1987 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 1987 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 5 to March 8, 1987. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Georgetown had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed.

1987 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1986–87
Teams	9
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Georgetown (5th title)
Winning coach	John Thompson (5th title)
MVP	Reggie Williams (Georgetown)
Television	Big East Network CBS (Semi-Finals and Championship game)
Big East men's basketball tournaments ← 1986 1988 →

1986–87 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Georgetown†	12	–	4		.750			29	–	5		.853
No. 12 Pittsburgh	12	–	4		.750			25	–	8		.758
No. 10 Syracuse	12	–	4		.750			31	–	7		.816
Providence	10	–	6		.625			25	–	9		.735
St. John's	10	–	6		.625			21	–	9		.700
Villanova	6	–	10		.375			15	–	16		.484
Seton Hall	4	–	12		.250			15	–	14		.517
Boston College	3	–	13		.188			11	–	18		.379
Connecticut	3	–	13		.188			9	–	19		.321
† 1987 Big East tournament winner As of March 30, 1987^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

Georgetown defeated Syracuse in the championship game 69–59, to claim its fifth Big East tournament championship.

Bracket

	First round March 5, 1987					Quarterfinals March 6, 1987					Semifinals March 7, 1987					Championship Game March 8, 1987
						1	#7 Georgetown	56
						8	Boston College	51
	8	Boston College	61
	9	Connecticut	59
											1	#7 Georgetown	84
											4	Providence	66
						4	Providence	80
						5	St. John's	51
																1	#7 Georgetown	69
																3	#10 Syracuse	59
						3	#10 Syracuse	72
						6	Villanova	66
											3	#10 Syracuse	99
											2	#11 Pittsburgh	85
						2	#11 Pittsburgh	102
						7	Seton Hall	79

Games

Final

March 8

Box

Syracuse 59, Georgetown 69
Scoring by half: 32–39, 27–30
Pts: Sherman Douglas 20 Rebs: Rony Seikaly 8 Asts: Sherman Douglas 8		Pts: Reggie Williams 25 Rebs: Reggie Williams 9 Asts: Bobby Winston 7

Madison Square Garden Attendance: 19,591

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Reggie Williams, Georgetown

All Tournament Team

• Billy Donovan, Providence
• Sherman Douglas, Syracuse
• Jerome Lane, Pittsburgh
• Rony Seikaly, Syracuse
• Reggie Williams, Georgetown

References

1. "1986-87 Big East Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 3, 2018.

External links

• (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2009.