1987 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament

1987 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1986–87
Teams	7
Site	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions	Xavier (3rd title)
Winning coach	Pete Gillen (2nd title)
MVP	Byron Larkin (2nd MVP) (Xavier)
Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournaments

1986–87 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Evansville	8	–	4		.667			16	–	12		.571
Loyola (IL)	8	–	4		.667			16	–	13		.552
Xavier †	7	–	5		.583			19	–	13		.594
Saint Louis	7	–	5		.583			25	–	10		.714
Oral Roberts	5	–	7		.417			10	–	18		.357
Butler	2	–	10		.167			9	–	19		.321
Detroit Mercy	2	–	10		.167			7	–	21		.250
† 1987 MCC tournament winner

The 1987 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the Horizon League men's basketball tournament) was held February 26–28 at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Xavier defeated Saint Louis in the championship game, 81–69, to win their third MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.

The Musketeers received an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA tournament as the #13 seed in the Midwest region.

Format

All seven conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, February 26					Semifinals Saturday, February 27					Championship Sunday, February 28
						1	Evansville	51
						4	Saint Louis	55
	4	Saint Louis	75
	5	Oral Roberts	64
											4	Saint Louis	69
											2	Xavier	81
	3	Xavier	104
	6	Butler	98
						3	Xavier	82
						2	Loyola–Chicago	74
	7	Detroit	75
	2	Loyola–Chicago	80