1987 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

1987 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Finals site	Grand Rapids, Michigan
Champions	North Park Vikings (5th title)
Runner-up	Clark (MA) Cougars (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Wittenberg Tigers (6th Final Four) Stockton State Ospreys (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Bosco Djurickovic (NPU)
MOP	Michael Starks (NPU)
Attendance	38,542
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «1986 1988»

The 1987 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 13th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.

Held during March 1987, the field included thirty-two teams and the final championship rounds were contested at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

North Park defeated Clark (MA), 106–100, to claim their record-fifth NCAA Division III national title.

Bracket

Regionals

	First Round					Regional Championship
	SE Massachusetts		110
	North Adams State		82
						SE Massachusetts		80
						Clark		88
	Clark		108
	Norwich		76			Regional Third-place
						North Adams State		70
						Norwich		89

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Ithaca		53
	Potsdam		56
						Potsdam		86
						Nazareth		63
	Nazareth		93
	Stony Brook		81			Regional Third-place
						Ithaca		77
						Stony Brook		95

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Scranton		56
	Widener		67
						Widener		53
						Franklin & Marshall		50
	Allegheny		59
	Franklin & Marshall		77			Regional Third-place
						Scranton		97*
						Allegheny		90

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Roanoke		64
	Stockton State		67
						Stockton State		88
						Stanislaus State		80
	Jersey City State		93
	Stanislaus State		101			Regional Third-place
						Roanoke		96
						Jersey City State		82

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Rust		68
	Washington St. Louis		69
						Washington St. Louis		64
						North Carolina Wesleyan		66
	Centre (KY)		62
	North Carolina Wesleyan		64			Regional Third-place
						Rust		72
						Centre (KY)		65

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Hope		80
	Otterbein		95
						Otterbein		71
						Wittenberg		78
	Calvin		69
	Wittenberg		70			Regional Third-place
						Hope		90
						Calvin		92*

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Gustavus Adolphus		70
	Nebraska Wesleyan		59
						Gustavus Adolphus		72
						Wartburg		74
	Claremont Mudd Scripps		81
	Wartburg		91			Regional Third-place
						Nebraska Wesleyan		60
						Claremont Mudd Scripps		75

	First Round					Regional Championship
	North Park		91
	Ripon		81
						North Park		82
						Illinois Wesleyan		77
	DePauw		61
	Illinois Wesleyan		69			Regional Third-place
						Ripon		66
						DePauw		77

National finals

National quarterfinals

National semifinals

National championship

Clark

65

Potsdam

63

Clark

77

Stockton State

71

Widener

65

Stockton State

68*

Clark

100

North Park

106

North Carolina Wesleyan

64

Wittenberg

77

Wittenberg

70

National third-place game

North Park

75

Wartburg

63

Stockton State

80

North Park

88

Wittenberg

82*

All tournament team

• Michael Starks, North Park
• Mike Barach, North Park
• Steve Iannarino, Wittenberg
• Kermit Sharp, Clark (MA)
• Donald Ellison, Stockton State

See also

• 1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1987 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1987 NAIA men's basketball tournament
• 1987 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament