1987 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1987 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament) was held February 26–28 at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.[1]
1987 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1986–87 |
Teams | 7 |
Site | Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana |
Champions | Xavier (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Pete Gillen (2nd title) |
MVP | Byron Larkin (2nd MVP) (Xavier) |
Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments |
1986–87 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evansville | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (IL) | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier † | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oral Roberts | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit Mercy | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1987 MCC Tournament winner |
Xavier defeated Saint Louis in the championship game, 81–69, to win their third MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.
The Musketeers received an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament as the #13 seed in the Midwest region.
Format
All seven conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records.
Bracket
Quarterfinals Friday, February 26 |
Semifinals Saturday, February 27 |
Championship Sunday, February 28 | |||||||||||
1 | Evansville | 51 | |||||||||||
4 | Saint Louis | 55 | |||||||||||
4 | Saint Louis | 75 | |||||||||||
5 | Oral Roberts | 64 | |||||||||||
4 | Saint Louis | 69 | |||||||||||
2 | Xavier | 81 | |||||||||||
3 | Xavier | 104 | |||||||||||
6 | Butler | 98 | |||||||||||
3 | Xavier | 82 | |||||||||||
2 | Loyola–Chicago | 74 | |||||||||||
7 | Detroit | 75 | |||||||||||
2 | Loyola–Chicago | 80 |
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References
- "1986-87 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
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