1987 MEAC men's basketball tournament

The 1987 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 5–7, 1987, at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. defeated, 79–58 in the championship game, to win its sixth consecutive MEAC Tournament title – all against Howard in the championship game.

The Aggies earned an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA tournament as a No. 15 seed in the Southeast region.

Format
Seven of nine conference members participated, with play beginning in the quarterfinal round. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record.