The 1987 MAC men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7 at Centennial Hall in Toledo, Ohio.
[1] Top-seeded Central Michigan defeated Kent State in the championship game by the score of 64–63 to win their first MAC men's basketball tournament and a bid to the NCAA tournament.
There they lost to UCLA in the first round.
[2][3] Dan Majerle of Central Michigan was named the tournament MVP.
All games were played at Centennial Hall in Toledo, Ohio.