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involved 64 schools playing in
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play to determine the national champion of men's
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. It began on March 12, 1987, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in
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. A total of 63 games were played.
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, coached by
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, won the national title with a 74–73 victory in the final game over
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, coached by Jim Boeheim. Keith Smart of Indiana, who hit the game-winner in the final seconds, and intercepted the full court pass at the last second, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The tournament also featured a "Cinderella team" in the Final Four, as
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, led by a then-unknown Rick Pitino, made their first Final Four appearance since 1973. One year after reaching the Final Four as a #11 seed, LSU made another deep run as a #10 seed in the Midwest region. The Tigers ousted #2 seed Temple in the second round and #3 seed DePaul in the Sweet 16 before losing 77-76 to top seeded Indiana in the Elite Eight. This was the last tournament in which teams were allowed to have home court advantage: national runner-up Syracuse (2E), DePaul (3MW), Arizona (10W) and UAB (11SE) all opened the tournament playing on their home courts. UAB and Arizona each lost in the first round, while DePaul won twice at the
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. Under rules adopted in 1988, teams cannot play in a facility in which they play four or more regular season games. The 1987 NCAA men's basketball tournament was also the first tournament to use the
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.


Schedule and venues

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1987 tournament: First and Second Rounds *March 12 and 14 **East Region *** Charlotte Coliseum,
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**Midwest Region *** Hoosier Dome,
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**Southeast Region *** Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum,
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**West Region ***
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,
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*March 13 and 15 **East Region ***
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**Midwest Region ***
Rosemont Horizon Allstate Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Rosemont, Illinois, United States. It is located near the intersection of Mannheim Road and Interstate 90, adjacent to the city limits of Chicago and O'Hare International Airport. The facility opened in ...
,
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**Southeast Region ***
Omni Coliseum Omni Coliseum (often called The Omni) was an indoor arena in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Completed in 1972, the arena seated 16,378 for basketball and 15,278 for hockey. It was part of the Omni Complex, now known as the CNN Center. It ...
,
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**West Region ***
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Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) *March 19 and 21 **East Regional, Brendan Byrne Arena,
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**Southeast Regional,
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*March 20 and 22 **Midwest Regional, Riverfront Coliseum,
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**West Regional,
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National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship) *March 28 and 30 **
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For the second time, the Louisiana Superdome hosted the Final Four. There were four domed stadiums in the 1987 tournament, including Indianapolis, New Orleans, Seattle and Syracuse. There were two new venues, the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis and the Rosemont Horizon, located in suburban Chicago. This marked the first time the Tournament returned to the Chicago area in twenty years. This also marked the last appearance of the original Charlotte Coliseum, moving to the new Coliseum in 1991.


Teams


Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period


East Regional – East Rutherford, New Jersey


Regional Final Summary


Southeast Regional – Louisville, Kentucky


Regional Final Summary


Midwest Regional – Cincinnati, Ohio


West Regional – Seattle, Washington


Final Four – New Orleans, Louisiana


Game Summaries


National Championship


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
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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. * Tenth seeded LSU reached the Elite Eight for the second straight year without being favored to win a game. This time, the Tigers did not have the advantage of playing their first and second round games on their
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. They had previously reached the Final Four as an 11-seed in 1986, losing to eventual national champion Louisville Cardinals. The Tigers missed a shot at the buzzer and fell short of another trip to the Final Four, losing 77-76 to eventual national champion Indiana. It marked the fifth time in seven tournament appearances between 1979 and 1987 LSU was eliminated by the eventual national champion. The Tigers did not reach the Elite Eight again until
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. * This marked the first time that
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used "
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" during their tournament epilogue. Initially, the song was supposed to have been played after
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(which was also aired on CBS), but due to time constraints, its debut was delayed until the national championship game. The opening words for the football version were "The ball is kicked"; in the reworked version, the word "kicked" was changed to "tipped" to suit the tournament. * The three losing coaches in the Final Four all eventually won national titles. Jerry Tarkanian was the first to do so, winning in
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defeating the
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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
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, defeating Jim Boeheim's
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team in the final. Boeheim would win in
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by defeating the University of Kansas Jayhawks. * There were no teams from the
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,
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or
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in the tournament. The Metro Conference allowed
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, 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
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by the lopsided score 75 to 52 on the Cardinals' home court, Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. 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. Most conferences now prohibit teams on postseason bans from participating in conference tournaments as a result, or have provisional automatic bids awarded to the eligible team that advanced the most. The Gulf Star and Big South did not have automatic bids to the tournament because many of the schools in these conferences were transitioning from other divisions. * During the selection show, there was a spot left open for the #12 seed in the Southeast Region.
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, the 5th seed in the region, was due to face either
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in the first round. Washington was facing UCLA in the finals of the
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tournament at the time the selections were announced. UCLA held on to defeat Washington 76-62, putting Houston into the field of 64.


