1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1986-87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Big Ten Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round, L 6685 vs. Florida
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 6
AP No. 7
1986-87 record 255 (153 Big Ten)
Head coach Gene Keady (7th season)
Assistant coach Bruce Weber (7th season)
Assistant coach Kevin Stallings (5th season)
Assistant coach Tom Reiter (1st season)
Captain Tim Fisher
Captain Doug Lee
Home arena Mackey Arena
1986–87 Big Ten men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#3 Indiana153 .833  304  .882
#7 Purdue153 .833  255  .833
#6 Iowa144 .778  305  .857
#11 Illinois135 .722  238  .742
Michigan108 .556  2012  .625
Ohio State99 .500  2013  .606
Michigan State612 .333  1117  .393
Wisconsin414 .222  1417  .452
Minnesota216 .111  919  .321
Northwestern216 .111  721  .250
As of March 30, 1987[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1986–87 college basketball season.

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
November 21
Bulgaria
Exhibition
W 10473 
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
November 28*
No. 4 vs. Stetson W 9765  1-0
 
Daytona Beach, FL
December 1*
Illinois State W 9664  2-0
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
December 6*
No. 4 at Connecticut W 8870  3-0
Hartford Civic Center 
Hartford, CT
December 8*
No. 3 Wichita State W 7761  4-0
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
December 13*
No. 3 at Detroit W 8965  5-0
 
Detroit, MI
December 20*
No. 2 Tampa W 7948  6-0
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
December 22*
No. 2 at Toledo W 8967  7-0
 
Toledo, OH
December 29*
No. 2 vs. No. 4 North Carolina
Dallas Morning News Classic
L 8194  7-1
 
Dallas, TX
December 30*
No. 2 vs. Towson State
Dallas Morning News Classic
W 9458  8-1
 
Dallas, TX
January 3
No. 2 Michigan State W 8772  9-1
(1-0)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 5
No. 2 Michigan W 8977  10-1
(2-0)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 8
No. 6 at Northwestern W 8567  11-1
(3-0)
 
Evanston, IL
January 10
No. 6 at Wisconsin W 5748  12-1
(4-0)
 
Madison, WI
January 14
No. 6 W 8659  13-1
(5-0)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 18*
Louisville W 8873  14-1
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 19
No. 6 No. 2 Iowa L 6770  14-2
(5-1)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 22
No. 5 No. 9 Illinois W 8786 OT 15-2
(6-1)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 29
No. 4 Ohio State W 7573  16-2
(7-1)
 
Columbus, OH
January 31
No. 4 at Indiana
Indiana–Purdue rivalry
L 7788  16-3
(7-2)
 
Bloomington, IN
February 5
No. 7 Wisconsin W 7062  17-3
(8-2)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
February 7
No. 7 Northwestern W 8660  18-3
(9-2)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
February 12
No. 7 at No. 4 Iowa W 8073  19-3
(10-2)
 
Iowa City, IA
February 14
No. 7 at Minnesota W 8173  20-3
(11-2)
 
Minneapolis, MN
February 23
No. 6 at No. 14 Illinois W 7675 OT 21-3
(12-2)
 
Champaign, IL
February 26
No. 6 No. 3 Indiana W 7564  22-3
(13-2)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
February 28
No. 6 Ohio State W 8773  23-3
(14-2)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
March 4
No. 3 at Michigan State W 6959  24-3
(15-2)
 
East Lansing, MI
March 7
No. 3 at Michigan L 68104  24-4
(15-3)
 
Ann Arbor, MI
March 13*
No. 7 vs. Northeastern
NCAA Tournament • First Round
W 10494  25-4
 29  Lee   
Syracuse, NY
March 15*
No. 7 vs. Florida
NCAA Tournament • Second Round
L 6685  25-5
 17  Lewis/Stephens   
Syracuse, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

  1. "1986-87 Big Ten Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  2. 2012-13 Purdue Men's Basketball Record Book Retrieved April 29, 2013.
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