1988 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game

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83 79 33 83 50 29 Date 4 April 1988		50 33 Oklahoma 50 29 79 Arena Kemper Arena
Champion Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball Location Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri, United States Announcers Brent Musburger (play-by-play), Billy Packer (color) People also search for 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game

The 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the final round of the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and determined the national champion for the 1987-88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 1988 National Title Game was played on April 4, 1988 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 1988 National Title Game was played between the 1988 Southeast Regional Champions, #1-seeded Oklahoma and the 1988 Midwest Regional Champions, #6-seeded Kansas.

Kansas

Midwest

Kansas (6) 85, Xavier (11) 72

Kansas 61, Murray State (14) 58

Kansas 77, Vanderbilt (7) 64

Kansas 71, Kansas State (4) 58

Final Four

Kansas 66, Duke (2) 59

Oklahoma

Southeast

Oklahoma (1) 94, Chattanooga (16) 66

Oklahoma 107, Auburn (8) 87

Oklahoma 108, Louisville (5) 98

Oklahoma 78, Villanova (6) 59

Final Four

Oklahoma 86, Arizona (1) 78

Box Score

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Notables

As of today, this was the last national title game to be played between two teams from the same conference

Kansas's upset of Oklahoma was the third-biggest point-spread upset in the national title game in NCAA Tournament History

After this win, the 1988 Kansas team was remembered as "Danny and the Miracles" use to Danny Manning's excellence throughout the tournament, including a double-double in the national championship game with 31 points and 18 rebounds

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Oklahoma

Box Score

Notables

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