1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams	64
Finals site	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions	Indiana (5th title)
Runner-up	Syracuse (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Providence (2nd Final Four) UNLV (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	Bob Knight (3rd title)
MOP	Keith Smart Indiana
Attendance	654,744
Top scorers	Steve Alford Indiana Rony Seikaly Syracuse (138 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments «1986  1988»

The 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1987, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in New Orleans, Louisiana. A total of 63 games were played.

Indiana, coached by Bob Knight, won the national title with a 74-73 victory in the final game over Syracuse, coached by Jim Boeheim. Keith Smart of Indiana, who hit the game-winner in the final seconds, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The tournament also featured a "Cinderella team" in the Final Four, as Providence College, led by a then-unknown Rick Pitino, made their first Final Four appearance since 1973. This was also the last tournament in which teams were allowed to have home court advantage: Syracuse (2E), DePaul (3MW), Arizona (10W) and UAB (11SE) all opened the tournament playing on their home courts. The 1987 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament was also the first tournament to use the Three-Point Shot.

Locations

First and Second Rounds

• Atlanta, Georgia (Omni Coliseum)
• Birmingham, Alabama (BJCC Arena)
• Charlotte, North Carolina (Charlotte Coliseum)
• Indianapolis, Indiana (Hoosier Dome)
• Rosemont, Illinois (Rosemont Horizon)
• Salt Lake City, Utah (Jon M. Huntsman Center)
• Syracuse, New York (Carrier Dome)
• Tucson, Arizona (McKale Center)

Later Rounds

Region	Site
East	East Rutherford, New Jersey (Meadowlands Arena)
Midwest	Cincinnati, Ohio (Riverfront Coliseum)
Southeast	Louisville, Kentucky (Freedom Hall)
West	Seattle, Washington (Kingdome)
Finals	New Orleans, Louisiana Louisiana Superdome

