1987 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament


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]

1987 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1986–87
Teams8
SiteE.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY
ChampionsUAB (4th title)
Winning coachGene Bartow (4th title)
MVPTracy Foster (UAB)
← 1986
1988 →
1986–87 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
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

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

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