| Teams | 32 | ||||
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| Finals site | Springfield, Massachusetts | ||||
| Champions | Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (5th title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Gannon Knights (1st title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Wayne Chapman (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Sam Smith (Kentucky Wesleyan) | ||||
| Attendance | 65,162 | ||||
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The 1987 NCAA Division II men's 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 1986–87 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College, with Kentucky Wesleyan's Sam Smith named the Most Outstanding Player.
Amarillo
Manchester
St. Cloud
Billings
Norfolk
Erie
Owensboro
Lakeland
Springfield
1987 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Quarterfinals (orange) Final Four (red)