1988 ECAC Metro men's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament |
| Year=1988
| Different Next = 1989
| Conference = ECAC Metro
| Division = I
| Gender = Men's
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| ImageSize = 200px
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| Teams = 6
| Arena = Campus sites
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| FinalArena = Rothman Center
| FinalCity = Hackensack, NJ
| Champions = Fairleigh Dickinson
| TitleCount = 2nd
| Coach = Tom Green
| CoachCount = 2nd
| MVP = Jaime Latney
| MVPTeam = Fairleigh Dickinson
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{{1987–88 ECAC Metro men's basketball standings}}
The 1988 ECAC Metro men's basketball tournament (now known as the Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament) was held March 6–9. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were played on campus sites with the championship game held at Rothman Center in Hackensack, New Jersey.{{cite web| title=1987-88 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Metro Season Summary | work =sports-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| year=2019| url =https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/ecac-metro/1988.html | accessdate =June 16, 2019}}
Fairleigh Dickinson defeated {{cbb link|year=1987 |team=Monmouth Hawks|title=Monmouth}} in the championship game, 90–75, to win the school's second ECAC Metro men's basketball tournament title. The Knights earned the automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament.
Bracket
{{3RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1 = Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 6
| RD2 = Semifinals
Tuesday, March 8
| RD3 = Championship
Wednesday, March 9
| RD1-seed3=4
| RD1-team3={{cbb link|year=1987|school=Long Island University|team=LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds|title=Long Island}}
| RD1-score3=99
| RD1-seed4=5
| RD1-team4={{cbb link|1987|sex=men|team=Loyola Greyhounds|title=Loyola (MD)}}
| RD1-score4=90
| RD1-seed5=3
| RD1-team5={{cbb link|1987|sex=men|team=Robert Morris Colonials|title=Robert Morris}}
| RD1-score5=82
| RD1-seed6=6
| RD1-team6=St. Francis (NY)
| RD1-score6=91
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1=Fairleigh Dickinson
| RD2-score1=94
| RD2-seed2=4
| RD2-team2=Long Island
| RD2-score2=84
| RD2-seed3=6
| RD2-team3=St. Francis (NY)
| RD2-score3=48
| RD2-seed4=2
| RD2-team4={{cbb link|1987|sex=men|team=Monmouth Hawks|title=Monmouth}}
| RD2-score4=61
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1=Fairleigh Dickinson
| RD3-score1=90
| RD3-seed2=2
| RD3-team2=Monmouth
| RD3-score2=75
}}
References
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{{Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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