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	1	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Regional Runner-up	2 Syracuse	L 79-75
East	2	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Runner-up	1 Indiana	L 74-73
East	3	Purdue	Gene Keady	Round of 32	6 Florida	L 85-66
East	4	TCU	Jim Killingsworth	Round of 32	5 Notre Dame	L 58-57
East	5	Notre Dame	Digger Phelps	Sweet Sixteen	1 North Carolina	L 74-68
East	6	Florida	Norm Sloan	Sweet Sixteen	2 Syracuse	L 87-81
East	7	West Virginia	Gale Catlett	Round of 64	10 Western Kentucky	L 64-62
East	8	Navy	Pete Herrmann	Round of 64	9 Michigan	L 97-82
East	9	Michigan	Bill Frieder	Round of 32	1 North Carolina	L 109-97
East	10	Western Kentucky	Murray Arnold	Round of 32	2 Syracuse	L 104-86
East	11	North Carolina State	Jim Valvano	Round of 64	6 Florida	L 82-70
East	12	Middle Tennessee State	Bruce Stewart	Round of 64	5 Notre Dame	L 84-71
East	13	Marshall	Rick Huckabay	Round of 64	4 TCU	L 76-60
East	14	Northeastern	Karl Fogel	Round of 64	3 Purdue	L 104-95
East	15	Georgia Southern	Frank Kerns	Round of 64	2 Syracuse	L 79-73
East	16	Penn	Tom Schneider	Round of 64	1 North Carolina	L 113-82
Midwest
Midwest	1	Indiana	Bob Knight	Champion	2 Syracuse	W 74-73
Midwest	2	Temple	John Chaney	Round of 32	10 LSU	L 72-62
Midwest	3	DePaul	Joey Meyer	Sweet Sixteen	10 LSU	L 63-58
Midwest	4	Missouri	Norm Stewart	Round of 64	13 Xavier	L 70-69
Midwest	5	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	Sweet Sixteen	1 Indiana	L 88-82
Midwest	6	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Round of 32	3 DePaul	L 83-75
Midwest	7	Georgia Tech	Bobby Cremins	Round of 64	10 LSU	L 85-79
Midwest	8	Auburn	Sonny Smith	Round of 32	1 Indiana	L 107-90
Midwest	9	San Diego	Hank Egan	Round of 64	8 Auburn	L 62-61
Midwest	10	LSU	Dale Brown	Regional Runner-up	1 Indiana	L 77-76
Midwest	11	Wichita State	Eddie Fogler	Round of 64	6 St. John's	L 57-55
Midwest	12	Texas A&M	Shelby Metcalf	Round of 64	5 Duke	L 58-51
Midwest	13	Xavier	Pete Gillen	Round of 32	5 Duke	L 65-60
Midwest	14	Louisiana Tech	Tommy Joe Eagles	Round of 64	3 DePaul	L 76-62
Midwest	15	Southern	Ben Jobe	Round of 64	2 Temple	L 75-56
Midwest	16	Fairfield	Mitch Buonaguro	Round of 64	1 Indiana	L 92-58
Southeast
Southeast	1	Georgetown	John Thompson	Regional Runner-up	6 Providence	L 88-73
Southeast	2	Alabama	Wimp Sanderson	Sweet Sixteen	6 Providence	L 103-82
Southeast	3	Illinois	Lou Henson	Round of 64	14 Austin Peay	L 68-67
Southeast	4	Clemson	Cliff Ellis	Round of 64	13 Southwest Missouri State	L 65-60
Southeast	5	Kansas	Larry Brown	Sweet Sixteen	1 Georgetown	L 70-57
Southeast	6	Providence	Rick Pitino	National Semifinals	2 Syracuse	L 77-63
Southeast	7	New Orleans	Benny Dees	Round of 32	2 Alabama	L 101-76
Southeast	8	Kentucky	Eddie Sutton	Round of 64	9 Ohio State	L 91-77
Southeast	9	Ohio State	Gary Williams	Round of 32	1 Georgetown	L 82-79
Southeast	10	BYU	LaDell Andersen	Round of 64	7 New Orleans	L 83-79
Southeast	11	UAB	Gene Bartow	Round of 64	6 Providence	L 90-68
Southeast	12	Houston	Pat Foster	Round of 64	5 Kansas	L 66-55
Southeast	13	Southwest Missouri State	Charlie Spoonhour	Round of 32	5 Kansas	L 67-63
Southeast	14	Austin Peay	Lake Kelly	Round of 32	6 Providence	L 90-87
Southeast	15	North Carolina A&T	Don Corbett	Round of 64	2 Alabama	L 88-71
Southeast	16	Bucknell	Charles Woollum	Round of 64	1 Georgetown	L 75-53
West
West	1	UNLV	Jerry Tarkanian	National Semifinals	1 Indiana	L 97-93
West	2	Iowa	Tom Davis	Regional Runner-up	1 UNLV	L 84-81
West	3	Pittsburgh	Paul Evans	Round of 32	6 Oklahoma	L 96-93
West	4	UCLA	Walt Hazzard	Round of 32	12 Wyoming	L 78-68
West	5	Virginia	Terry Holland	Round of 64	12 Wyoming	L 64-60
West	6	Oklahoma	Billy Tubbs	Sweet Sixteen	2 Iowa	L 93-91
West	7	UTEP	Don Haskins	Round of 32	2 Iowa	L 84-82
West	8	Georgia	Hugh Durham	Round of 64	9 Kansas State	L 82-79
West	9	Kansas State	Lon Kruger	Round of 32	1 UNLV	L 80-61
West	10	Arizona	Lute Olson	Round of 64	7 UTEP	L 98-91
West	11	Tulsa	J. D. Barnett	Round of 64	6 Oklahoma	L 74-69
West	12	Wyoming	Jim Brandenburg	Sweet Sixteen	1 UNLV	L 92-78
West	13	Central Michigan	Charlie Coles	Round of 64	4 UCLA	L 92-73
West	14	Marist	Dave Magarity	Round of 64	3 Pittsburgh	L 93-68
West	15	Santa Clara	Carroll Williams	Round of 64	2 Iowa	L 99-76
West	16	Idaho State	Jim Boutin	Round of 64	1 UNLV	L 95-70

Bracket

East region

	First round					Second round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Finals
	1	North Carolina	113
	16	Pennsylvania	82
						1	North Carolina	109
						9	Michigan	97
	8	Navy	82
	9	Michigan	97
											1	North Carolina	74
											5	Notre Dame	68
	5	Notre Dame	84
	12	Middle Tennessee St	71
						5	Notre Dame	58
						4	TCU	57
	4	TCU	76
	13	Marshall	60
																1	North Carolina	75
															2	Syracuse	79
	6	Florida	82
	11	N.C. State	70
						6	Florida	85
						3	Purdue	66
	3	Purdue	104
	14	Northeastern	95
											6	Florida	81
											2	Syracuse	87
	7	West Virginia	62
	10	Western Kentucky	64
						10	Western Kentucky	86
						2	Syracuse	104
	2	Syracuse	79
	15	Georgia Southern	73

