Collegiate basketball tournament
| Season | 1986–87 |
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| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Lahaina Civic Center Maui, Hawaii |
| Champions | Vanderbilt (1st title) |
| Runner-up | New Mexico (1st title game) |
| Semifinalists | |
| Winning coach | C. M. Newton (1st title) |
| MVP | Will Perdue (Vanderbilt) |
The 1986 Maui Invitational Tournament was an early-season college basketball tournament that was played, for the 3rd time (and first in the 8-team bracket format), from November 28 to November 30, 1986. The tournament, which began two years prior in 1984, was part of the 1986-87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii and was won by the Vanderbilt Commodores. It was the first title for the program and its head coach C. M. Newton.
Bracket
| 5th Place Game Sunday, November 30 | Consolation 2nd Round Saturday, November 29 | First Round Friday, November 28 | Semifinals Saturday, November 29 | Championship Sunday, November 30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chaminade | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chaminade | 55 | Long Beach State | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Charlotte | 79 | New Mexico | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Charlotte | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Charlotte | 87 | New Mexico | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| VCU | 75 | Vanderbilt | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th Place Game | Arkansas State | 57 | Missouri | 54 | 3rd Place Game | ||||||||||||||||||
| VCU | 65 | Vanderbilt | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chaminade | 54 | VCU | 67 | Long Beach State | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 69 | Vanderbilt | 75 | Missouri | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
| Maui Invitational | |
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