1987 National Invitation Tournament
| 1987 National Invitation Tournament | |||||
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| Teams | 32 | ||||
| Finals site |
Madison Square Garden New York City |
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| Champions | Southern Miss (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | La Salle (2nd title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | M. K. Turk (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Randolph Keys Southern Miss | ||||
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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, 1987, and ended when the Southern Miss Golden Eagles defeated the La Salle Explorers in the NIT championship game on Thursday, March 26, 1987, at Madison Square Garden.
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.
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.
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.
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