1987–88 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team

1987–88 Auburn Tigers women's basketball
SEC regular season champions
Lady Sunshine Classic champions
Long Beach Dial Classic champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 3
Record32–3 (9–0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coachCarol Ross
Home arenaJoel H. Eaves Memorial Coliseum
1987–88 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Auburn 9 0   1.000 32 3   .914
No. 1 Tennessee 8 1   .889 31 3   .912
LSU 6 3   .667 18 11   .621
No. 12 Ole Miss 5 4   .556 24 7   .774
No. 17 Georgia 5 4   .556 21 10   .677
Alabama 5 4   .556 18 10   .643
Vanderbilt 4 5   .444 18 10   .643
Mississippi State 2 7   .222 19 13   .594
Florida 1 8   .111 9 18   .333
Kentucky 0 9   .000 14 15   .483
1988 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1987–88 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team represented Auburn University during the [1987–88 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by ninth-year head coach Joe Ciampi, played their home games at Joel H. Eaves Memorial Coliseum as members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 32–3, 9–0 in SEC play to win the conference regular season title. Ranked No. 1, they lost to Tennessee in championship game of the SEC women's tournament. Auburn finished the regular season ranked No. 3 and was selected as the No. 1 seed in the Mideast regional of the NCAA tournament. They defeated Penn State, Georgia, and Maryland to reach the first Final Four in program history. The Lady Tigers then defeated No. 2 seed in the Midwest region, Long Beach State, to reach the National championship game where Auburn was defeated by Louisiana Tech, 56–54.

This season marked the first of three straight National runner-up finishes for the Auburn women's basketball program.