1986–87_NCAA_Division_I_men's_basketball_season

1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Preseason AP No. 1	North Carolina
NCAA Tournament	1987
Tournament dates	March 12, 1987 – March 30, 1987
National Championship	Louisiana Superdome; New Orleans, Louisiana
NCAA Champions	Indiana
Other champions	Southern Miss (NIT)
Player of the Year; (Naismith, Wooden)	David Robinson, Navy
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1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

Men's basketball season

The 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1986 and ended with the Final Four in New Orleans on March 30, 1987.

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Conference	Regular season winner^[3]	Conference player of the year	Conference Coach of the Year	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (City)	Tournament winner
AMCU–8	Southwest Missouri State	Winston Garland, Southwest Missouri State	Charlie Spoonhour, Southwest Missouri State	1987 AMCU-8 men's basketball tournament	Hammons Student Center (Springfield, Missouri)	Southwest Missouri State
Atlantic 10 Conference	Temple	Nate Blackwell, Temple^[4]	John Chaney, Temple	1987 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament	McGonigle Hall (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)	Temple
Atlantic Coast Conference	North Carolina	Horace Grant, Clemson^[5]	Cliff Ellis, Clemson	1987 ACC men's basketball tournament	Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)	NC State
Big East Conference	Georgetown, Pittsburgh & Syracuse	Reggie Williams, Georgetown^[6]	John Thompson, Georgetown	1987 Big East men's basketball tournament	Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York)	Georgetown
Big Eight Conference	Missouri	Danny Manning, Kansas^[7]	Norm Stewart, Missouri	1987 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament	Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) (Semifinals and Finals)	Missouri
Big Sky Conference	Montana State	Tom Domako, Montana State^[8]	Bobby Dye, Boise State & Jim Boutin, Idaho State	1987 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament	Walkup Skydome (Flagstaff, Arizona)	Idaho State
Big South Conference	Baptist	Clarence Grier, Campbell	Billy Lee, Campbell	1987 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament	Savannah Civic Center (Savannah, Georgia)	Baptist
Big Ten Conference	Indiana & Purdue	Dennis Hopson, Ohio State	Tom Davis, Iowa	No Tournament
Colonial Athletic Association	Navy	David Robinson, Navy	John Thurston, James Madison	1987 CAA men's basketball tournament	Hampton Coliseum (Hampton, Virginia)	Navy
East Coast Conference	Bucknell	Daren Queenan, Lehigh & Ron Simpson, Rider	Charlie Woollum, Bucknell	1987 East Coast Conference men's basketball tournament	Towson Center (Towson, Maryland)	Bucknell
ECAC Metro	Marist	Rik Smits, Marist	Dave Magarity, Marist	1987 ECAC Metro men's basketball tournament	McCann Field House (Poughkeepsie, New York)	Marist
ECAC North Atlantic	Northeastern	Reggie Lewis, Northeastern^[9]	Karl Fogel, Northeastern	1987 ECAC North men's basketball tournament	Matthews Arena (Boston, Massachusetts)	Northeastern
Ivy League	Penn	Perry Bromwell, Penn^[10]	None selected	No Tournament
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Saint Peter's	Kevin Houston, Army^[11]	Ted Fiore, Saint Peter's	1987 MAAC men's basketball tournament	Meadowlands Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey)	Fairfield
Metro Conference	Louisville	Herbert Crook, Louisville	Larry Finch, Memphis State	1987 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament	Freedom Hall (Louisville, Kentucky)	Memphis State
Mid-American Conference	Central Michigan	Booker James, Western Michigan^[12]	Charlie Coles, Central Michigan	1987 MAC men's basketball tournament	Centennial Hall (Toledo, Ohio)	Central Michigan
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Howard	George Cale, North Carolina A&T	A. B. Williamson, Howard	1987 MEAC men's basketball tournament	Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina)	North Carolina A&T
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	Evansville & Loyola (IL)	Andre Moore, Loyola (IL)^[13]	Jim Crews, Evansville	1987 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament	Market Square Arena (Indianapolis, Indiana)	Xavier
Missouri Valley Conference	Tulsa	Hersey Hawkins, Bradley^[14]	Eddie Fogler, Wichita State	1987 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament	Tulsa Convention Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)	Wichita State
Ohio Valley Conference	Middle Tennessee State	Bob McCann, Morehead State^[15]	Max Good, Eastern Kentucky	1987 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament	Murphy Center (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)	Austin Peay
Pacific-10 Conference	UCLA	José Ortiz, Oregon State^[16]	Walt Hazzard, UCLA	1987 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament	Pauley Pavilion (Los Angeles, California)	UCLA
Pacific Coast Athletic Association	UNLV	Armon Gilliam, UNLV^[17]	Jerry Tarkanian, UNLV	1987 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament	The Forum (Inglewood, California)	UNLV
Southeastern Conference	Alabama	Derrick McKey, Alabama^[18]	Wimp Sanderson, Alabama	1987 SEC men's basketball tournament	Omni Coliseum (Atlanta, Georgia)	Alabama
Southern Conference	Marshall	Gay Elmore, VMI^[19]	Butch Estes, Furman	1987 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament	Asheville Civic Center (Asheville, North Carolina)	Marshall
Southland Conference	Louisiana Tech	Jerome Batiste, McNeese State^[20]	Tommy Joe Eagles, Louisiana Tech	1987 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament	Thomas Assembly Center (Ruston, Louisiana)	Louisiana Tech
Southwest Conference	TCU	Carven Holcombe, TCU	Jim Killingsworth, TCU	1987 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament	Reunion Arena (Dallas, Texas)	Texas A&M
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Grambling State	George Ivory, Mississippi Valley State & Avery Johnson, Southern^[21]	Bob Hopkins, Grambling State	1987 SWAC men's basketball tournament		Southern
Sun Belt Conference	Western Kentucky	Tellis Frank, Western Kentucky^[22]	Murray Arnold, Western Kentucky	1987 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament	E. A. Diddle Arena (Bowling Green, Kentucky)	UAB
Trans America Athletic Conference	Arkansas–Little Rock	Brian Newton, Georgia Southern^[23]	Frank Kerns, Georgia Southern	1987 TAAC men's basketball tournament	Barton Coliseum (Little Rock, Arkansas)	Georgia Southern
West Coast Athletic Conference	San Diego	Scott Thompson, San Diego^[24]	Hank Egan, San Diego	1987 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament	War Memorial Gymnasium (San Francisco, California)	Santa Clara
Western Athletic Conference	UTEP	Fennis Dembo, Wyoming^[25]	Don Haskins, UTEP	1987 WAC men's basketball tournament	The Pit (Albuquerque, New Mexico)	Wyoming

