1987 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1987 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10, 1987 with quarterfinal matchups being held at the home arena of the higher seed and the semifinals and championship game played at Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, Louisiana.

Louisiana Tech defeated in the championship game, 58–51, to win their third Southland men's basketball tournament.

The Bulldogs received a bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament as No. 14 seed in the Midwest region. They were the only Southland member invited to the NCAA tournament. Conference tournament runner-up Arkansas State received an invitation to the 1987 NIT Tournament.

Format
Six of seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two seeds earning byes into the semifinal round. did not participate. The other four teams began play in the quarterfinal round.

First round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at the Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, Louisiana.