1986–87 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team

The 1986–87 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team represented Marist College in the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Red Foxes, led by first-year head coach Dave Magarity, played their home games at the James J. McCann Recreation Center in Poughkeepsie, New York as members of the ECAC Metro Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 15–1 in ECACM play, finishing in first place and winning the ECAC regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ECAC tournament, they advanced to the championship game, where they defeated second-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson 64–55 in overtime to win the school's second consecutive ECAC Metro men's basketball tournament title. The Red Foxes earned the automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA tournament, receiving a 14 seed in the West region. They were defeated in the first round 68–93 by No. 12 Pittsburgh.

1986–87 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball
ECAC Metro regular season champions
ECAC Metro tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceEastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Metro
Record20–10 (15–1 ECACM)
Head coach
Home arenaMcCann Recreation Center
1986–87 ECAC Metro men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Marist151 .9382010  .667
Fairleigh Dickinson115 .6881910  .655
Loyola (MD)106 .6251514  .517
Wagner88 .5001613  .552
Robert Morris79 .4381314  .481
St. Francis (PA)79 .4381116  .407
Long Island511 .3131314  .481
St. Francis (NY)511 .3131116  .407
Monmouth412 .250819  .296
1987 ECAC Metro tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
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