The 1986–87 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University as a member of the Atlantic-10 Conference during the 1986-87 season. The team played their home games at WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia. Led by 9th-year head coach Gale Catlett, the Mountaineers finished second in the conference regular season standings, and received an at-large bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament as No. 7 seed in the East region.