Announcers

* Brent Musburger and
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Retr ...
– First round (Virginia–Wyoming) at Salt Lake City, Utah; Second Round at Indianapolis, Indiana and Rosemont, Illinois; East Regional at East Rutherford, New Jersey; Midwest Regional Final at Cincinnati, Ohio; Final Four at New Orleans, Louisiana * Dick Stockton and
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– First (Oklahoma–Tulsa) and Second Rounds at Tucson, Arizona; Southeast Regional semifinal (Georgetown–Kansas) and Regional Final at Louisville, Kentucky *
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and
Billy Cunningham William John Cunningham (born June 3, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the ''Kangaroo Kid'' for his leaping and record-setting rebounding abilities. He spent a total of 17 seasons with the ...
– Second Round at Charlotte, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia; Midwest Regional semifinal (Duke-Indiana) at Cincinnati, Ohio; West Regional Final at Seattle, Washington *
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and
Larry Conley George Larry Conley (born January 22, 1944) is an American retired professional basketball player. A 6'3" guard, Conley played college basketball at the University of Kentucky under coach Adolph Rupp. During the 1965–66 season, Conley was a st ...
– Southeast Regional semifinal (Alabama–Providence) at Louisville, Kentucky *
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and
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- Midwest Regional semifinal (LSU-DePaul) at Cincinnati, Ohio * Tim Brant and
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– Second Round at Syracuse, New York; West Regional semifinals at Seattle, Washington *
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and
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– First (Alabama–North Carolina A&T, Providence–UAB) and Second Rounds at Birmingham, Alabama *
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and
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– Second Round at Salt Lake City, Utah * Jim Thacker and
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– First round (North Carolina–Pennsylvania, TCU–Marshall) at Charlotte, North Carolina *
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and
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– First round (Notre Dame–Middle Tennessee State, Navy–Michigan) at Charlotte, North Carolina *
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and Ron Perry – First round (Syracuse–Georgia Southern, Purdue–Northeastern) at Syracuse, New York *Phil Stone and
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– First round (Florida–N.C. State, West Virginia–Western Kentucky) at Syracuse, New York * John Sanders and
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– First round (Georgetown–Bucknell) at Atlanta, Georgia * John Sanders and
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– First round (Kentucky–Ohio State) at Atlanta, Georgia * Fred White and
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– First round (Kansas–Houston) at Atlanta, Georgia * Fred White and
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– First round (Clemson–SW Missouri State) at Atlanta, Georgia *
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and
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– First round (Illinois–Austin Peay, New Orleans–Brigham Young) at Birmingham, Alabama *
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and Jim Gibbons – First round (Indiana–Fairfield, Missouri–Xavier) at Indianapolis, Indiana * Ralph Hacker and
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– First round (Duke–Texas A&M, Auburn–San Diego) at Indianapolis, Indiana *
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and Gary Thompson – First round (Temple–Southern, DePaul–Louisiana Tech) at Rosemont, Illinois *
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and Bob Ortegel – First round (St. John's–Wichita State, Georgia Tech–LSU) at Rosemont, Illinois * Frank Fallon and
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– First round (UNLV–Idaho State) at Salt Lake City, Utah * Bob Carpenter and
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– First round (UCLA–Central Michigan, Georgia–Kansas State) at Salt Lake City, Utah *Pete Solomon and Bruce Larson – First round (Iowa–Santa Clara) at Tucson, Arizona *
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and Dan Belluomini – First round (Pittsburgh–Marist, UTEP–Arizona) at Tucson, Arizona


See also

* 1987 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament * 1987 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament * 1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament * 1987 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament * 1987 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament * 1987 National Invitation Tournament * 1987 National Women's Invitation Tournament * 1987 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament * 1987 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament


References

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