1987 National Invitation Tournament
The 1987 National Invitation Tournament was the 1987 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. The tournament began on Wednesday, March 11, 1987, and ended when the Southern Miss Golden Eagles defeated the La Salle Explorers in the NIT championship game on Thursday, March 26, 1987, at Madison Square Garden.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Louisville declines invitation
Louisville turned down an invitation to the 1987 NIT, the first team in history to decline an NIT bid. No team would do so again until Georgetown in 2002.[2]
Brackets/Results
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1]
| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Niagara
| 74
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| Seton Hall
| 65
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| | Niagara
| 81
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| | La Salle
| 89
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| La Salle
| 86
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| Villanova
| 84
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| | La Salle
| 70
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| | Illinois State
| 50
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| Cleveland State
| 92
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| Chattanooga
| 73
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| | Cleveland State
| 77
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| | Illinois State
| 79
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| Illinois State
| 79
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| Akron
| 72
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| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Arkansas–Little Rock
| 42
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| Baylor
| 41
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| | Arkansas–Little Rock
| 54
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| | Stephen F. Austin
| 48
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| Stephen F. Austin
| 70
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| James Madison
| 63
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| Arkansas–Little Rock
| 80
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| California
| 73
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| Oregon State
| 85
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| New Mexico
| 82
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| | Oregon State
| 62
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| | California
| 65
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| California
| 72
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| Cal State Fullerton
| 68
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| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Vanderbilt
| 74
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| Jacksonville
| 72
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| | Vanderbilt
| 109
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| | Florida State
| 92
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| Florida State
| 107
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| Rhode Island
| 92
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| | Vanderbilt
| 88
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| | Southern Miss
| 95
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| Saint Louis
| 76
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| Saint Peter's
| 60
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| | Saint Louis
| 78
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| | Southern Miss
| 83
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| Southern Miss
| 93
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| Mississippi
| 75
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| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Nebraska
| 78
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| Marquette
| 76
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| | Nebraska
| 78
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| | Arkansas
| 71
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| Arkansas
| 67
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| Arkansas State
| 64
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| | Nebraska
| 81
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| | Washington
| 76
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| Washington
| 98
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| Montana State
| 90
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| | Washington
| 73
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| | Boise State
| 68
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| Boise State
| 62
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| Utah
| 61
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Semifinals & Finals
| Semifinals (March 24)
| | | Finals (March 26)
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| La Salle
| 92
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| Arkansas–Little Rock
| 73
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| | La Salle
| 80
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| | Southern Miss
| 84
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| Southern Miss
| 82
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| Nebraska
| 75
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| Third place game
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| Arkansas–Little Rock
| 67
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| Nebraska
| 76
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See also
References
- 1 2 "NIT Results (1980's)." www.ncaa.com. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ↑ Associated Press, "Georgetown Declines NIT Bid," The Daily Utah Chronicle, March 12, 2002.