1987 Big East men's basketball tournament

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1987 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 198687
Teams9
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Georgetown (5th title)
Winning coach John Thompson (5th title)
MVP Reggie Williams (Georgetown)
TelevisionBig East Network
CBS (Semi-Finals and Championship game)
  1986
1988  
1986–87 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Georgetown124 .750295  .853
No. 12 Pittsburgh 124 .750258  .758
No. 10 Syracuse 124 .750317  .816
Providence 106 .625259  .735
St. John's 106 .625219  .700
Villanova 610 .3751516  .484
Seton Hall 412 .2501514  .517
Boston College 313 .1881118  .379
Connecticut 313 .188919  .321
1987 Big East tournament winner
As of March 30, 1987 [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 5 to March 8, 1987. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Georgetown had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed.

Contents

Georgetown defeated Syracuse in the championship game 6959, to claim its fifth Big East tournament championship.

Bracket

First round
March 5, 1987
Quarterfinals
March 6, 1987
Semifinals
March 7, 1987
Championship Game
March 8, 1987
            
1 #7 Georgetown 56
8 Boston College 51
8 Boston College 61
9 Connecticut 59
1 #7 Georgetown84
4 Providence 66
4 Providence 80
5 St. John's 51
1 #7 Georgetown69
3 #10 Syracuse 59
3 #10 Syracuse 72
6 Villanova 66
3 #10 Syracuse99
2 #11 Pittsburgh 85
2 #11 Pittsburgh 102
7 Seton Hall 79

Games

Final

March 8
Box
Syracuse 59, Georgetown69
Scoring by half: 32–39, 27–30
Pts: Sherman Douglas 20
Rebs: Rony Seikaly 8
Asts: Sherman Douglas 8
Pts: Reggie Williams 25
Rebs: Reggie Williams 9
Asts: Bobby Winston 7
Madison Square Garden
Attendance: 19,591

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Reggie Williams, Georgetown

All Tournament Team

References

  1. "1986-87 Big East Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 3, 2018.