1987–88 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1987–88 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

1987–88 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1987–88 record12–16 (6–12 Big Ten)
Head coachSteve Yoder (6th season)
Home arenaWisconsin Field House
1987–88 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 3 Purdue162 .889  294  .879
No. 10 Michigan135 .722  268  .765
No. 17 Iowa126 .667  2410  .706
No. 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

Awards and honors

Trent Jackson - Third Team All-Big Ten (UPI)

Roster

1987–88 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearHometown
G 10 Billy Douglass   6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)170 lb (77 kg) Fr Lake Forest, Illinois
G 14 Rodney Tapp (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)170 lb (77 kg) Sr Evansville, Indiana
G 20 Byron Robinson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Springfield, Illinois
G 22 Pollis Robertson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)210 lb (95 kg) Jr Wayne, Michigan
G 23 Willie Simms (I*) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)170 lb (77 kg) Fr Pontiac, Michigan
G/F 30 Tom Molaski (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)200 lb (91 kg) Jr Grafton, Wisconsin
G 32 Trent Jackson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)180 lb (82 kg) Jr Bolingbrook, Illinois
G 33 Sean Fleming 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)195 lb (88 kg) So Oakland, California
F 41 Rob Willey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)220 lb (100 kg) RS So Neenah, Wisconsin
F 43 Patrick Tompkins 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)230 lb (104 kg) Fr Waukegan, Illinois
G 44 Tim Locum 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)175 lb (79 kg) Fr Flora, Illinois
F 50 Danny Jones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)240 lb (109 kg) So Rockford, Illinois
C 52 Darin Schubring 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)230 lb (104 kg) Jr Baraboo, Wisconsin
F 53 Kurt Portmann 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)220 lb (100 kg) So Sheboygan, Wisconsin
F/C 55 Greg Sipla (W)  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)225 lb (102 kg) Jr Racine, Wisconsin
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

[1] *academically ineligible second semester

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
Mar 10, 1988
at No. 15 Iowa L 70–103  11–16
(5–12)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
Mar 12, 1988
at Michigan State W 71–69  12–16
(6–12)
Jenison Fieldhouse 
East Lansing, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Player statistics

Individual player statistics (Final)
Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free Throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A TO Blk Stl PF
Jackson, Trent 28 28 1032 36.9 546 19.5 192 426 .451 74 164 .451 88 106 .830 - - 106 3.8 98 66 4 59 59
Jones, Danny 26 25 831.5 32.0 441 17.0 176 309 .570 0 1 .000 89 124 .718 - - 121 4.7 26 50 17 14 83
Locum, Tim 28 3 478 17.1 187 6.7 58 137 .423 41 93 .441 30 35 .857 - - 41 1.5 41 35 2 16 45
Molaski, Tom 28 19 745 26.6 158 5.6 49 128 .383 6 17 .353 54 67 .806 - 106 3.8 104 53 3 42 68
Tapp, Rodney 28 15 551 19.7 153 5.5 62 129 .481 4 12 .333 25 43 .581 - - 51 1.8 43 41 0 14 48
Portmann, Kurt 28 23 681 24.3 151 5.4 62 160 .388 0 0 .000 27 49 .551 - - 101 3.6 33 57 25 16 94
Tompkins, Patrick 27 7 426.5 15.8 120 4.4 46 95 .484 0 3 .000 28 54 .519 - - 88 3.3 32 43 9 7 24
Schubring, Darin 28 13 526.5 18.8 93 3.3 41 89 .461 0 0 .000 11 36 .306 - - 101 3.6 29 30 5 9 71
Robinson, Byron 19 6 266 14.0 63 3.3 19 48 .396 0 0 .000 25 33 .758 - - 34 1.8 30 33 1 18 19
Simms, Willie 2 1 18 9.0 4 2.0 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 2 5 .400 - - 7 3.5 3 2 0 0 1
Fleming, Sean 7 0 45 6.4 8 1.1 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 3 4 .750 - - 2 0.3 3 9 0 1 3
Willey, Rob 8 0 18 2.3 4 0.5 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 - - 3 0.4 0 2 1 0 2
Robertson, Pollis 15 0 31.5 2.1 5 0.3 1 7 .143 0 0 .000 3 9 .333 - - 6 0.4 0 7 1 0 1
Total 28 - 5650 40.4 1933 69.0 710 1539 .461 126 292 .432 387 569 .680 - - 841 30.0 442 429 68 196 518
Opponents 28 - 5650 40.4 2084 74.4 784 1585 .495 108 264 .409 408 560 .729 - - 968 34.6 462 461 84 199 562
Legend
GP Games played GS Games started Tot Total count Avg Average per game  Pts  Points
FG Field goals made  FGA  Field goal attempts  3FG  3-pointers made  3FA  3-point attempts FT Free throws made
 FTA  Free throw attempts Off Offensive rebounds Def Defensive rebounds A Assists  TO  Turnovers
Blk Blocks Stl Steals PF Personal fouls Team high

References

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