1987 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

1987 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Finals Site	Springfield, Massachusetts
Champions	Kentucky Wesleyan (5th title)
Runner-Up	Gannon (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Delta State (1st Final Four) MSU-Billings (1st Final Four)
Winning Coach	Wayne Chapman (Kentucky Wesleyan (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player	Sam Smith Kentucky Wesleyan
Attendance	65,162
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments «1986  1988»

The 1987 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1986-7 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College and Kentucky Wesleyans's Sam Smith was the Most Outstanding Player.

Contents 1 Regional participants 2 Regionals 3 National Finals 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources

Regional participants

School Outcome New Haven Fourth Place Sacred Heart Runner-up Southern New Hampshire Regional Champion St. Anselm College Third Place

School Outcome C.W. Post Third Place Gannon Regional Champion Millersville Runner-up St. Michael's Fourth Place

School Outcome Alabama A&M Fourth Place Florida Southern Regional Champion Tampa Third Place West Georgia Runner-up

School Outcome Alaska-Anchorage Runner-up Cal State Dominguez Hills Third Place Cal State East Bay Fourth Place MSU-Billings Regional Champion

School Outcome Ferris State Runner-up Lock Haven Third Place St. Cloud State Regional Champion Wayne State Fourth Place

School Outcome Abilene Christian Fourth Place Delta State Regional Champion Southeast Missouri State Runner-up West Texas A&M Third Place

School Outcome Mount St. Mary's Runner-up Norfolk State Regional Champion UDC Fourth Place Virginia Union Third Place

School Outcome Johnson C. Smith Fourth Place Kentucky Wesleyan Regional Champion SIU-Edwardsville Runner-up Southern Indiana Third Place

*denotes tie

Regionals

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Sacred Heart		82
	St. Anselm		80
						Sacred Heart		67
						Southern New Hampshire		73
	Southern New Hampshire		71
	New Haven		70

• Third Place - St. Anselm 94, New Haven 88

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Millersville		83
	St. Michael's		76
						Millersville		82
						Gannon		85
	Gannon		80
	C.W. Post		71

• Third Place - C.W. Post 85, St. Michael's 72

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	West Georgia		81
	Tampa		73
						West Georgia		69
						Florida Southern		84
	Florida Southern		92
	Alabama A&M		83

• Third Place - Tampa 92, Alabama A&M 76

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Alaska-Anchorage		68
	Cal State Dominguez Hills		64
						Alaska-Anchorage		73
						MSU-Billings		79
	MSU-Billings		78
	Cal State East Bay		54

• Third Place - Cal State East Bay 71, Cal State Dominguez Hills 55

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Ferris State		70
	Wayne State		67
						Ferris State		69
						St. Cloud State		77
	St. Cloud State		81
	Lock Haven		64

• Third Place - Lock Haven 84, Wayne State 83

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Delta State		88
	Abilene Christian		71
						Delta State		90*
						SE Missouri State		84
	SE Missouri State		72
	West Texas A&M		71

• Third Place - West Texas A&M 67, Abilene Christian 63

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Norfolk State		68
	UDC		64
						Norfolk State		70
						Mount St. Mary's		66
	Mount St. Mary's		94
	Virginia Union		84

• Third Place - Virginia Union 99, UDC 92

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Kentucky Wesleyan		112
	Johnson C. Smith		77
						Kentucky Wesleyan		89
						SIU-Edwardsville		86
	SIU-Edwardsville		88
	Southern Indiana		82

• Third Place - Southern Indiana 102, Johnson C. Smith 96

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
		Southern New Hampshire	81
		Gannon	93
							Gannon	61
							MSU-Billings	55
		Florida Southern	62
		MSU-Billings	75
												Gannon	74
												Kentucky Wesleyan	92
		St. Cloud State	73
		Delta State	78
							Delta State	75
							Kentucky Wesleyan	98
		Norfolk State	74
		Kentucky Wesleyan	80

*denotes each overtime played

See also

• 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1987 National Invitation Tournament
• 1987 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

References

Sources

• 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship

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