1987 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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The 1987 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena
in Kansas City, Missouri
. The 50th annual NAIA
basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
Kemper Arena
Kemper Arena is a 19,500 seat indoor arena, in Kansas City, Missouri.It is named for R. Crosby Kemper Sr., a member of the powerful Kemper financial clan and who donated $3.2 million, from his estate for the arena...
in Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
. The 50th annual NAIA
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
Awards and honors
- Leading scorers:
- Leading rebounder:
- Player of the Year: est. 1994.
1987 NAIA bracket
- * denotes overtime.
3rd place game
The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.See also
- 1987 NAIA Women’s Division I Basketball TournamentNAIA national women's basketball championshipThe National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Women's Basketball National Championship has been held annually since 1981. It was established one year before the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament. It was created to crown a women's national title for smaller colleges and universities. Since...
- 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball TournamentThe 1987 NCAA Men's Division I 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 championship game on March 30 in New Orleans, Louisiana...
- 1987 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament1987 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball TournamentThe 1987 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1986-7 NCAA Division II men's basketball season...
- 1987 NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Tournament
- 1987 National Invitation Tournament1987 National Invitation Tournament-Semifinals & Finals:*Third Place - Nebraska 76, Arkansas-Little Rock 67...