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The 1987 National Invitation Tournament was the 1987 edition of the annual
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competition. The tournament began on Wednesday, March 11, and ended when the
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defeated the
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in the NIT championship game on Thursday, March 26, at Madison Square Garden.


Selected teams

Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament."NIT Results (1980's)."
''www.ncaa.com.'' Retrieved February 9, 2016.


Louisville declines invitation

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turned down an invitation to the 1987 NIT, the first team in history to decline an NIT bid. No team would do so again until Georgetown in 2002.Associated Press, "Georgetown Declines NIT Bid," ''The Daily Utah Chronicle'', March 12, 2002.


Bracket

Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.


Semifinals & finals


See also

* 1987 National Women's Invitational Tournament *
1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament The 1987 NCAA Division I men's 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 champions ...
* 1987 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament * 1987 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament *
1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament The 1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 11, ended on March 29, and featured 40 teams. The Final Four were Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, and Long Beach State, with Tennessee winning its first title with a 67-44 vic ...
* 1987 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament *
1987 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament The 1987 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the sixth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. Wisconsin–Stevens Point defe ...
* 1987 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament * 1987 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament


References

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