1987 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

1987 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1986–87
Teams	8
Site	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
Champions	Idaho State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Jim Boutin (1st title)
MVP	Jim Rhode (Idaho State)
Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournaments

The 1987 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 5–7 at the Walkup Skydome at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Seventh-seeded Montana State upset fourth-seeded rivals Montana in the championship game, 92–81, to clinch their second Big Sky men's basketball tournament. Interestingly, this year's tournament saw the top three seeds, Montana State, Montana, and Boise State, all lose in the first round.

The Bengals, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament. No other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament.

Format

With all eight teams once again participating in the tournament field, the bracket increased back to eight teams. With seedings and pairings determined by regular season conference records, all eight teams entered play in the initial quarterfinal round.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 5					Semifinals Friday, March 6					Championship Saturday, March 7
	1	Montana State	101
	8	Weber State	106
						8	Weber State	90
						4	Nevada	98
	5	Northern Arizona	80
	4	Nevada	82
											4	Nevada	81
											7	Idaho State	92
	3	Montana	62
	6	Idaho	63
						6	Idaho	63
						7	Idaho State	82
	7	Idaho State	78
	2	Boise State	77