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
ClassificationDivision I
Season198687
Teams9
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsGeorgetown (5th title)
Winning coachJohn Thompson (5th title)
MVPReggie Williams (Georgetown)
TelevisionBig East Network
CBS (Semi-Finals and Championship game)
1986–87 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Georgetown124 .750295  .853
No. 12 Pittsburgh124 .750258  .758
No. 10 Syracuse124 .750317  .816
Providence106 .625259  .735
St. John's106 .625219  .700
Villanova610 .3751516  .484
Seton Hall412 .2501514  .517
Boston College313 .1881118  .379
Connecticut313 .188919  .321
1987 Big East tournament winner
As of March 30, 1987
Rankings from AP Poll

Georgetown defeated Syracuse in the championship game 6959, to claim its fifth Big East tournament championship.

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