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1986-87 Big East Conference Season Summary
Record: 181-105, .633 W-L% (2nd of 33) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 10.45 (4th of 33) ▪ SOS: 6.53 (5th of 33)
Regular Season Champion: Georgetown, Pittsburgh and Syracuse
Tournament Champion: Georgetown
NCAA Tournament: 5 (Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John's (NY) and Syracuse)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Georgetown, Pittsburgh and Syracuse)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Georgetown, Pittsburgh and Syracuse)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Georgetown* RT | 12 | 4 | .750 | 29 | 5 | .853 | 75.2 | 66.1 | 17.2 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh* R | 12 | 4 | .750 | 25 | 8 | .758 | 83.6 | 74.2 | 16.6 | 7.2 |
| 3 | Syracuse* RF | 12 | 4 | .750 | 31 | 7 | .816 | 82.1 | 72.4 | 18.0 | 8.2 |
| 4 | Providence* F | 10 | 6 | .625 | 25 | 9 | .735 | 86.7 | 76.9 | 15.3 | 5.5 |
| 5 | St. John's (NY)* | 10 | 6 | .625 | 21 | 9 | .700 | 70.5 | 64.6 | 13.1 | 7.2 |
| 6 | Villanova | 6 | 10 | .375 | 15 | 16 | .484 | 72.3 | 72.2 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| 7 | Seton Hall | 4 | 12 | .250 | 15 | 14 | .517 | 77.2 | 75.1 | 6.2 | 4.2 |
| 8 | Boston College | 3 | 13 | .188 | 11 | 18 | .379 | 64.3 | 68.0 | 1.7 | 5.3 |
| 9 | Connecticut | 3 | 13 | .188 | 9 | 19 | .321 | 62.1 | 69.4 | -1.4 | 5.9 |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 12/2 | 12/9 | 12/16 | 12/23 | 12/30 | 1/6 | 1/13 | 1/20 | 1/27 | 2/3 | 2/10 | 2/17 | 2/24 | 3/3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 18 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| Syracuse | 15 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh | 16 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Providence | 17 | 20 | 19 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| St. John's (NY) | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 20 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Georgetown won (75-53) versus Bucknell (Southeast Regional)
Pittsburgh won (93-68) versus Marist (West Regional)
Providence won (90-68) versus Alabama-Birmingham (Southeast Regional)
St. John's (NY) won (57-55) versus Wichita State (Midwest Regional)
Syracuse won (79-73) versus Georgia Southern (East Regional)
Second Round
Georgetown won (82-79) versus Ohio State (Southeast Regional)
Pittsburgh lost (96-93) versus Oklahoma (West Regional)
Providence won (90-87) versus Austin Peay (Southeast Regional)
St. John's (NY) lost (83-75) versus DePaul (Midwest Regional)
Syracuse won (104-86) versus Western Kentucky (East Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Georgetown won (70-57) versus Kansas (Southeast Regional)
Providence won (103-82) versus Alabama (Southeast Regional)
Syracuse won (87-81) versus Florida (East Regional)
Regional Final
Georgetown lost (88-73) versus Providence (Southeast Regional)
Providence won (88-73) versus Georgetown (Southeast Regional)
Syracuse won (79-75) versus North Carolina (East Regional)
National Semifinal
Providence lost (77-63) versus Syracuse
Syracuse won (77-63) versus Providence
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