1987 National Invitation Tournament

Annual NCAA college basketball competition August 2023 April 2026 NIT 1987 32 Madison Square Garden New York City Southern Miss Golden Eagles 1st La Salle Explorers 2nd Nebraska Cornhuskers 2nd Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans 1st M. K. Turk 1st Randolph Keys Southern Miss 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. Selected teams Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament."NIT Results (1980's)." www.ncaa.com. Retrieved February 9, 2016. 15em Akron Arkansas Arkansas–Little Rock Arkansas State Baylor Boise State California Cal State Fullerton Chattanooga Cleveland State Florida State Illinois State Jacksonville James Madison La Salle Marquette Mississippi Montana State Nebraska New Mexico Niagara Oregon State Rhode Island Saint Louis Saint Peter's Seton Hall Southern Miss Stephen F. Austin Utah Vanderbilt Villanova Washington Louisville declines invitation 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.Associated Press, "Georgetown Declines NIT Bid," The Daily Utah Chronicle, March 12, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20170203163313/http://dailyutahchronicle.com/2002/03/12/georgetown-declines-nit-bid/ February 3, 2017 Bracket Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket. First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Niagara 74 Seton Hall 65 La Salle 86 Villanova 84 Cleveland State 92 Chattanooga 73 Illinois State 79 Akron 72 Niagara 81 La Salle 89 Cleveland State 77 Illinois State 79 La Salle 70 Illinois State 50 First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Arkansas–Little Rock 42 Baylor 41 Stephen F. Austin 70 James Madison 63 Oregon State 85 New Mexico 82 California 72 Cal State Fullerton 68 Arkansas–Little Rock 54 Stephen F. Austin 48 Oregon State 62 California 65   Arkansas–Little Rock 80 California 73 First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Vanderbilt 74 Jacksonville 72 Florida State 107 Rhode Island 92 Saint Louis 76 Saint Peter's 60 Southern Miss 93 Mississippi 75 Vanderbilt 109 Florida State 92 Saint Louis 78 Southern Miss 83 Vanderbilt 88 Southern Miss 95 First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Nebraska 78 Marquette 76 Arkansas 67 Arkansas State 64 Washington 98 Montana State 90 Boise State 62 Utah 61 Nebraska 78 Arkansas 71 Washington 73 Boise State 68 Nebraska 81 Washington 76 Semifinals & finals Semifinals (March 24) Finals (March 26) La Salle 92 Arkansas–Little Rock 73 Southern Miss 82 Nebraska 75 La Salle 80 Southern Miss 84 Third place game Arkansas–Little Rock 67 Nebraska 76 See also 1987 National Women's Invitational Tournament 1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 1987 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament 1987 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament 1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 1987 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 1987 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 1987 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament 1987 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament References National Invitation National Invitation Tournament Category:1980s in Manhattan Category:Basketball in New York City Category:College sports in New York City National Invitation Tournament Category:National Invitation Tournament Category:Basketball competitions in New York City Category:Sports competitions in Manhattan