1987 SEC men's basketball tournament

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

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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament |

| Year=1987

| Conference=SEC

| Gender=Men's

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| Teams= 10

| Arena= Omni Coliseum

| City= Atlanta, Georgia[https://assets.espn.go.com/SEC/basketball/ncb/2015/SEC%20MBKB%20Media%20Book.pdf 2014-2015 Southeastern Conference Men’s Basketball Media Guide], page 134

| Champions= Alabama Crimson Tide

| TitleCount= 3rd

| Coach= Wimp Sanderson

| CoachCount= 1st

| MVP= Derrick McKey

| MVPTeam= Alabama

| Attendance= 105,616

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| Television= Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions {{small|(First two rounds and semifinals)}}
ABC {{small|(Championship Game)}}

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{{1986–87 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings}}

The 1987 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 5–8, 1987 at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia. Alabama won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball tournament by defeating Louisiana State (LSU) by a score of 69–62.[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/sec/1987-schedule.html 1986-87 Southeastern Conference Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-reference.com][https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/sec/1987.html 1986-87 Southeastern Conference Season Summary | at Sports-reference.com]2005-06 Alabama Basketball Media Guide, page 88

Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions, in its first season of producing regionally syndicated SEC basketball games, provided television coverage of the first round, the quarterfinals, and the semifinals. Coverage of the championship game was broadcast on ABC through its sports broadcasting division, ABC Sports.