1987 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

1987 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1986–87
Teams	8
Site	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Champions	UAB (4th title)
Winning coach	Gene Bartow (4th title)
MVP	Tracy Foster (UAB)
Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournaments

1986–87 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Western Kentucky	12	–	2		.857			29	–	9		.763
Jacksonville	11	–	3		.786			19	–	11		.633
UAB †	10	–	4		.714			21	–	11		.656
Virginia Commonwealth	7	–	7		.500			17	–	14		.548
UNC Charlotte	6	–	8		.429			18	–	14		.563
South Alabama	6	–	8		.429			14	–	14		.500
South Florida	3	–	11		.214			8	–	20		.286
Old Dominion	1	–	13		.071			6	–	22		.214
† 1987 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held February 26–28 at E.A. Diddle Arena at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky.^[1]

UAB upset hosts Western Kentucky in the championship game, 72–70, to win their fourth Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Blazers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Sun Belt member Western Kentucky, who received an at-large bid.

Format

There were no changes to the existing tournament format. All eight conference members were placed into the initial quarterfinal round and each team was seeded based on its regular season conference record.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, February 26					Semifinals Friday, February 27					Championship Saturday, February 28
	1	Western Kentucky	60
	8	Old Dominion	58
						1	Western Kentucky	99
						5	UNC Charlotte	95
	5	UNC Charlotte	88
	4	VCU	73
											1	Western Kentucky	70
											3	UAB	72
	3	UAB	77
	6	South Alabama	64
						3	UAB	93
						2	Jacksonville	86
	7	South Florida	63
	2	Jacksonville	68

See also

• Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

References

1. "1986–87 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.