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1987 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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Classification
  
Division I

Champions
  
Marshall (3rd title)

Teams
  
8

Site
  
Asheville Civic Center Asheville, NC

Winning coach
  
Rick Huckabay (3rd title)

The 1987 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 27–March 1, 1987, at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The Marshall Thundering Herd, led by head coach Rick Huckabay, won their third Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1987 NCAA Tournament.

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Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's nine members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

* Overtime game

References

1987 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia