1987 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 1987 Southland Conference I Men's 200px 6 Campus Sites Campus Arenas Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana Louisiana Tech 3rd Tommy Joe Eagles 1st Robert Godbolt Louisiana Tech The 1987 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10, 1987 with quarterfinal matchups being held at the home arena of the higher seed and the semifinals and championship game played at Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, Louisiana.1986-87 Southland Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/southland/1987.html April 16, 2022 Louisiana Tech defeated 1986–87 men Arkansas State Red Wolves Arkansas State in the championship game, 58–51, to win their third Southland men's basketball tournament. The Bulldogs received a bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament as No. 14 seed in the Midwest region. They were the only Southland member invited to the NCAA tournament. Conference tournament runner-up Arkansas State received an invitation to the 1987 NIT Tournament. Format Six of seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two seeds earning byes into the semifinal round. 1986 men Texas-Arlington Mavericks Texas-Arlington did not participate. The other four teams began play in the quarterfinal round. First round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at the Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, Louisiana. Bracket QuarterfinalsTuesday, March 8 SemifinalsWednesday, March 9 ChampionshipThursday, March 10 4 1986 men Lamar Cardinals Lamar 87 5 1986 men North Texas Mean Green North Texas State 82 3 1986 men Arkansas State Red Wolves Arkansas State 81 6 1986 men Northeast Louisiana Indians NE Louisiana 60 1 Louisiana Tech 70 4 Lamar 64 3 Arkansas State 60 2 1986 men McNeese State Cowboys McNeese State 59 1 Louisiana Tech 58 3 Arkansas State 51 References Category:Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Category:Sports in Ruston, Louisiana Category:College basketball tournaments in Louisiana