1987 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament

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1987 NCAA Men's Division II
Basketball Tournament
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 (Kentucky Wesleyan (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player Sam Smith Kentucky Wesleyan
Attendance 65,162
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments
«1986  1988»

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 Wesleyans's Sam Smith was the Most Outstanding Player.

Regional participants

School Outcome
New Haven Fourth Place
Sacred Heart Runner-up
Southern New Hampshire Regional Champion
St. Anselm College Third Place
School Outcome
C.W. Post Third Place
Gannon Regional Champion
Millersville Runner-up
St. Michael's Fourth Place
School Outcome
Alabama A&M Fourth Place
Florida Southern Regional Champion
Tampa Third Place
West Georgia Runner-up
School Outcome
Alaska-Anchorage Runner-up
Cal State Dominguez Hills Third Place
Cal State Hayward Fourth Place
Eastern Montana Regional Champion
School Outcome
Ferris State Runner-up
Lock Haven Third Place
St. Cloud State Regional Champion
Wayne State Fourth Place
School Outcome
Abilene Christian Fourth Place
Delta State Regional Champion
Southeast Missouri State Runner-up
West Texas A&M Third Place
School Outcome
Mount St. Mary's Runner-up
Norfolk State Regional Champion
UDC Fourth Place
Virginia Union Third Place
School Outcome
Johnson C. Smith Fourth Place
Kentucky Wesleyan Regional Champion
SIU-Edwardsville Runner-up
Southern Indiana Third Place

*denotes tie

Regionals

Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Sacred Heart 82
St. Anselm 80
Sacred Heart 67
Southern New Hampshire 73
Southern New Hampshire 71
New Haven 70
  • Third Place - St. Anselm 94, New Haven 88
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Millersville 83
St. Michael's 76
Millersville 82
Gannon 85
Gannon 80
C.W. Post 71
  • Third Place - C.W. Post 85, St. Michael's 72
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
West Georgia 81
Tampa 73
West Georgia 69
Florida Southern 84
Florida Southern 92
Alabama A&M 83
  • Third Place - Tampa 92, Alabama A&M 76
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Alaska-Anchorage 68
Cal State Dominguez Hills 64
Alaska-Anchorage 73
Eastern Montana 79
Eastern Montana 78
Cal State Hayward 54
  • Third Place - Cal State Hayward 71, Cal State Dominguez Hills 55
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Ferris State 70
Wayne State 67
Ferris State 69
St. Cloud State 77
St. Cloud State 81
Lock Haven 64
  • Third Place - Lock Haven 84, Wayne State 83
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Delta State 88
Abilene Christian 71
Delta State 90*
SE Missouri State 84
SE Missouri State 72
West Texas A&M 71
  • Third Place - West Texas A&M 67, Abilene Christian 63
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Norfolk State 68
UDC 64
Norfolk State 70
Mount St. Mary's 66
Mount St. Mary's 94
Virginia Union 84
  • Third Place - Virginia Union 99, UDC 92
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Kentucky Wesleyan 112
Johnson C. Smith 77
Kentucky Wesleyan 89
SIU-Edwardsville 86
SIU-Edwardsville 88
Southern Indiana 82
  • Third Place - Southern Indiana 102, Johnson C. Smith 96

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                 
Southern New Hampshire 81
Gannon 93
Gannon 61
Eastern Montana 55
Florida Southern 62
Eastern Montana 75
Gannon 74
Kentucky Wesleyan 92
St. Cloud State 73
Delta State 78
Delta State 75
Kentucky Wesleyan 98
Norfolk State 74
Kentucky Wesleyan 80

*denotes each overtime played

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