1987 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1987 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 5–8, 1987 at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia. Alabama won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball tournament by defeating Louisiana State (LSU) by a score of 69–62.[2][3][4]

1987 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1986–87
Teams10
SiteOmni Coliseum
Atlanta, Georgia [1]
ChampionsAlabama Crimson Tide [1] (3rd title)
Winning coachWimp Sanderson (1st title)
MVPDerrick McKey (Alabama)
Attendance105,616
TelevisionJefferson-Pilot Teleproductions (First two rounds and semifinals)
ABC (Championship Game)
1986–87 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 9 Alabama †16–2 .889  28–5  .848
Florida12–6 .667  23–11  .676
Georgia10–8 .556  18–12  .600
Kentucky10–8 .556  18–11  .621
Auburn9–9 .500  18–13  .581
Ole Miss8–10 .444  15–14  .517
LSU8–10 .444  24–15  .615
Tennessee7–11 .389  14–15  .483
Vanderbilt7–11 .389  18–16  .529
Mississippi State3–15 .167  7–21  .250
† 1987 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions (in its first season of producing regionally syndicated SEC basketball games) provided television coverage of the first round, the quarterfinals, and the semifinals. Coverage of the championship game was broadcast on ABC Sports.

Bracket

[2][3]

  First Round
Thursday, March 5
Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions
Second Round
Friday, March 6
Jefferson-Pilot
Semi-Finals
Saturday, March 7
Jefferson-Pilot
Championship game
Sunday, March 8
ABC
                                     
8 Tennessee 74  
9 Vanderbilt 57  
  8 Tennessee 60  
    1 #9 Alabama 68  
 
  5 Auburn 68  
  1 #9 Alabama 87  
 
 
  4 Kentucky 72
    5 Auburn 79  
 
  1 #9 Alabama 69
  7 LSU 62
 
 
  3 Georgia 65
    6 Mississippi 63  
 
  3 Georgia 88
  7 LSU 892OT  
 
 
  2 Florida 66
    7 LSU 72  
7 LSU 68
10 Mississippi State 54  

References

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