1987 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Gender=Women's
Year=1987


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Teams=40
FinalFourArena=University of Texas
FinalFourCity=Austin, Texas
Champions=Tennessee
TitleCount=1st
RunnerUp=Louisiana Tech
GameCount=3rd
Semifinal1=Long Beach State
FinalFourCount=1st
Semifinal2=Texas
FinalFourCount2=2nd
Coach=
CoachCount=
MOP=Tonya Edwards
MOPTeam=Tennessee
Attendance=
OneTopScorer=
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=
TopScorerTeam=
TopScorer2=
TopScorer2Team=
Points=

The 1987 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament began on March 11 and ended on March 29. The tournament featured 40 teams. The Final Four consisted of Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, and Long Beach State, with Tennessee winning its first title with a 67-44 victory over Louisiana Tech. [cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/1987-bracket.html|title=1987 NCAA National Championship Tournament|accessdate=2007-04-01] Tennessee's Tonya Edwards was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. [cite web|url=http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/history/tournament/womensmop.htm|title=CHN Basketball History: Most Outstanding Player|accessdate=2007-04-01]

Brackets

East Regional - Fayetteville, NC

4RoundBracket-Byes
RD1=First round March 11
RD2=Second round March 13-15
RD3=Regional semifinals March 19-20
RD4=Regional finals March 21

RD1-seed01=8
RD1-team01=South Alabama
RD1-score01=56
RD1-seed02=9
RD1-team02=St. Joseph's
RD1-score02=67*
RD1-seed09=7
RD1-team09=Duke
RD1-score09=70
RD1-seed10=10
RD1-team10=Manhattan
RD1-score10=55

RD2-seed01=9
RD2-team01=St. Joseph's
RD2-score01=56
RD2-seed02=1
RD2-team02=Texas
RD2-score02=86
RD2-seed03=5
RD2-team03=Vanderbilt
RD2-score03=60
RD2-seed04=4
RD2-team04=James Madison
RD2-score04=68
RD2-seed05=7
RD2-team05=Duke
RD2-score05=64
RD2-seed06=2
RD2-team06=Rutgers
RD2-score06=78
RD2-seed07=3
RD2-team07=North Carolina State
RD2-score07=68
RD2-seed08=6
RD2-team08=Villanova
RD2-score08=67

RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Texas
RD3-score01=91
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=James Madison
RD3-score02=51
RD3-seed03=2
RD3-team03=Rutgers
RD3-score03=75
RD3-seed04=3
RD3-team04=North Carolina State
RD3-score04=60

RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=Texas
RD4-score01=85
RD4-seed02=2
RD4-team02=Rutgers
RD4-score02=77|
* Overtime

Midwest Regional - Northeast Louisiana University - Monroe, LA

4RoundBracket-Byes
RD1=First round March 11
RD2=Second round March 13-15
RD3=Regional semifinals March 19-20
RD4=Regional finals March 22

RD1-seed01=8
RD1-team01=Northwestern
RD1-score01=62
RD1-seed02=9
RD1-team02=Kansas State
RD1-score02=61*
RD1-seed09=7
RD1-team09=Kansas
RD1-score09=78
RD1-seed10=10
RD1-team10=Northeast Louisiana
RD1-score10=72

RD2-seed01=8
RD2-team01=Northwestern
RD2-score01=67
RD2-seed02=1
RD2-team02=Louisiana Tech
RD2-score02=82
RD2-seed03=5
RD2-team03=Southern Illinois
RD2-score03=
RD2-seed04=4
RD2-team04=LSU
RD2-score04=
RD2-seed05=7
RD2-team05=Kansas
RD2-score05=51
RD2-seed06=2
RD2-team06=Georgia
RD2-score06=82
RD2-seed07=3
RD2-team07=Iowa
RD2-score07=68
RD2-seed08=6
RD2-team08=New Orleans
RD2-score08=56

RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Louisiana Tech
RD3-score01=66
RD3-seed02=5
RD3-team02=Southern Illinois
RD3-score02=53
RD3-seed03=2
RD3-team03=Georgia
RD3-score03=60
RD3-seed04=3
RD3-team04=Iowa
RD3-score04=62

RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=Louisiana Tech
RD4-score01=66
RD4-seed02=3
RD4-team02=Iowa
RD4-score02=65

Mideast Regional - University of Tennessee - Knoxville, TN

4RoundBracket-Byes
RD1=First round March 11
RD2=Second round March 13-15
RD3=Regional semifinals March 19-20
RD4=Regional finals March 22

RD1-seed01=8
RD1-team01=Illinois
RD1-score01=80
RD1-seed02=9
RD1-team02=Bowling Green
RD1-score02=64
RD1-seed09=7
RD1-team09=Tennessee Tech
RD1-score09=78
RD1-seed10=10
RD1-team10=Southern Mississippi
RD1-score10=68

RD2-seed01=8
RD2-team01=Illinois
RD2-score01=58
RD2-seed02=1
RD2-team02=Auburn
RD2-score02=92
RD2-seed03=5
RD2-team03=Old Dominion'
RD2-score03=76
RD2-seed04=4
RD2-team04=North Carolina
RD2-score04=58
RD2-seed05=7
RD2-team05=Tennessee Tech
RD2-score05=59
RD2-seed06=2
RD2-team06=Tennessee
RD2-score06=95
RD2-seed07=3
RD2-team07=Virginia
RD2-score07=76
RD2-seed08=6
RD2-team08=Memphis State
RD2-score08=75

RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Auburn
RD3-score01=77
RD3-seed02=5
RD3-team02=Old Dominion
RD3-score02=61
RD3-seed03=2
RD3-team03=Tennessee
RD3-score03=77
RD3-seed04=3
RD3-team04=Virginia
RD3-score04=58

RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=Auburn
RD4-score01=61
RD4-seed02=2
RD4-team02=Tennessee
RD4-score02=77

West Regional - University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA

4RoundBracket-Byes
RD1=First round March 11
RD2=Second round March 13-15
RD3=Regional semifinals March 19-20
RD4=Regional finals March 22

RD1-seed01=8
RD1-team01=Washington
RD1-score01=86
RD1-seed02=9
RD1-team02=New Mexico
RD1-score02=73
RD1-seed09=7
RD1-team09=Eastern Washington
RD1-score09=56
RD1-seed10=10
RD1-team10=Oregon
RD1-score10=75

RD2-seed01=8
RD2-team01=Washington
RD2-score01=57
RD2-seed02=1
RD2-team02=Long Beach State
RD2-score02=72
RD2-seed03=5
RD2-team03=Penn State
RD2-score03=75
RD2-seed04=4
RD2-team04=Mississippi
RD2-score04=80
RD2-seed05=10
RD2-team05=Oregon
RD2-score05=62
RD2-seed06=2
RD2-team06=Ohio State
RD2-score06=76
RD2-seed07=3
RD2-team07=USC
RD2-score07=81
RD2-seed08=6
RD2-team08=Western Kentucky
RD2-score08=69

RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Long Beach State
RD3-score01=94
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=Mississippi
RD3-score02=55
RD3-seed03=2
RD3-team03=Ohio State
RD3-score03=74
RD3-seed04=3
RD3-team04=USC
RD3-score04=63

RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=Long Beach State
RD4-score01=102
RD4-seed02=2
RD4-team02=Ohio State
RD4-score02=82

Final Four - University of Texas - Austin, TX

4TeamBracket
RD1=National Semifinals
March 27
RD2=National Championship
March 29
RD1-seed1=1E
RD1-team1=Texas
RD1-score1=75
RD1-seed2=1MW
RD1-team2=Louisiana Tech
RD1-score2=79
RD1-seed3=2ME
RD1-team3=Tennessee
RD1-score3=74
RD1-seed4=1W
RD1-team4=Long Beach State
RD1-score4=64

RD2-seed1=1MW
RD2-team1=Louisiana Tech
RD2-score1=44
RD2-seed2=2ME
RD2-team2=Tennessee
RD2-score2=67

ee also

* 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

References