1987 Class AAAA Boys

5-AAAA/9-AAAA playoffs
February 20 Cobb Civic Center	Sprayberry (18-7) (Marietta)	63	McEachern (Powder Springs)	52
	Marietta (14-12)	67 2 OT	South Cobb (Austell)	64 2 OT
5-AAAA/9-AAAA playoffs - seeding
February 21 Cobb Civic Center	Marietta (15-12)	43	Sprayberry (19-7) (Marietta)	41
Opening Round
February 27 Atlanta - Alexander Memorial Coliseum	Washington (22-3) (Atlanta)	75	Cedar Shoals (22-5) (Athens)	63
	Morrow (17-8)	48	Marietta (16-12)	47
	Douglass (15-12) (Atlanta)	58	Heritage (22-4) (Conyers)	48
	Griffin (24-1)	69	Sprayberry (19-8) (Marietta)	55
February 27 Macon Coliseum	Southwest (22-5) (Macon)	69	Savannah (18-8)	35
	Tift County (16-8) (Tifton)	57	Hardaway (16-10) (Columbus)	47
	Northeast (19-9) (Macon)	69	Bradwell Institute (12-13) (Hinesville)	58
	Monroe (15-9) (Albany)	68	Spencer (Columbus)	64
Quarterfinals
February 28 Atlanta - Alexander Memorial Coliseum	Washington (23-3) (Atlanta)	78	Morrow (18-8)	39
	Douglass (16-12) (Atlanta)	70	Griffin (25-1)	67
February 28 Macon Coliseum	Tift County (17-8) (Tifton)	52	Southwest (23-5) (Macon)	50
	Northeast (20-9) (Macon)	75	Monroe (16-9) (Albany)	59
Semifinals
March 5 Macon Coliseum	Washington (24-3) (Atlanta)	64	Tift County (18-8) (Tifton)	46
	Northeast (21-9) (Macon)	59	Douglass (17-12) (Atlanta)	51
Finals
March 7 Macon Coliseum	Washington (25-3) (Atlanta)	75	Northeast (22-9) (Macon)	72
The Tournament Teams: 16 How determined: Region winners and runners-up. Champion: Washington (Atlanta) School Title: 1st Final Record: 26-3 Coach: Robert Bell Notes: 5-AAAA/9-AAAA Playoffs For two tournaments - 1987 and 1988 - the GHSA had nine AAAA regions. Every other class had eight. To whittle the number down to 16 squads, they instituted a playoff between two of the regions. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution stops short of calling these state playoffs, instead referring to these AAAA squads as "earning state berths." Indeed the 5-AAAA/9-AAAA games operated very much like a region tournament, with the region winner and runner-up facing those of the other region. The winners of the game got the state bids. Others say that these were indeed state tournament games. They mention that every other region champion and runner-up got an automatic state bid and that these should be considered no different.

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