1987 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
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1987 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
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Basketball Tournament |
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| Classification | Division I | ||
| Teams | 9 | ||
| Site | Madison Square Garden New York City |
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| Champions | Georgetown (5th title) | ||
| Winning coach | John Thompson (5th title) | ||
| MVP | Reggie Williams Georgetown | ||
| Post-Big East tournament(s) |
1987 NIT, 1987 NCAA | ||
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The 1987 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 5 to March 8, 1987. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Georgetown had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed.
Georgetown defeated Syracuse in the championship game 69–59, to claim its fifth Big East Tournament championship.
Bracket
| First Round March 5, 1987 |
Quarterfinals March 6, 1987 |
Semifinals March 7, 1987 |
Championship Game March 8, 1987 |
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| 1 | Georgetown | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Boston College | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Boston College | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Connecticut | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Georgetown | 84 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | St. John's | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Georgetown | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Syracuse | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Syracuse | 72 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Villanova | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Syracuse | 99 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Pittsburgh | 85 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Pittsburgh | 102 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Seton Hall | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
Awards
Most Valuable Player: Reggie Williams, Georgetown
All Tournament Team
- Billy Donovan, Providence
- Sherman Douglas, Syracuse
- Jerome Lane, Pittsburgh
- Rony Seikaly, Syracuse
- Reggie Williams, Georgetown
External links
- "2008-09 Big East Media Guide". pp. 136–138. Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/mensbball/record-book.pdf?SPSID=92557&SPID=11228&DB_OEM_ID=19400. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
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