1987 ACC men's basketball tournament

{{Short description|American college basketball postseason tournament}}

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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament

| Year = 1987

| Conference = ACC

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| Gender = Men's

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| Teams = 8

| Arena = Capital Centre

| City = Landover, Maryland

| Champions = NC State

| TitleCount = 10th

| Coach = Jim Valvano

| CoachCount = 2nd

| MVP = Vinny Del Negro

| MVPTeam = NC State

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| Television = Raycom/Jefferson Pilot, NBC (Championship Game, Outside the ACC Footprint)

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{{1986–87 ACC men's basketball standings}}

The 1987 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place in Landover, Maryland, at the Capital Centre. NC State defeated North Carolina, 68–67 to win the championship.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news/148920221/|title=State stuns UNC, 68-67|first=Ron|last=Green|work=The Greenville News|date=March 9, 1987|access-date=June 7, 2024|page=19|via=Newspapers.com}} Vinny Del Negro of NC State was named tournament MVP. NC State defeated all three of their in-state rivals on their way to the tournament championship, beating Duke in the quarterfinal round, Wake Forest in the semifinal, and North Carolina in the championship game.