1987 NCAA Tournament

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1987 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

Play In Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box

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.

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, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Midwest Region
  - Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Southeast Region
  - Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum, Birmingham, Alabama
- West Region
  - Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
March 13 and 15
- East Region
  - Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York
- Midwest Region
  - Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois
- Southeast Region
  - Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia
- West Region
  - McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona

Round of 64

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East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	North Carolina	16	Penn	113-82
		2	Syracuse	15	Georgia Southern	79-73
		3	Purdue	14	Northeastern	104-95
		4	Texas Christian	13	Marshall	76-60
		5	Notre Dame	12	Middle Tennessee State	84-71
		6	Florida	11	North Carolina State	82-70
		7	West Virginia	10	Western Kentucky	64-62
		8	Navy	9	Michigan	97-82

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Indiana	16	Fairfield	92-58
		2	Temple	15	Southern	75-56
		3	DePaul	14	Louisiana Tech	76-62
		4	Missouri	13	Xavier	70-69
		5	Duke	12	Texas A&M	58-51
		6	St. John's	11	Wichita State	57-55
		7	Georgia Tech	10	Louisiana State	85-79
		8	Auburn	9	San Diego	62-61

Southeast REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Georgetown	16	Bucknell	75-53
		2	Alabama	15	North Carolina A&T	88-71
		3	Illinois	14	Austin Peay	68-67
		4	Clemson	13	SW Missouri State	65-60
		5	Kansas	12	Houston	60-55
		6	Providence	11	UAB	90-68
		7	New Orleans	10	Brigham Young	83-79
		8	Kentucky	9	Ohio State	91-77

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	UNLV	16	Idaho State	95-70
		2	Iowa	15	Santa Clara	99-76
		3	Pittsburgh	14	Marist	93-68
		4	UCLA	13	Central Michigan	92-73
		5	Virginia	12	Wyoming	64-60
		6	Oklahoma	11	Tulsa	74-69
		7	Texas-El Paso	10	Arizona	98-91 (OT)
		8	Georgia	9	Kansas State	82-79 (OT)

Round of 32

East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	North Carolina	9	Michigan	109-97
		2	Syracuse	10	Western Kentucky	104-86
		3	Purdue	6	Florida	85-66
		4	Texas Christian	5	Notre Dame	58-57

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Indiana	8	Auburn	107-90
		2	Temple	10	Louisiana State	72-62
		3	DePaul	6	St. John's	83-75 (OT)
		5	Duke	13	Xavier	65-60

Southeast REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Georgetown	9	Ohio State	82-79
		2	Alabama	7	New Orleans	101-76
		6	Providence	14	Austin Peay	90-87 (OT)
		5	Kansas	13	SW Missouri State	67-63

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	UNLV	9	Kansas State	80-61
		2	Iowa	7	Texas-El Paso	84-82
		3	Pittsburgh	6	Oklahoma	96-93
		4	UCLA	12	Wyoming	78-68

Sweet 16

East REGIONAL at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey March 19 and 21
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	North Carolina	5	Notre Dame	74-68
	2	Syracuse	6	Florida	87-81

Midwest REGIONAL at Riverfront Coliseum, CincinnatMarch 20 and 22
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Indiana	5	Duke	88-82
	3	DePaul	10	Louisiana State	63-58

Southeast REGIONAL at Freedom Hall, Louisville March 19 and 21
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Georgetown	5	Kansas	70-57
	2	Alabama	6	Providence	103-82

West REGIONAL at Kingdome, SeattleMarch 20 and 22
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	UNLV		Wyoming	92-78
	2	Iowa		Oklahoma	93-91 (OT)

Elite 8

East REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	North Carolina	2	Syracuse	79-75

Midwest REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Indiana	10	Louisiana State	77-76

Southeast REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Georgetown	6	Providence	88-73

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	UNLV	2	Iowa	84-81

Final 4

at New Orleans , LA

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

March 28 and 30
- Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	2	Syracuse	6	Providence	77-63
	1	Indiana	1	UNLV	97-93

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

at New Orleans , LA


Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Indiana	2	Syracuse	74-73

NCAA Results

First Round

Second Round

Regional Semifinals

Regional Finals

National Semifinals

Championship Game

Indiana leaders: Steve Alford, Sr., G; Daryl Thomas, Sr., F; Rick Calloway, So., F; Dean Garrett, Jr., C; Keith Smart, Jr., G

Top 10 Teams

Rank	Team	W-L	Post-Season Result
1.	UNLV	37-2	Lost NCAA semifinals
2.	North Carolina	32-4	Lost NCAA regionals
3	Indiana	30-4	NCAA 1st Place
4.	Georgetown	29-5	Lost NCAA regionals
5.	DePaul	28-3	Lost NCAA regionals
6.	Iowa	30-5	Lost NCAA regionals
7.	Purdue	25-5	Lost NCAA regionals
8.	Temple	32-4	Lost NCAA regionals
9.	Alabama	28-5	Lost NCAA regionals
10.	Syracuse	31-7	NCAA 2nd Place

All-America Team

Pos	Name	Cl.	School
F-C	Danny Manning	Jr.	Kansas
F-G	Reggie Williams	Sr.	Georgetown
C	David Robinson	Sr.	Navy
G	Steve Alford	Sr.	Indiana
G	Kenny Smith	Sr.	North Carolina

All NCAA Tournament Team

Name	Cl.	Pos	Team
Derrick Coleman	Fr.	F	Syracuse
Armon Gilliam	Sr.	F-C	UNLV
Steve Alford	Sr.	G	Indiana
Sherman Douglas	So.	G	Syracuse
Keith Smart	Jr.	G	Indiana

Team Offense

UNLV, 92.6

Notes

The three-point field goal is introduced at 19 feet, 9 inches. NCAA champion Indiana hit 50.8 percent for the season. Butler’s Darrin Fitzgerald led the nation with 158.
UNLV guard Mark Wade set an NCAA record with 406 assists.
Indiana became the first school to win a national title in four decades (1940, 1953, 1976, and 1987).
NIT 1st Place: Southern Mississippi def. LaSalle.

Team Defense

SW Missouri St., 57.6

Individual Scoring

1. Kevin Houston	Army	32.9
2. Dennis Hopson	Ohio State	29.0
3. David Robinson	Navy	28.2
4. Terrance Bailey	Wagner	28.1
5. Hersey Hawkins	Bradley	27.2
6. Darrin Fitzgerald	Butler	26.2

Individual Rebounding

1. Jerome Lane	Pittsburgh	13.5
2. Chris Dudley	Yale	13.3
3. Andrew Moore	Loyola (Chi.)	12.4