1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game

American college basketball final March 2026 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament August 2023 1988 NCAA Tournament Championship Game ncg File:NCAA primary logo 1980.svg April 4, 1988 1987-88 University of Kansas Kansas Jayhawks 26–11 Big Eight NR NR Larry Brown 50 33 University of Oklahoma Oklahoma Sooners 35–3 Big Eight 4 4 Billy Tubbs 50 29 Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri 16,392 John Clougherty, Tim Higgins & Ed Hightower Danny Manning, Kansas Oklahoma by 8 CBS Brent Musburger (play-by-play)Billy Packer (color) 1987 1989 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 game was played on April 4, 1988, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, and featured the Southeast Regional Champion, #1-seeded Oklahoma versus the Midwest Regional Champion, #6-seeded Kansas, both from the Big Eight Conference. The game remains, as of , the last time two teams from the same conference played for the National Championship. Kansas's upset of Oklahoma was the third-biggest point-spread upset in the national title game in NCAA Tournament history. After the win, the 1988 Kansas team was remembered as "Danny and the Miracles" due to Danny Manning's excellence throughout the tournament, including a double-double in the national championship game with 31 points and 18 rebounds. As of , the 1988 Jayhawks are the most recent team to win the national championship as an unranked team.https://www.betus.com.pa/college-basketball/news/has-an-unranked-team-won-the-ncaa-tournament/ Has an unranked team won the NCAA Tournament? BetUS Locker Room February 24, 2026 April 20, 2026 Participating teams Kansas Jayhawks 1987–88 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team Danny Manning, a senior forward, was named the Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year for the third consecutive season. Midwest (6) Kansas 85, (11) Xavier 72 (6) Kansas 61, (14) Murray State 58 (6) Kansas 77, (7) Vanderbilt 64 (6) Kansas 71, (4) Kansas State 58 Final Four (MW6) Kansas 66, (E2) Duke 59 Oklahoma Sooners 1987–88 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team Southeast (1) Oklahoma 94, (16) Chattanooga 66 (1) Oklahoma 107, (8) Auburn 87 (1) Oklahoma 108, (5) Louisville 98 (1) Oklahoma 78, (6) Villanova 59 Final Four (SE1) Oklahoma 86, (W1) Arizona 78 Starting lineups Kansas Position Oklahoma Kevin Pritchard G Ricky Grace Jeff Gueldner G Mookie Blaylock Chris Piper F Harvey Grant Milt Newton F Dave Sieger †Danny Manning C Stacey King† 1988 Consensus First Team All-American Game summary S6ZoXpmjxHg Full game broadcast by CBS Source:https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1988-04-04-kansas.html Oklahoma vs. Kansas Box Score, April 4, 1988 #eee April 4, 1988 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri John Clougherty, Tim Higgins & Ed Hightower #MW6 Kansas Jayhawks 83 Danny Manning 31 Danny Manning 18 Kevin Pritchard, Clint Normore 4 #SE1 Oklahoma Sooners 79 Dave Sieger 22 Stacey King, Ricky Grace 7 Dave Sieger, Ricky Grace 7 50-50 33-29 References NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball championship games Category:Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball Category:Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball Category:College sports tournaments in Missouri Category:Basketball competitions in Kansas City, Missouri NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game, 1988 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game