1987 SEC men's basketball tournament

The 1987 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 5–8, 1987 at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia. Alabama won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball tournament by defeating Louisiana State (LSU) by a score of 69–62.

1987 SEC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198687
Teams10
SiteOmni Coliseum
Atlanta, Georgia
ChampionsAlabama Crimson Tide (3rd title)
Winning coachWimp Sanderson (1st title)
MVPDerrick McKey (Alabama)
Attendance105,616
TelevisionJefferson-Pilot Teleproductions (First two rounds and semifinals)
ABC (Championship Game)
SEC men's basketball tournaments
1986–87 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 9 Alabama162 .889285  .848
Florida126 .6672311  .676
Georgia108 .5561812  .600
Kentucky108 .5561811  .621
Auburn99 .5001813  .581
Ole Miss810 .4441514  .517
LSU810 .4442415  .615
Tennessee711 .3891415  .483
Vanderbilt711 .3891816  .529
Mississippi State315 .167721  .250
1987 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions, in its first season of producing regionally syndicated SEC basketball games, provided television coverage of the first round, the quarterfinals, and the semifinals. Coverage of the championship game was broadcast on ABC through its sports broadcasting division, ABC Sports.

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