1987 America East Men's Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament
Year = 1987
Conference = America East
Gender = Men's


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Champions = Northeastern
TitleCount = 6
Coach = Karl Fogel
CoachCount = 1
MVP = Reggie Lewis
MVPTeam = Northeastern
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The 1987 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was hosted by the higher seeds in head-to-head matchups. The final was held at Matthews Arena on the campus of the Northeastern University. Only the top-8 schools made it to the 1987 tournament, therefore excluding both Colgate and Hartford. Northeastern gained it's fourth consecutive and sixth overall America East Conference Championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament with it's win over Boston University. Northeastern was given the 14th seed in the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round to Purdue 104-95. Niagara University gained a bid to the NIT and lost in the second round to La Salle 89-81, after beating Seton Hall 74-65.

Bracket and Results

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RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Northeastern
RD1-score1=85
RD1-seed2=8
RD1-team2=New Hampshire
RD1-score2=71

RD1-seed3=4
RD1-team3=Canisius
RD1-score3=65
RD1-seed4=5
RD1-team4=Siena
RD1-score4=67

RD1-seed5=3
RD1-team5=Boston U.
RD1-score5=76
RD1-seed6=6
RD1-team6=Maine
RD1-score6=57

RD1-seed7=2
RD1-team7=Niagara
RD1-score7=109
RD1-seed8=7
RD1-team8=Vermont
RD1-score8=90

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Northeastern
RD2-score1=89
RD2-seed2=5
RD2-team2=Siena
RD2-score2=79

RD2-seed3=3
RD2-team3=Boston U.
RD2-score3=84
RD2-seed4=2
RD2-team4=Niagara
RD2-score4=82

RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=Northeastern
RD3-score1=71
RD3-seed2=3
RD3-team2=Boston U.
RD3-score2=68

ee also

*America East Conference

References