Player	School	PPG	Player	School	RPG	Player	School	APG	Player	School	SPG
Points per game			Rebounds per game			Assists per game			Steals per game
Kevin Houston	Army	32.9	Jerome Lane	Pittsburgh	13.5	Avery Johnson	Southern	10.7	Tony Fairley	Baptist	4.1
Dennis Hopson	Ohio St.	29.0	Chris Dudley	Yale	13.3	Mark Wade	UNLV	10.7	Doug Usitalo	Boise St.	3.5
David Robinson	Navy	28.2	Andre Moore	Loyola (IL)	12.4	Tony Fairley	Baptist	9.6	Joe Jeter	Delaware St.	3.4
Terrance Bailey	Wagner	28.1	David Robinson	Navy	11.8	Tyrone Bogues	Wake Forest	9.5	Roderick Ford	UT Arlington	3.4
Hersey Hawkins	Bradley	27.2	Brian Rowsom	UNC Wilmington	11.5	Andre Van Drost	Wagner	9.3	Duane Washington	Middle Tenn. St.	3.2

Player	School	BPG	Player	School	FG%	Player	School	3FG%	Player	School	FT%
Blocked shots per game			Field goal percentage			Three-point field goal percentage			Free throw percentage
David Robinson	Navy	4.5	Alan Williams	Princeton	70.3	Reginald Jones	Prairie View	57.1	Kevin Houston	Army	91.2
Derrick Lewis	Maryland	4.4	Tyrone Howard	E. Kentucky	67.8	Eric Rhodes	SF Austin	54.7	Daryl Johnson	Michigan St.	91.0
Lester Fonville	Jackson St.	3.9	Horace Grant	Clemson	65.6	Anthony Davis	George Mason	53.6	Scott Haffner	Evansville	90.9
Dallas Comegys	DePaul	3.5	Robert Godbolt	Louisiana Tech	64.7	Scott Dimak	SF Austin	53.5	Nate Blackwell	Temple	90.4
Tim Perry	Temple	3.2	Claude Williams	NC A&T	63.7	Steve Alford	Indiana	53.0	Michael Smith	BYU	90.4

National semifinals			National championship game

E2	Syracuse	77

S6	Providence	63
			E2	Syracuse	73

			M1	Indiana	74
M1	Indiana	97

W1	UNLV	93

Semifinals (March 24)		Finals (March 26)

La Salle	92

Arkansas–Little Rock	73
		La Salle	80

		Southern Miss	84
Southern Miss	82

Nebraska	75

1986–87_NCAA_Division_I_men's_basketball_season

1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

Major rule changes

Season outlook

Pre-season polls

Regular season

Conference winners and tournaments

Statistical leaders

Conference standings

Postseason tournaments

NCAA tournament

Final Four - Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

National Invitation tournament

NIT Semifinals and Final

Award winners

Consensus All-American teams

Major player of the year awards

Major coach of the year awards

Other major awards

Coaching changes

References

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Player	Position	Class	Team
Steve Alford	G	Senior	Indiana
Danny Manning	F	Junior	Kansas
David Robinson	C	Senior	Navy
Kenny Smith	G	Senior	North Carolina
Reggie Williams	F	Senior	Georgetown

Player	Position	Class	Team
Armon Gilliam	F	Senior	UNLV
Horace Grant	F/C	Senior	Clemson
Dennis Hopson	G	Senior	Ohio State
Mark Jackson	G	Senior	St. John's
Ken Norman	F	Senior	Illinois

Team	Former Coach	New Coach	Reason
Canisius	Nick Macarchuk	Marty Marbach
George Mason	Joe Harrington	Rick Barnes
Long Beach State	Ron Palmer	Joe Harrington
Providence	Rick Pitino	Gordon Chiesa	Following a season in which he led Providence to the Final Four, Pitino accepted the head coaching position for the New York Knicks.^[32] He was replaced with top assistant Chiesa.