1987 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1987 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–8 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.

1987 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1986–87
Teams	7
Site	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
Champions	Memphis State (4th title)
Winning coach	Larry Finch (1st title)
MVP	Marvin Alexander (Memphis State)
Metro Conference men's basketball tournaments

1986–87 Metro Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Louisville	9	–	3		.750			18	–	14		.563
Memphis State †	8	–	4		.667			26	–	8		.765
Southern Miss	6	–	6		.500			23	–	11		.676
Florida State	6	–	6		.500			19	–	11		.633
South Carolina	5	–	7		.417			15	–	14		.517
Virginia Tech	5	–	7		.417			10	–	18		.357
Cincinnati	3	–	9		.250			12	–	16		.429
† 1987 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Memphis State defeated Louisville in the championship game, 75–52, to win their fourth Metro men's basketball tournament.

Due to sanctions, the Tigers were ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament. No other conference teams received at-large bids, leaving the Metro Conference out of the 1987 NCAA Tournament.

Format

All seven of the conference's members participated. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top team earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams entered into the preliminary first round.

Bracket

	First round Thursday, March 6					Semifinals Friday, March 7					Championship Saturday, March 8
						1	Louisville	78
						4	Southern Miss	71
	4	Southern Miss	83
	5	Virginia Tech	66
											1	Louisville	52
											2	Memphis State	75
	3	Florida State	85
	6	South Carolina	86
						6	South Carolina	64
						2	Memphis State	74
	7	Cincinnati	58
	2	Memphis State	87