Annual NCAA college basketball competition
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 .
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.[ 1]
Louisville declines invitation [ edit ] 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]
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[ 1]
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Niagara 74 Seton Hall 65 Niagara 81 La Salle 89 La Salle 86 Villanova 84 La Salle 70 Illinois State 50 Cleveland State 92 Chattanooga 73 Cleveland State 77 Illinois State 79 Illinois State 79 Akron 72
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Arkansas–Little Rock 42 Baylor 41 Arkansas–Little Rock 54 Stephen F. Austin 48 Stephen F. Austin 70 James Madison 63 Arkansas–Little Rock 80 California 73 Oregon State 85 New Mexico 82 Oregon State 62 California 65 California 72 Cal State Fullerton 68
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Vanderbilt 74 Jacksonville 72 Vanderbilt 109 Florida State 92 Florida State 107 Rhode Island 92 Vanderbilt 88 Southern Miss 95 Saint Louis 76 Saint Peter's 60 Saint Louis 78 Southern Miss 83 Southern Miss 93 Mississippi 75
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Nebraska 78 Marquette 76 Nebraska 78 Arkansas 71 Arkansas 67 Arkansas State 64 Nebraska 81 Washington 76 Washington 98 Montana State 90 Washington 73 Boise State 68 Boise State 62 Utah 61
[ edit ] Semifinals (March 24) Finals (March 26) La Salle 92 Arkansas–Little Rock 73 La Salle 80 Southern Miss 84 Southern Miss 82 Nebraska 75
Third place game Arkansas–Little Rock 67 Nebraska 76
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