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1987 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament

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Teams
  
32

Finals Site
  
Springfield, Massachusetts

Champions
  
Kentucky Wesleyan (5th title)

Runner-Up
  
Gannon (1st title game)

Semifinalists
  
Delta State(1st Final Four) Eastern Montana(1st Final Four)

Winning coach
  
Wayne Chapman (1st title)

The 1987 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1986-7 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College and Kentucky Wesleyan's Sam Smith was the Most Outstanding Player.

Contents

Regional participants

*denotes tie

Regionals

  • Third Place - St. Anselm 94, New Haven 88
  • Third Place - C.W. Post 85, St. Michael's 72
  • Third Place - Tampa 92, Alabama A&M 76
  • Third Place - Cal State Hayward 71, Cal State Dominguez Hills 55
  • Third Place - Lock Haven 84, Wayne State 83
  • Third Place - West Texas A&M 67, Abilene Christian 63
  • Third Place - Virginia Union 99, UDC 92
  • Third Place - Southern Indiana 102, Johnson C. Smith 96

    • *denotes each overtime played

    National Finals

    *denotes each overtime played

    References

    1987 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia
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