1987 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1987 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place February 26–28, 1987, at the Savannah Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia. For the second time in their school history, the Baptist College Buccaneers (now known as Charleston Southern) won the tournament, led by head coach Tommy Gaither.

1987 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1986–87
Teams	8
Site	Savannah Civic Center Savannah, GA
Champions	Baptist College (2nd title)
Winning coach	Tommy Gaither (2nd title)
MVP	Ben Hinson (Charleston Southern)
Big South Conference men's basketball tournaments

1986–87 Big South Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Baptist †	12	–	2		.857			21	–	9		.700
Campbell	10	–	4		.714			17	–	13		.567
UNC Asheville	5	–	3		.625			15	–	11		.577
Radford	7	–	7		.500			17	–	14		.548
Winthrop	1	–	7		.125			8	–	20		.286
Coastal Carolina	4	–	4		.500			12	–	16		.429
Armstrong State	2	–	6		.250			6	–	22		.214
Augusta State	3	–	11		.214			8	–	19		.296
† 1987 Big South tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Format

All of the conference's eight members participated in the tournament, hosted at the Savannah Civic Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals February 26					Semifinals February 27					Finals February 28
	1	Baptist College	78
	8	Augusta State	59
						1	Baptist College	91
						4	Radford	70
	4	Radford	71
	5	Winthrop	69
											1	Baptist College	64
											2	Campbell	63
	3	UNC Asheville	73
	6	Coastal Carolina	68
						2	Campbell	79
						3	UNC Asheville	76
	2	Campbell	92
	7	Armstrong	86

* Asterisk indicates overtime game

• Source

All-Tournament Team

• Ben Hinson, Charleston Southern
• Oliver Johnson, Charleston Southern
• Heder Ambroise, Charleston Southern
• Clarence Grier, Campbell
• Henry Wilson, Campbell
• Van Wilkins, UNC Asheville