers	75



			3	Rutgers	88

			6	Old Dominion	78

Midwest Regional - Austin, TX (Frank Erwin Center)

First round March 16			Second round March 19-20			Regional semifinals March 24			Regional finals March 26

8	South Carolina	77
9	Alabama	63
			8	South Carolina	58

			1	Texas	77



						1	Texas	79

						4	Stanford	58



			5	Stanford	74

			4	Montana	72 (OT)



									1	Texas	80

									2	Louisiana Tech	83
7	Kansas	81

10	Middle Tennessee St.	75
			7	Kansas	50

			2	Louisiana Tech	89



						2	Louisiana Tech	80

						3	Mississippi	60



			3	Mississippi	74

			6	Houston	68

Final Four - Tacoma, WA (Tacoma Dome)

National Semifinals April 1			National Championship April 3

2W	Long Beach St.	55
1ME	Auburn	68
			1ME	Auburn	54
			2MW	Louisiana Tech	56
1E	Tennessee	59
2MW	Louisiana Tech	68

All-Tournament Team

Erica Westbrooks, Louisiana Tech
Teresa Weatherspoon, Louisiana Tech
Ruthie Bolton, Auburn
Diann McNeil, Auburn
Penny Toler, Long Beach St. ^[3]

Game Officials

June Courteau (Semi-Final)
Larry Sheppard (Semi-Final)
Art Bomengen (Semi-Final, Final)
Patty Broderick (Semi-Final, Final) ^[3]

References

^ Gregory Cooper. "1988 NCAA National Championship Tournament". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/1988-bracket.html. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
^ "CHN Basketball History: Most Outstanding Player". http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/history/tournament/womensmop.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Nixon, Rick. "Official 2022 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book". NCAA. http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/WFF12.pdf. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
^ "Attendance and Sites". NCAA. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_final4/2012/Attend.pdf. Retrieved 19 March 2012.

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