See also: 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
| 1988 NCAA Tournament Championship Game | |
| Type: | ncg |
| Date: | April 4, 1988 |
| Year: | 1987-88 |
| Visitor School: | University of Kansas |
| Visitor Name Short: | Kansas |
| Visitor Nickname: | Jayhawks |
| Visitor Record: | 26–11 |
| Visitor Conference: | Big 8 |
| Visitor Ap: | NR |
| Visitor Coaches: | NR |
| Visitor Coach: | Larry Brown |
| Visitor Per1: | 50 |
| Visitor Per2: | 33 |
| Home School: | University of Oklahoma |
| Home Name Short: | Oklahoma |
| Home Nickname: | Sooners |
| Home Record: | 31–6 |
| Home Conference: | Big 8 |
| Home Ap: | 4 |
| Home Coaches: | 4 |
| Home Coach: | Billy Tubbs |
| Home Per1: | 50 |
| Home Per2: | 29 |
| Arena: | Kemper Arena |
| City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Attendance: | 16,392 |
| Referee: | John Clougherty, Tim Higgins & Ed Hightower |
| Mvp: | Danny Manning, Kansas |
| Odds: | Oklahoma by 8 |
| Us Network: | CBS |
| Us Announcers: | Brent Musburger (play-by-play) Billy Packer (color) |
| Previous: | 1987 |
| Next: | 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 2023 Championship game, 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.
See main article: 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.
See main article: 1987–88 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team.
| Kansas | Position | Oklahoma | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | |||||
| Jeff Gueldner | G | Mookie Blaylock | |||
| Chris Piper | F | Harvey Grant | |||
| F | Dave Sieger | ||||
| C | Stacey King | ||||
| † | |||||
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