1987 National Invitation Tournament

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1987 National Invitation Tournament
Season 198687
Teams32
Finals site Madison Square Garden,
New York City
Champions Southern Miss Golden Eagles (1st title)
Runner-up La Salle Explorers (2nd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach M. K. Turk (1st title)
MVP Randolph Keys (Southern Miss)
National Invitation Tournaments
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The 1987 National Invitation Tournament was the 1987 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. The tournament began on Wednesday, March 11, and ended when the Southern Miss Golden Eagles defeated the La Salle Explorers in the NIT championship game on Thursday, March 26, at Madison Square Garden.

Contents

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament. [1]

Louisville declines invitation

Louisville turned down an invitation to the 1987 NIT, the first team in history to decline an NIT bid. No team would do so again until Georgetown in 2002. [2]

Bracket

Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket. [1]

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Niagara74
Seton Hall 65
Niagara 81
La Salle89
La Salle86
Villanova 84
La Salle70
Illinois State 50
Cleveland State92
Chattanooga 73
Cleveland State 77
Illinois State79
Illinois State79
Akron 72
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Arkansas–Little Rock42
Baylor 41
Arkansas–Little Rock54
Stephen F. Austin 48
Stephen F. Austin70
James Madison 63
 Arkansas–Little Rock80
California 73
Oregon State85
New Mexico 82
Oregon State 62
California65
California72
Cal State Fullerton 68
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Vanderbilt74
Jacksonville 72
Vanderbilt109
Florida State 92
Florida State107
Rhode Island 92
Vanderbilt 88
Southern Miss95
Saint Louis76
Saint Peter's 60
Saint Louis 78
Southern Miss83
Southern Miss93
Mississippi 75
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Nebraska78
Marquette 76
Nebraska78
Arkansas 71
Arkansas67
Arkansas State 64
Nebraska81
Washington 76
Washington98
Montana State 90
Washington73
Boise State 68
Boise State62
Utah 61

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals (March 24) Finals (March 26)
      
La Salle92
Arkansas–Little Rock 73
La Salle 80
Southern Miss84
Southern Miss82
Nebraska 75
Third place game
   
Arkansas–Little Rock 67
Nebraska76

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "NIT Results (1980's)." www.ncaa.com. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  2. Associated Press, "Georgetown Declines NIT Bid," The Daily Utah Chronicle, March 12, 2002. Archived February 3, 2017, at the Wayback Machine