1987–88 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1987–88 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Big Ten Regular Season Champions
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 4
AP No. 3
1987–88 record 29–4 (16–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Gene Keady (8th season)
Assistant coach Bruce Weber (8th season)
Assistant coach Kevin Stallings (6th season)
Assistant coach Tom Reiter (2nd season)
Home arena Mackey Arena
1987–88 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#3 Purdue162 .889  294  .879
#10 Michigan135 .722  268  .765
#17 Iowa126 .667  2410  .706
#16 Illinois126 .667  2310  .697
Indiana117 .611  1910  .655
Ohio State99 .500  2013  .606
Wisconsin612 .333  1216  .429
Michigan State513 .278  1018  .357
Minnesota414 .222  1018  .357
Northwestern216 .111  721  .250
Rankings from AP Poll

Regular season

During the 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Purdue qualified for the Sweet Sixteen, where they lost to Kansas State.

NCAA basketball tournament

  • Midwest
    • Purdue (#1 seed) 94, Fairleigh Dickinson (#16 seed) 79
    • Purdue 100, Memphis (#9 seed) 73
    • Kansas State (#4 seed) 73, Purdue 70

[1]

Team players drafted into the NBA

RoundPickPlayerNBA Club
231Everette StephensPhiladelphia 76ers
243Todd MitchellDenver Nuggets

[2]

References

  1. http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1988
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
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