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1987-88 Big East Conference Season Summary
Record: 182-110, .623 W-L% (1st of 33) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 12.81 (2nd of 33) ▪ SOS: 8.05 (5th of 33)
Regular Season Champion: Pittsburgh
Tournament Champion: Syracuse
NCAA Tournament: 6 (Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, St. John's (NY), Syracuse and Villanova)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Georgetown, Pittsburgh and Syracuse)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Pittsburgh and Syracuse)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Pittsburgh* R | 12 | 4 | .750 | 24 | 7 | .774 | 79.8 | 71.0 | 17.0 | 8.2 |
| 2 | Syracuse* T | 11 | 5 | .688 | 26 | 9 | .743 | 84.4 | 70.3 | 22.7 | 8.5 |
| 3 | Georgetown* | 9 | 7 | .563 | 20 | 10 | .667 | 70.7 | 64.9 | 14.2 | 8.4 |
| 4 | Villanova* | 9 | 7 | .563 | 24 | 13 | .649 | 71.9 | 68.5 | 13.9 | 10.5 |
| 5 | St. John's (NY)* | 8 | 8 | .500 | 17 | 12 | .586 | 71.2 | 68.4 | 11.9 | 9.1 |
| 6 | Seton Hall* | 8 | 8 | .500 | 22 | 13 | .629 | 78.4 | 71.2 | 14.6 | 7.4 |
| 7 | Boston College | 6 | 10 | .375 | 18 | 15 | .545 | 74.0 | 71.1 | 9.0 | 6.1 |
| 8 | Providence | 5 | 11 | .313 | 11 | 17 | .393 | 76.4 | 82.5 | 3.1 | 9.2 |
| 9 | Connecticut | 4 | 12 | .250 | 20 | 14 | .588 | 69.8 | 65.9 | 8.9 | 5.0 |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 12/1 | 12/8 | 12/15 | 12/22 | 12/29 | 1/5 | 1/12 | 1/19 | 1/26 | 2/2 | 2/9 | 2/16 | 2/23 | 3/1 | 3/8 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| Syracuse | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
| Georgetown | 16 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 18 | |||||
| St. John's (NY) | 20 | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 19 | 20 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Georgetown won (66-63) versus Louisiana State (East Regional)
Pittsburgh won (108-90) versus Eastern Michigan (Midwest Regional)
Seton Hall won (80-64) versus Texas-El Paso (West Regional)
St. John's (NY) lost (62-59) versus Florida (West Regional)
Syracuse won (69-55) versus North Carolina A&T (East Regional)
Villanova won (82-74) versus Arkansas (Southeast Regional)
Second Round
Georgetown lost (74-53) versus Temple (East Regional)
Pittsburgh lost (80-74) versus Vanderbilt (Midwest Regional)
Seton Hall lost (84-55) versus Arizona (West Regional)
Syracuse lost (97-94) versus Rhode Island (East Regional)
Villanova won (66-63) versus Illinois (Southeast Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Villanova won (80-74) versus Kentucky (Southeast Regional)
Regional Final
Villanova lost (78-59) versus Oklahoma (Southeast Regional)
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