State Tournaments: 1988 AAAA boys (4A)
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1988 Class AAAA Boys

5-AAAA/9-AAAA playoffs
February 19
Cobb Civic Center
Lassiter (20-6)
(Marietta)
97
Campbell
(Smyrna)
74
Marietta (22-3)
70
Paulding County
(Dallas)
50
5-AAAA/9-AAAA playoffs - seeding
February 20
Cobb Civic Center
Lassiter (21-6)
(Marietta)
57
Marietta (23-3)
56
Opening Round
February 24
(North)
Georgia Tech -
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Lassiter (22-6)
(Marietta)
76
Dunwoody (12-13)
58
Griffin (26-1)
83
Johnson (14-13)
(Gainesville)
57
Douglass (19-8)
(Atlanta)
75
Marietta (23-4)
59
Cedar Shoals (24-2)
(Athens)
67
Jonesboro
39
February 25
(South)
Macon Coliseum
Savannah
59
Monroe (19-6)
(Albany)
53
Northeast (20-7)
(Macon)
55
Columbus (15-10)
46
Westover (24-1)
(Albany)
69
Windsor Forest (24-1)
(Savannah)
55
Southwest (18-4)
(Macon)
60
Baker (22-2)
(Columbus)
46
Quarterfinals
February 27
(North)
Atlanta -
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Griffin (27-1)
74
Lassiter (23-6)
(Marietta)
63
Cedar Shoals (25-2)
(Athens)
72
OT
Douglass (20-8)
(Atlanta)
69
OT
February 27
(South)
Macon Coliseum
Northeast (21-7)
85
Savannah
64
Westover (25-1)
(Albany)
45
Southwest (19-4)
(Macon)
36
Semifinals
March 4
Georgia Tech -
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Griffin (28-1)
73
Northeast (22-7)
(Macon)
56
Westover (26-1)
(Albany)
65
Cedar Shoals (26-2)
(Athens)
53
Finals
March 5
Georgia Tech -
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Griffin (29-1)
70
Westover (27-1)
(Albany)
63

The Tournament
Teams: 16
How determined: Region winner and region runner-up.

Champion: Griffin
School Title: 2nd
Final Record: 30-1
Coach: James Martin
Notes:

5-AAAA/9-AAAA Playoffs

  • For two tournaments - 1987 and 1988 - the GHSA had nine AAAA regions. Every other class had eight. To whittle the number down to 16 squads, they instituted a playoff between two of the regions. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution stops short of calling these state playoffs, instead referring to these AAAA squads as "earning state berths." Indeed the 5-AAAA/9-AAAA games operated very much like a region tournament, with the region winner and runner-up facing those of the other region. The winners of the game got the state bids.

    Others say that these were indeed state tournament games. They mention that every other region champion and runner-up got an automatic state bid and that these should be considered no different.

1988 champions
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