1988 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

1988 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1987–88
Teams	7
Site	Winthrop Coliseum Rock Hill, SC
Champions	Winthrop (1st title)
Winning coach	Steve Vacendak (1st title)
MVP	John Weiss (Winthrop)
Big South Conference men's basketball tournaments

1987–88 Big South Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Coastal Carolina	9	–	3		.750			17	–	11		.607
Baptist	8	–	4		.667			17	–	12		.586
Radford	8	–	4		.667			16	–	14		.533
Winthrop †	5	–	7		.417			17	–	13		.567
UNC Asheville	5	–	7		.417			13	–	15		.464
Augusta State	4	–	8		.333			8	–	18		.308
Campbell	3	–	9		.250			11	–	16		.407
† 1988 Big South tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 3–5, 1988, at the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, South Carolina. For the first time in their school history, the Winthrop Eagles won the tournament, led by head coach Steve Vacendak.^[1]

Format

All of the conference's seven members participated in the tournament, hosted at the Winthrop Coliseum, home of the Winthrop Eagles. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 3					Semifinals March 4					Finals March 5
						1	Coastal Carolina	40
						4	Winthrop	75
	4	Winthrop	63
	5	UNC Asheville	58
											3	Radford	56
											4	Winthrop	71
	2	Baptist College	69
	7	Campbell	61
						2	Charleston Southern	82
						3	Radford	91*
	3	Radford	96
	6	Augusta State	82

* Asterisk indicates overtime game

• Source

All-Tournament Team

• John Weiss, Winthrop
• Shaun Wise, Winthrop
• Greg Washington, Winthrop
• Aswan Wainright, Radford
• Oliver Johnson, Charleston Southern
• Heder Ambroise, Charleston Southern

^[1]

References

1. Big South Men's Basketball History - p. 1