Southeast region

	First round					Second round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Finals
	1	Georgetown	75
	16	Bucknell	53
						1	Georgetown	82
						9	Ohio St	79
	8	Kentucky	77
	9	Ohio St	91
											1	Georgetown	70
											5	Kansas	57
	5	Kansas	66
	12	Houston	55
						5	Kansas	67
						13	Southwest Missouri St	63
	4	Clemson	60
	13	Southwest Missouri St	65
																1	Georgetown	73
															6	Providence	88
	6	Providence	90
	11	UAB	68
						6	Providence	90
						14	Austin Peay	87*
	3	Illinois	67
	14	Austin Peay	68
											6	Providence	103
											2	Alabama	82
	7	New Orleans	83
	10	BYU	79
						7	New Orleans	76
						2	Alabama	101
	2	Alabama	88
	15	North Carolina A&T	71

Midwest region

	First round					Second round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Finals
	1	Indiana	92
	16	Fairfield	58
						1	Indiana	107
						8	Auburn	90
	8	Auburn	62
	9	San Diego	61
											1	Indiana	88
											5	Duke	82
	5	Duke	58
	12	Texas A&M	51
						5	Duke	65
						13	Xavier	60
	4	Missouri	69
	13	Xavier	70
																1	Indiana	77
															10	LSU	76
	6	St John's	57
	11	Wichita St	55
						6	St John's	75*
						3	DePaul	83
	3	DePaul	76
	14	Louisiana Tech	62
											3	DePaul	58
											10	LSU	63
	7	Georgia Tech	79
	10	LSU	85
						10	LSU	72
						2	Temple	62
	2	Temple	75
	15	Southern-BR	56

West region

	First round					Second round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Finals
	1	UNLV	95
	16	Idaho St	70
						1	UNLV	80
						9	Kansas St	61
	8	Georgia	79*
	9	Kansas St	82
											1	UNLV	92
											12	Wyoming	78
	5	Virginia	60
	12	Wyoming	64
						12	Wyoming	78
						4	UCLA	68
	4	UCLA	92
	13	Central Michigan	73
																1	UNLV	84
															2	Iowa	81
	6	Oklahoma	74
	11	Tulsa	69
						6	Oklahoma	96
						3	Pittsburgh	93
	3	Pittsburgh	93
	14	Marist	68
											6	Oklahoma	91*
											2	Iowa	93
	7	UTEP	98
	10	Arizona	91*
						7	UTEP	82
						2	Iowa	84
	2	Iowa	99
	15	Santa Clara	76

Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Championship Game
	E2	Syracuse	77
	S6	Providence	63
						E2	Syracuse	73
						M1	Indiana	74
	M1	Indiana	97
	W1	UNLV	93

Announcers

• Brent Musburger and Billy Packer
• Dick Stockton and Tom Heinsohn
• Verne Lundquist and Billy Cunningham
• Mike Patrick and Larry Conley
• Gary Bender and Hubie Brown
• Tim Brant and Bill Raftery

Trivia

• The 59th Academy Awards show was broadcast on the ABC network at the same time as CBS network broadcast of the championship game between Indiana and Syracuse. Oscars show host Chevy Chase quipped later in the evening, "Is the game over yet?" The Oscars show would subsequently be scheduled around the tournament broadcast by moving it later in April for two years.

• Angelo Pizzo and David Anspaugh, nominated for Oscars for the movie Hoosiers and Indiana University grads, skipped the Oscars to watch IU win the championship game against Syracuse.

• Tenth seeded LSU reached the Elite Eight for the second straight year without being favored to win a game. They had previously reached the Final Four as an 11-seed in 1986, losing to eventual national champion Louisville Cardinals. The Tigers fell a missed shot at the buzzer short of another trip to the Final Four, losing 77-76 to eventual national champion Indiana.

• This marked the first time that CBS Sports used "One Shining Moment" during their tournament epilogue.

• The three losing coaches in the Final Four all eventually won national titles. Jerry Tarkanian was the first to do so, winning in 1990 with UNLV defeating the Duke University Blue Devils 103-73. The following year 1991, Duke defeated UNLV in the National Semi-final game to end UNLV's chance to finish undefeated. Rick Pitino followed in 1996 with Kentucky, defeating Jim Boeheim's Syracuse team in the final. Boeheim would finally break through in 2003 with Syracuse by defeating the Roy Williams coached University of Kansas Jayhawks. Williams left Kansas to coach the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the 2003-2004 season. Coach Williams would win the first of two national championships in 2005 as the Head Coach of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

• There were no teams from the Metro Conference in the tournament. The conference allowed Memphis State, which was serving an NCAA tournament ban that year, to compete in its conference tournament, which it won by defeating the defending 1986 National Champion Louisville Cardinals by the lopsided score 75 to 52 on the Cardinals' home court, Freedom Hall in Louisville, KY. The NCAA basketball tournament committee said as the conference had committed its automatic berth would go to its conference tournament winner, the conference lost its automatic berth that year, and no other schools received an at-large entry.

External links

• 1987 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.