1987 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
| 1987 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Site |
E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | ||||
| Champions | UAB (4th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Gene Bartow (4th title) | ||||
| MVP | Tracy Foster (UAB) | ||||
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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
References
- ↑ "1986–87 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
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