1987 National Invitation Tournament

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.

• Akron
• Arkansas
• Arkansas–Little Rock
• Arkansas State
• Baylor
• Boise State
• California
• Cal State Fullerton
• Chattanooga
• Cleveland State
• Florida State
• Illinois State
• Jacksonville
• James Madison
• La Salle
• Marquette
• Mississippi
• Montana State
• Nebraska
• New Mexico
• Niagara
• Oregon State
• Rhode Island
• Saint Louis
• Saint Peter's
• Seton Hall
• Southern Miss
• Stephen F. Austin
• Utah
• Vanderbilt
• Villanova
• Washington

Louisville declines invitation

Louisville 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.

Bracket

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

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Niagara | RD1-score1=74 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Seton Hall | RD1-score2=65

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=La Salle | RD1-score3=86 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Villanova | RD1-score4=84

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Cleveland State | RD1-score5=92 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Chattanooga | RD1-score6=73

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Illinois State | RD1-score7=79 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Akron | RD1-score8=72

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Niagara | RD2-score1=81 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=La Salle | RD2-score2=89

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Cleveland State | RD2-score3=77 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Illinois State | RD2-score4=79

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=La Salle | RD3-score1=70 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Illinois State | RD3-score2=50

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Arkansas–Little Rock | RD1-score1=42 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Baylor | RD1-score2=41

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Stephen F. Austin | RD1-score3=70 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=James Madison | RD1-score4=63

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Oregon State | RD1-score5=85 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=New Mexico | RD1-score6=82

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=California | RD1-score7=72 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Cal State Fullerton | RD1-score8=68

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Arkansas–Little Rock | RD2-score1=54 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Stephen F. Austin | RD2-score2=48

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Oregon State | RD2-score3=62 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=California | RD2-score4=65

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Arkansas–Little Rock | RD3-score1=80 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=California | RD3-score2=73

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Vanderbilt | RD1-score1=74 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Jacksonville | RD1-score2=72

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Florida State | RD1-score3=107 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Rhode Island | RD1-score4=92

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Saint Louis | RD1-score5=76 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Saint Peter's | RD1-score6=60

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Southern Miss | RD1-score7=93 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Mississippi | RD1-score8=75

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Vanderbilt | RD2-score1=109 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Florida State | RD2-score2=92

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Saint Louis | RD2-score3=78 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Southern Miss | RD2-score4=83

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Vanderbilt | RD3-score1=88 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Southern Miss | RD3-score2=95

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Nebraska | RD1-score1=78 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Marquette | RD1-score2=76

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Arkansas | RD1-score3=67 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Arkansas State | RD1-score4=64

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Washington | RD1-score5=98 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Montana State | RD1-score6=90

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Boise State | RD1-score7=62 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Utah | RD1-score8=61

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Nebraska | RD2-score1=78 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Arkansas | RD2-score2=71

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Washington | RD2-score3=73 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Boise State | RD2-score4=68

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Nebraska | RD3-score1=81 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Washington | RD3-score2=76

Semifinals & finals

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=La Salle | RD1-score1=92 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Arkansas–Little Rock | RD1-score2=73 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Southern Miss | RD1-score3=82 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Nebraska | RD1-score4=75 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=La Salle | RD2-score1=80 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Southern Miss | RD2-score2=84

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Arkansas–Little Rock | RD1-score1=67 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Nebraska | RD1-score2=76

References

References

1. [https://www.ncaa.com/content/nit-postseason-history-1980s "NIT Results (1980's)."] ''www.ncaa.com.'' Retrieved February 9, 2016.
2. [http://dailyutahchronicle.com/2002/03/12/georgetown-declines-nit-bid/ Associated Press, "Georgetown Declines NIT Bid," ''The Daily Utah Chronicle'', March 12, 2002.] {{webarchive. link. (February 3, 2017)