1987–88 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball team

1987–88 MEAC men's basketball standings
	† 1988 MEAC tournament winner; Rankings from AP Poll

1987–88 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball
1987–88 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball
MEAC Regular season champions; MEAC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	26–3 (16–0 MEAC)
Head coach	Don Corbett (9th season);
Home arena	Corbett Sports Center
	Seasons ← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball team represented North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by 9th-year head coach Don Corbett, played their home games at the Corbett Sports Center as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 26–3, 16–0 in MEAC play to finish in first place by 5 games. They were champions of the MEAC tournament, winning the championship game over Florida A&M, to earn an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament – the school's 7th straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament – where they were defeated by No. 3 seed Syracuse, 69–55, in the opening round.^[2]^[3]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F		Claude Williams	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Sr

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Jan 19, 1988*		at Georgia Tech	L 72–84	7–2	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
1988 MEAC tournament
Mar 4, 1988*		Howard Semifinals	W 67–62	21–2	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar 5, 1988*		Florida A&M Championship game	W 101–86	26–2	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
1988 NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 1988*	(14 E)	vs. (3 E) No. 9 Syracuse First Round	L 55–69	26–3	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Eastern Time.

1987–88 MEAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Carolina A&T †	16	–	0	1.000	26	–	3	.897
Florida A&M	11	–	5	.688	22	–	8	.733
South Carolina State	10	–	6	.625	16	–	13	.552
Howard	9	–	7	.563	15	–	12	.556
Coppin State	8	–	7	.533	13	–	14	.481
Morgan State	7	–	8	.467	13	–	17	.433
Maryland Eastern Shore	5	–	11	.313	7	–	20	.259
Bethune–Cookman	4	–	12	.250	6	–	21	.222
Delaware State	1	–	15	.063	3	–	25	.107

† 1988 MEAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

v t e North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball
Venues	Moore Gymnasium (1952–1978) Corbett Sports Center (1978–present)
Rivalries	North Carolina Central UNC Greensboro
People	Head coaches
Seasons	Records lost pre-1952 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23