| Year: | 1987 |
| Conference: | SWAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Mississippi Coast Coliseum |
| City: | Biloxi, Mississippi |
| Champions: | Southern |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Ben Jobe |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Avery Johnson |
| Mvpteam: | Southern |
The 1987 SWAC men's basketball tournament was held March 4–6, 1987, at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi.[1] Southern defeated, 105–55 in the championship game. The Jaguars received the conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA tournament as No. 15 seed in the Midwest Region.