1987 MAC men's basketball tournament

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1987 MAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1986–87
Teams	7
First round site	Campus Arenas Campus Sites
Finals site	Centennial Hall Toledo, OH
Champions	Central Michigan (1st title)
Winning coach	Charlie Coles (1st title)
MVP	Dan Majerle (Central Michigan)
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1986–87 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Central Michigan†	14	–	2	.875	22	–	8	.733
Kent State	11	–	5	.688	19	–	10	.655
Bowling Green	10	–	6	.625	15	–	14	.517
Eastern Michigan	8	–	8	.500	14	–	15	.483
Miami	7	–	9	.438	14	–	14	.500
Ohio	7	–	9	.438	14	–	14	.500
Western Michigan	7	–	9	.438	12	–	16	.429
Toledo	4	–	12	.250	11	–	17	.393
Ball State	4	–	12	.250	9	–	18	.333

† Mid-American Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 MAC men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7 at Centennial Hall in Toledo, Ohio.^[1] Top-seeded Central Michigan defeated Kent State in the championship game by the score of 64–63 to win their first MAC men's basketball tournament and a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to UCLA in the first round.^[2]^[3] Dan Majerle of Central Michigan was named the tournament MVP.^[4]

Format

Seven of the nine MAC teams participated. All games were played at Centennial Hall in Toledo, Ohio.

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v t e 1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments
Conference	AMCU-8 ACC Atlantic 10 Big East Big Eight Big Sky Big South CAA East Coast ECAC Metro ECAC North Metro MAAC MCC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Ohio Valley Pac-10 PCAA SEC Southern Southland Southwest SWAC Sun Belt TAAC WAC West Coast
National	NCAA NIT

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