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1987 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

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1987 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1986–87
Teams6
First round siteCampus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals siteThomas Assembly Center
Ruston, Louisiana
ChampionsLouisiana Tech (3rd title)
Winning coachTommy Joe Eagles (1st title)
MVPRobert Godbolt (Louisiana Tech)
← 1986
1988 →
1986–87 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Louisiana Tech 9 1   .900 22 8   .733
Arkansas State 5 5   .500 21 13   .618
McNeese State 5 5   .500 14 14   .500
Lamar 4 6   .400 14 15   .483
North Texas State 4 6   .400 11 17   .393
Northeast Louisiana 3 7   .300 13 15   .464
UT Arlington   12 18   .400
1987 Southland Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll


The 1987 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10, 1987 with quarterfinal matchups being held at the home arena of the higher seed and the semifinals and championship game played at Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, Louisiana.[1]

Louisiana Tech defeated Arkansas State in the championship game, 58–51, to win their third Southland men's basketball tournament.

The Bulldogs received a bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament as No. 14 seed in the Midwest region. They were the only Southland member invited to the NCAA tournament. Conference tournament runner-up Arkansas State received an invitation to the 1987 NIT Tournament.

Format

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Six of seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two seeds earning byes into the semifinal round. Texas-Arlington did not participate. The other four teams began play in the quarterfinal round.

First round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at the Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, Louisiana.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 8
Semifinals
Wednesday, March 9
Championship
Thursday, March 10
         
1 Louisiana Tech 70
4 Lamar 64
4 Lamar 87
5 North Texas State 82
1 Louisiana Tech 58
3 Arkansas State 51
3 Arkansas State 81
6 NE Louisiana 60
3 Arkansas State 60
2 McNeese State 59

References

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  1. ^ "1986-87 Southland Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2022.